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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Crete Collective

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853586913
DC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chimdindu Onwuchekwa, Executive Director / CEO ($21,331) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 976 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Chimdindu Onwuchekwa — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

976 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 976 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $320,192 $21,331
$17,71210th
$36,30625th
$62,677Median
$95,70375th
$130,13490th
$21,331This org · 13th
p10$17,712
p25$36,306
p50$62,677
p75$95,703
p90$130,134
$21,331

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 DC 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
Rocky Mountain Police Chaplains CO$355,724 Executive Director $24,000 $26,225 2023
Kingdom Acts Ministries International TX$355,807 Pastor/president $45,504 $51,871 2023
Awaken Inc AL$355,603 President $95,293 $113,950 2024
Destiny Sports Mission Inc TX$355,921 Founder/director $55,043 $60,945 2024
The Hope Church Of Detroit Inc MI$356,089 President $48,472 $57,014 2023
Faithquest Missions CA$355,360 President $96,000 $94,465 2023
Life Ready Inc KY$356,393 Executive Di $83,871 $99,738 2024
Oak Health Foundation CA$354,804 Ceo $19,353 $19,044 2023
Sparkle Living Inc TX$354,774 President $9,615 $10,960 2023
Police Chaplains Ministry Fund IL$356,777 Fund Director $152,066 $165,475 2024
Freedom In Jesus Ministries Inc TX$354,631 President $25,988 $29,624 2023
Renewal Ministries Northwest WA$354,314 Executive Director $55,220 $54,723 2024
Frontline Evangelism Inc TX$354,092 Officer $33,000 $36,538 2024
Evangelicals For Social Action - Fresno CA$357,472 Exec Director $75,124 $71,803 2024
Neck Ministries PA$357,662 President $121,010 $133,571 2024
Ann Ree Colton Foundation Of Niscience CA$357,776 Director $43,039 $41,136 2024
Illustra Media CA$357,902 President $800 $765 2024
Gotta Go Corporation OR$353,331 President $24,000 $24,669 2024
Destiny Align Ministries Inc FL$353,009 Executive Di $67,115 $71,849 2023
World Missions Outreach Inc NV$358,724 President $30,000 $33,285 2024
Northeast Wisdom Inc CT$358,731 President $600 $623 2024
Order Of The Common Life OH$358,788 Founding Director $33,336 $39,082 2024
Crosswind MS$352,680 Exe Dir Of Counseling $61,245 $75,501 2024
Glocal Community Partners ID$352,614 Co-director $45,000 $52,986 2024
Dirt Roads Network Inc KS$358,885 Executive Di $88,177 $105,441 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Chimdindu Onwuchekwa) 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 976 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,331 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.