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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Emerging Grace Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853034418
TX · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gaetina Stahl, Executive Director / CEO ($25,179) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 139 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Gaetina Stahl — reported title “Founder and Executive Directo”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

139 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 139 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,757 total compensation of comparable organizations → $370,475 $25,179
$16,16710th
$35,23025th
$61,082Median
$88,69675th
$139,41590th
$25,179This org · 17th
p10$16,167
p25$35,230
p50$61,082
p75$88,696
p90$139,415
$25,179

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
Pearl Haven Ministries Inc TX$383,369 President $31,600 $30,693 2024
The Roots Network TX$376,969 Pastor $118,696 $115,291 2024
Leslie James Dba Alter Ministries Inc TX$376,098 President $27,226 $26,445 2024
Hope For The Harvest Inc TX$375,152 Executive Director $77,131 $74,918 2024
Debra George Ministries TX$374,197 President $77,710 $77,710 2023
Prayers Of The People TX$373,703 President $75,120 $75,120 2023
Wilderness Trek Christian Camp Inc TX$372,449 Exec Dir ->0 $110,032 $110,032 2023
Women On The Rock Inc TX$371,578 Executive Di $45,000 $43,709 2024
Tapestry Counseling Of East Texas Inc TX$371,445 Clinic Director $17,100 $16,609 2024
Servant House Education Ministries And TX$389,411 President $11,372 $11,046 2024
Grow Gospel Initiatives TX$390,281 President And Missionary $36,540 $35,492 2024
Reino Capital TX$369,607 Executive Director $106,090 $103,046 2024
Kingdom Come Ministries Inc TX$392,507 Co-executive Director $68,360 $66,399 2024
Legacy Outfitters TX$392,917 President $68,000 $68,000 2023
Time For Christ Inc TX$367,676 Director/jail Ministries Chaplain $54,000 $51,099 2025
Nueva Vida Iglesia Baustista Independiente Fundamental TX$366,740 Minister/pastor $94,500 $98,374 2022
Kidstand Ministries Inc TX$394,160 President $47,035 $47,035 2023
Charlie Bing Gracelife Ministries TX$366,136 President $167,112 $162,318 2024
Undivided Heart Inc TX$364,671 Director $57,615 $55,962 2024
Pursuit 53 TX$364,457 Director $74,200 $72,071 2024
Andres Bisonni Ministries Inc TX$398,081 President $80,400 $78,093 2024
For Her TX$400,509 Ceo $83,634 $81,235 2024
My Brother's Keeper Outreach Center TX$359,914 Ceo $82,500 $82,500 2023
Christ Healing Center Ministries TX$404,552 Executive Director $39,583 $38,447 2024
Destiny Sports Mission Inc TX$355,921 Founder/director $55,043 $53,464 2024

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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Gaetina Stahl) 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 139 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,179 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.