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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gather At The Table Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851283473
NE · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christine Ford, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 867 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christine Ford — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

867 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 867 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $344,557 $25,000
$16,50010th
$31,61825th
$53,270Median
$82,32375th
$107,78590th
$25,000This org · 19th
p10$16,500
p25$31,618
p50$53,270
p75$82,323
p90$107,785
$25,000

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 NE 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
Midland Ministries Inc MO$420,178 Executive Director $10,644 $10,181 2024
Endurance Leadership Inc FL$419,194 President $100,900 $88,129 2023
Logos Missionary Services CA$418,935 President $36,416 $28,397 2024
Equip Ministries International OH$418,880 Exec Director $76,070 $74,910 2023
Heart For The World Ministries TX$421,467 Pres. / Executive Director $55,575 $51,687 2023
Heidi & Rolland Baker Ministries TN$421,722 Executive Director $179,421 $170,317 2024
Urban Discovery Ministries Inc VA$418,346 President/ce $49,347 $43,028 2024
Unity In The Family Ministry Inc FL$418,165 Executive Director $79,813 $67,711 2024
Center Of Revival Inc FL$422,379 President $74,000 $62,780 2024
Ora Academy NY$422,513 Executive Di $78,500 $64,060 2024
New Life Global Ministries Inc WV$423,216 Executive Director $75,615 $73,937 2024
Mobile Hope MN$416,889 Executive Director $58,693 $52,374 2024
Harvest Ministries International CA$416,813 President $67,500 $54,192 2023
Megavoice International FL$423,573 Executive Di $16,000 $13,574 2024
Charis Streams Missions TX$424,118 President/di $12,000 $10,841 2024
National Consultants Group Inc NC$424,233 Executive Director $90,300 $84,260 2024
Sarasota Hope House Inc FL$415,920 President $48,150 $40,849 2024
Mending Wings WA$424,356 President $54,548 $44,104 2024
Harvest Family Life Ministries TX$415,540 Ceo $125,000 $116,255 2023
Justin Peters Ministries MT$424,781 President $77,000 $77,171 2023
Ministerio Cristiano Venga Tu Reino OR$425,466 President $46,386 $38,901 2024
Wisconsin Inmate Education Association WI$425,670 Executive Director $96,495 $88,663 2025
Encouragement International Inc CA$414,281 President $96,000 $74,862 2024
Bay Area School Of Ministry Inc CA$414,196 Director $104,500 $87,336 2022
Crosspoint International Ministries TN$426,060 Director $33,479 $31,780 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Christine Ford) 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 867 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.