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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wellspring Ministries Of Utah

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822461282
UT · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lucinda Shogren, Executive Director / CEO ($3,799) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1034 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Lucinda Shogren — reported title “President, Operations Manager”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,034 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,034 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $274,533 $3,799
$14,53310th
$28,48225th
$51,773Median
$80,66275th
$109,68590th
$3,799This org · 1st
p10$14,533
p25$28,482
p50$51,773
p75$80,662
p90$109,685
$3,799

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to UT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Bridge Of Hope Ministries MO$314,082 Executive Director $67,616 $67,965 2024
Lakeland Child Evangelism Ministrie IN$314,533 Assistant Di $38,652 $39,826 2023
Freedom House Ministries Inc ID$315,092 Coffee House Manager $45,500 $47,292 2023
Main Street Crossing TX$315,132 Secretary $8,960 $8,506 2024
Business And Professional Outreach MS$312,704 President $124,034 $131,101 2024
Moms In The Making TX$315,177 President $63,000 $61,574 2023
Gods Daily Word Ministries TN$312,287 President $86,520 $86,309 2024
Enduring Treasure Ministries Inc MO$312,109 President $71,328 $71,697 2024
Jeremiah Tree Inc OH$315,907 Executive Director $12,183 $13,124 2022
Hana Mission NJ$311,913 Board Member $22,620 $19,167 2024
James F Myers Ministries Inc TX$311,732 President $65,000 $61,706 2024
Mike Patton Ministries TN$311,706 President $48,000 $47,883 2024
Victory Christian Ministries KY$316,211 Ceo, President & Minister $169,000 $172,313 2024
Tyler Feller Ministries IL$311,620 President $18,153 $17,437 2023
Cathedral Assembly Of God Inc NJ$316,320 Senior Pasto $58,800 $49,823 2024
Pastorstays WA$316,409 Secretary/ci $78,011 $66,284 2024
Youth With A Mission Ozarks AR$311,401 Board Member $37,723 $40,242 2024
Practice Ministries Inc TX$311,370 Co-founder $91,616 $89,542 2023
Spread The Word Ministries Worship OK$316,936 Ceo $26,000 $27,170 2024
Dakota Christian Ministries Inc SD$310,884 Vice Chairma $14,400 $15,082 2024
Living Vine Int'l Ministries Inc LA$317,056 President $89,900 $93,947 2024
S O S Ministries Inc FL$310,658 President $60,000 $53,493 2024
Jeremiah Castille Foundation AL$317,337 Director $13,105 $13,436 2024
Chris Musgrove Ministries Inc GA$310,380 President $10,400 $9,924 2024
Calvary Bible Institute Inc DC$317,542 Director $71,526 $58,031 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to UT cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted4th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Lucinda Shogren) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 1034 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,799 is reasonable (approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.