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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Venture Ministries Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871157948
TX · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Corey Schmitt, Executive Director / CEO ($40,912) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 136 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Corey Schmitt — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

136 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 136 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,757 total compensation of comparable organizations → $273,909 $40,912
$18,43910th
$38,00425th
$61,138Median
$88,57175th
$130,65690th
$40,912This org · 27th
p10$18,439
p25$38,004
p50$61,138
p75$88,571
p90$130,656
$40,912

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
Christian Thinkers Society Inc TX$293,485 President $53,000 $53,000 2023
Build International Ministries TX$295,757 Prayer/spiritual Leader $135,391 $135,391 2023
Ascending Leaders TX$295,779 Exec Dir & President $84,887 $82,452 2024
Olney Christian Community Center Inc TX$292,060 Director $56,350 $54,733 2024
The Isaiah 43 19 Project TX$299,573 Director $142,000 $142,000 2023
The Replenish Group Corporation TX$301,015 Director, President $69,646 $67,648 2024
Sure Foundation Ministries TX$301,270 President, Dir. $91,058 $88,446 2024
Kingdom Focus Coaching TX$287,098 President & Founder $110,846 $107,666 2024
We Love Our City TX$302,276 Director $75,100 $75,100 2023
Overcoming Obstacles Ministries TX$303,267 President $74,500 $74,500 2023
Young Living Stones TX$305,712 Executive Director $13,750 $13,750 2023
In The Streets-hands Uphighministry TX$306,260 Officer $22,333 $21,692 2024
Her Well Center Inc TX$306,991 Executive Director $77,261 $75,044 2024
Bethel Mission Inc TX$281,163 Officer $23,850 $23,166 2024
Midland Soup Kitchen Ministry TX$308,741 President $95,160 $95,160 2023
Talented Foundation TX$309,476 Director $180,007 $180,007 2023
Rest Yourself Family Ministries TX$278,663 Program Director $61,500 $59,736 2024
Shalom Of Texas Ministries TX$277,641 President $121,000 $117,529 2024
Practice Ministries Inc TX$311,370 Co-founder $91,616 $91,616 2023
James F Myers Ministries Inc TX$311,732 President $65,000 $63,135 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Shekinah TX$276,487 Lead Pastor $5,743 $5,978 2022
Youth With A Mission South Dallas TX$275,749 President $47,881 $46,507 2024
Call Sign Victor TX$274,201 Executive Director $62,886 $61,082 2024
Csj Ministries Inc TX$273,373 President $20,000 $19,426 2024
Main Street Crossing TX$315,132 Secretary $8,960 $8,703 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Corey Schmitt) 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 136 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,912 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.