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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Titus Foundation Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873947208
AZ · NTEE L200
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Obed Escobar, Executive Director / CEO ($84,548) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 273 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Obed Escobar — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

273 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 273 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$159 total compensation of comparable organizations → $363,723 $84,548
$7,40810th
$18,90025th
$37,231Median
$62,32875th
$86,11490th
$84,548This org · 89th
p10$7,408
p25$18,900
p50$37,231
p75$62,328
p90$86,114
$84,548

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 AZ 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
Venture Care Housing Development Fund Co Inc NY$254,990 Chief Executive Officer $38,189 $36,942 2023
Bethel Foundation OK$256,049 Executive Di $33,986 $38,913 2024
Asi Redruth Inc MN$256,149 President/tr $65,715 $69,512 2023
Amsterdam Continuing Care Health System NY$254,412 President / Ceo $15,418 $14,914 2023
Cra Community Development Group Incorporated FL$254,171 President, Chair $32,760 $32,000 2024
Affordable Housing Paso Robles CA$257,029 President $40,325 $36,207 2024
Lake County Habitat For Humanity MI$257,071 Executive Director $21,339 $22,902 2024
Lutheran Social Services Of Central Ohio OH$252,249 President & Ceo $9,088 $10,304 2023
Housing Alternatives Inc CA$258,573 President & Ceo $138,000 $123,906 2024
Cape Fear Community Land Trust Inc NC$251,937 Executive Director - Not B $79,849 $85,789 2024
Neighborhood Housing Renewal Corp Ii CA$259,011 Secretary, Treasurer $26,376 $24,382 2023
Edenhope Villa Esperanza Inc CA$259,493 President $39,896 $35,821 2024
Altoona Housing Corporation WI$259,742 Executive Director And Office Manager $19,500 $21,176 2024
Ecology House Inc CA$259,749 President $21,418 $19,231 2024
Sheltering Palms Foundation Inc FL$259,861 President $191,666 $192,751 2023
The Reach Project TX$260,261 Executive Dir. $59,615 $62,007 2024
Creating New Horizons LA$250,286 President $12,000 $14,145 2023
San Joaquin Valley Housing Collaborative CA$249,665 Executive Dir. $26,183 $24,203 2023
Ashby House Ltd KS$249,655 Executive Di $88,049 $98,908 2024
Admiral Housing WA$249,100 Executive Director $7,191 $6,892 2023
Kce Inc MD$261,675 President Ceo $17,900 $17,915 2023
Our Casas Resident Council Incorporated TX$261,827 Executive Director $40,010 $42,845 2023
Plymouth Bay Housing Corporation MA$248,798 Ceo $40,000 $37,375 2024
Cleveland County Community Development Corp Inc NC$248,673 Executive Director $68,517 $73,614 2024
Stop It Now Inc MA$262,040 President/ceo $32,663 $31,421 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Obed Escobar) 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 273 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,548 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.