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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Care Center Ministries Missouri Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853514239
MO · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Blake Atchison, Executive Director / CEO ($46,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 280 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: Blake Atchison — reported title “PRESIDENTLEAD PASTOREXECUTI”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

280 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 280 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$557 total compensation of comparable organizations → $347,531 $46,800
$15,92310th
$33,62825th
$54,166Median
$70,82675th
$85,73490th
$46,800This org · 40th
p10$15,923
p25$33,628
p50$54,166
p75$70,826
p90$85,734
$46,800

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 MO 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
Lake Trust Credit Union Foundation MI$375,055 Board Of Directors, President $356,617 $347,531 2023
Avalon Center IA$375,270 Executive Di $88,756 $91,755 2023
Shepherd Youth Ranch Inc NC$373,391 Executive Di $37,800 $36,876 2023
Faith In Action Fremont County IA$372,788 Data Manager/driver $28,656 $28,774 2024
Cancer Services Of Davidson County Inc NC$372,760 Executive Director $68,538 $66,863 2023
Building Pathways Foundation FL$372,524 Director $54,000 $47,896 2023
Spirit Open Equestrian Program Inc VA$372,316 Executive Director $74,472 $65,942 2024
Mens Challenge Of Alliance OH$371,979 Chairperson $41,000 $39,824 2024
Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County CA$371,752 Executive Dir. $64,690 $51,227 2024
Chair-ity OH$371,177 Executive Director $60,000 $58,279 2024
The Saddle Light Center TX$369,556 President $47,794 $43,844 2024
Down Syndrome Assoc Of Pittsburgh PA$369,176 Executive Di $41,818 $38,243 2024
Strides To Success Inc IN$380,636 Executive Director $46,848 $45,307 2024
Oklahomans For Independent Living OK$380,925 Executive Di $69,432 $70,113 2024
Connecticut Elks Association CT$367,008 Secretary $3,000 $2,656 2023
All Aboard Of America 1 WA$366,509 Executive Director $52,980 $43,499 2024
Heal Africa Usa WI$366,234 Executive Director $20,000 $19,155 2024
Maximum Accessible Housing - Sheffield OH$383,291 President $24,629 $23,922 2024
Spectrum Ringwood Apartments Inc NJ$364,915 President/ceo $54,495 $44,620 2024
Rio Association Inc OH$384,063 Director $63,343 $63,343 2023
Friends Of Club 21 CO$384,436 Ceo $60,000 $52,761 2024
Paradox Sports CO$362,677 Executive Director $94,500 $85,553 2023
Isaiah House Inc NY$387,311 Executive Director $84,789 $70,263 2024
Creede Early Learning Center CO$360,015 Executive Di $62,807 $55,229 2024
Forest Ridge Manor Inc TN$359,832 Secretary $26,880 $25,911 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Blake Atchison) 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 280 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,800 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.