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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shepherds Staff Christian Counseling Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870476172
UT · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Pramann, Executive Director / CEO ($125,208) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 92 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Robert Pramann — reported title “CLINICIAN/CLINICAL 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

92 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 92 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,439 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,635 $125,208
$16,19610th
$21,31225th
$33,338Median
$47,98675th
$71,22690th
$125,208This org · 99th
p10$16,196
p25$21,312
p50$33,338
p75$47,986
p90$71,226
$125,208

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 UT 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
Kingdom Ambassadors Church Inc NJ$112,299 President $14,020 $12,230 2024
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc KY$111,710 Pastor $48,893 $51,324 2024
Slavic Baptist Mission Incorporated IN$114,065 President $46,750 $48,170 2024
Warren Christian Apologetics Center WV$110,606 President $28,800 $31,368 2023
Jamie Carte Ministries Inc WV$110,450 Member $21,056 $22,933 2023
Greater Beaver Meadow Mb Church MS$115,698 Pastor Ceo $38,213 $42,812 2023
Joyous Community Church CA$116,726 Ceo $40,000 $33,748 2024
Leadership Connection Inc MA$107,941 President $80,664 $70,823 2024
Ron Herrod Evangelistic Ministry Association TN$117,825 Board Member $67,404 $71,271 2023
Sylvan Nook Church Of Christ IN$118,134 Secretary And Minister $65,385 $69,360 2023
Holy Synod Of Saint Athanasius PA$104,400 Officer $17,400 $16,954 2024
North Central Presbytery Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church IL$104,037 Treasurer, Member Of Board Of Finance And Trustees $5,500 $5,439 2023
Globalservant Ministries Inc AL$104,018 Director $44,100 $47,925 2023
Kevin Derryberry Ministries Inc AL$121,704 President $33,000 $34,833 2024
Christ The Reconciler Inc TX$121,769 President $16,500 $16,127 2024
Chris Miller Ministries Inc TN$122,300 President $43,200 $44,368 2024
Share Ministries Inc TX$122,374 Executive Director $9,600 $9,383 2024
Franklin Ministries TN$101,171 President/director $60,000 $63,442 2023
Victory44 International Inc VA$100,737 President $22,000 $21,368 2023
Tc4 Inc NY$124,592 President $22,200 $19,600 2024
Dwight Thompson Ministries Inc CA$100,243 Director / P $155,000 $134,635 2023
Baptist Youth Mission WY$124,799 President $26,400 $28,437 2023
Great Grace Ministries Inc ID$125,155 President $52,949 $55,035 2024
Journey Church Inc MN$125,278 President $40,300 $40,056 2023
Truth Alive Ministries MI$126,272 Director $40,530 $42,081 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT cost of living and 2024 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 UT 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Robert Pramann) 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 92 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $125,208 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.