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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Thailand Sustainable Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873358953
IL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Filbeck, Executive Director / CEO ($48,775) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: David Filbeck — 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

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,362 total compensation of comparable organizations → $98,685 $48,775
$13,38310th
$22,34025th
$30,305Median
$71,40075th
$92,49190th
$48,775This org · 71st
p10$13,383
p25$22,340
p50$30,305
p75$71,400
p90$92,491
$48,775

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 IL 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
Monarch Ministries IL$200,064 Co-executive Director $98,334 $98,334 2023
Latter Rain Ministries & Missions Inc IL$177,594 President, Director $4,610 $4,362 2025
Cross Trail Outfitters Of IL$205,750 President $23,000 $22,340 2024
Philadelphia Coummunity Outreach IL$207,406 President $47,500 $46,137 2024
By Design Ministries International IL$170,622 President $48,600 $47,206 2024
Audience Of One Inc IL$169,063 Executive Director $14,535 $14,535 2023
Caritas Center For Christian Format IL$161,564 President $84,550 $80,007 2025
Faith Victory Ministries International Inc IL$223,495 President $28,970 $28,139 2024
Asian American Christian Collaborative IL$225,193 Cfo $17,500 $17,500 2023
Iglesia Church Of Chirst IL$155,313 Barrerra $44,040 $42,776 2024
Iglesia Evangelica Apostolica Del Nombre De Jesus Ee Uu Inc IL$236,261 Employee $30,000 $30,000 2023
Mark Amoateng Ministries Nfp IL$239,750 President $12,000 $11,656 2024
Created For More Ministries Nfp IL$243,085 President $27,461 $26,673 2024
The Kesher Project IL$135,655 President $101,600 $98,685 2024
Abundant Thrift Inc IL$250,270 Treasurer $31,200 $30,305 2024
Chicago Partnership For Church Planting IL$253,276 President $71,400 $71,400 2023
Carey International Pastoral Traini IL$266,488 Vice Preside $88,596 $88,596 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (David Filbeck) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + IL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,775 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.