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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834058317
MN · NTEE X01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ben Bevis, Executive Director / CEO ($83,537) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1530 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ben Bevis — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,530 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,530 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $478,969 $83,537
$12,88910th
$25,88225th
$46,325Median
$76,64775th
$107,33990th
$83,537This org · 79th
p10$12,889
p25$25,882
p50$46,325
p75$76,647
p90$107,339
$83,537

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 MN 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
Beachglass Ministries Inc WI$193,840 Chairman, President, Exec. Dir. $116,123 $122,734 2024
Hilltop Children's House OH$193,746 President $27,475 $30,321 2023
Dharmadatta Community NY$194,055 President $24,398 $22,312 2024
St Paul Missionary Baptist Church TX$194,151 Clerk $15,424 $15,614 2024
St Luke Missionary Baptist Church Of Narcoossee Inc FL$193,514 Pastor $33,945 $31,440 2025
The Holy Orthodox Order Of Saint George CT$193,510 President $15,000 $14,654 2023
Hatfield Jame Masjid PA$193,460 Imam $66,000 $66,609 2024
Equipping Ministries International Inc OH$194,290 Secretary Non Voting $20,736 $22,227 2024
Shine School Partnership NM$194,319 Executive Director (Stepped Down March 2023) And Became Board Member $31,083 $34,833 2023
Native Missionary Movement TX$193,348 President And Board Member $22,560 $22,839 2024
Spiritual Innovations Inc GA$194,422 Executive Dir. $97,466 $99,179 2024
Durango Sangha CO$194,469 Director, Dharma Teacher $42,667 $41,405 2024
Brent Gambrell Ministries TN$192,827 President $47,702 $52,243 2023
Westminster Christian Fellowship Inc GA$194,936 Director $124,158 $130,072 2023
Sonlife Classic Nfp IL$194,957 Executive Director $21,108 $21,001 2024
Torch Of Christ Ministries LA$194,971 President $88,400 $98,511 2024
Leachman Ministries CO$194,981 Directorspiritual Director $130,112 $126,263 2024
Mision Cristiana Elim Nuevo Re NJ$195,007 President $36,200 $32,710 2024
Kgm Support Corporation MI$195,025 President & $31,457 $32,860 2024
Hillel The Foundation For Jewish Campus Life VA$192,633 Executive Director $108,000 $105,533 2024
Wesley Putnam Ministries TX$192,585 Pres/exec.di $160,674 $162,658 2024
Lighthouse Network Inc CO$192,520 President $76,928 $76,857 2023
Mike Kruger Ministries Inc FL$195,198 President $90,000 $85,565 2024
Huukuiko Inc CA$195,207 President $600 $524 2024
Vaad Hakashruth Of Kansas City Inc KS$192,474 Executive Director (Term Ended October 2023) $51,223 $57,658 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2024 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 MN 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Ben Bevis) 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 1530 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,537 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.