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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Amazon Basin Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842551243
TX · NTEE X90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stan Hanes, Executive Director / CEO ($52,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Stan Hanes — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CO-FOUNDER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,883 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,686 $52,000
$20,57310th
$33,94125th
$62,649Median
$82,34875th
$96,81490th
$52,000This org · 40th
p10$20,573
p25$33,941
p50$62,649
p75$82,348
p90$96,814
$52,000

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 TX 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
Northside Outreach Center Inc VA$240,404 Executive Di $66,153 $60,423 2025
Club 180 Inc KY$240,886 President $26,000 $27,124 2024
Lancaster County Interfaith Justice Organization NE$234,408 Lead Organizer $81,795 $85,424 2024
Faith In Action Of The Greater Kanawha Valley Inc WV$244,201 Executive Director $56,128 $59,011 2024
Reverent Rhythms CO$251,578 Founder/dire $28,991 $26,993 2024
Hope Dealer Community Inc OH$225,060 Executive Director $59,940 $61,645 2024
Light Of The World Prayer Center WA$253,280 Executive Director $91,700 $79,719 2024
Interfaith Council Of Alameda County CA$257,134 President $49,365 $42,613 2023
World Christian Leadership Conference IL$258,948 Chairman And President $12,000 $11,456 2024
Steve Hemphill Ministries Inc TX$262,415 Ceo\director $35,000 $35,000 2023
Innerfaith Disciple House TX$210,958 President, T $21,600 $20,980 2024
City Vision MN$208,740 Executive Director $124,982 $119,916 2024
Awakeningsusa Org TX$208,734 President/di $100,988 $98,091 2024
Every Bible Counts Inc CA$208,047 Secretary Director $12,320 $10,330 2024
The Trucking Collective Inc MI$206,839 Executive Director $96,051 $96,266 2024
Foundation For Spiritual Development CA$206,450 Executive Dir. $85,136 $73,492 2023
Ministry Of Outreach To Slavic Tribes SC$273,936 President $9,756 $9,883 2024
Frank Damazio Ministries OR$201,116 Director $30,000 $27,052 2024
Invest Leadership Initiative Inc FL$278,680 President $150,940 $137,686 2024
Movement West Michigan MI$198,776 Executive Di $81,209 $81,391 2024
Arizona Interfaith Movement AZ$197,769 Executive Di $73,250 $68,403 2024
Mechanics Of Faith VA$281,035 Executive Director $42,000 $39,377 2024
Stride Ministries UT$195,527 Chair $112,029 $111,335 2024
Leachman Ministries CO$194,981 Directorspiritual Director $130,112 $121,144 2024
Blind Faith Ministries Inc WV$284,314 President $24,000 $25,978 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Stan Hanes) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,000 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.