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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Abiding Fathers

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900662615
TX · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rafael Gutierrez, Executive Director / CEO ($109,152) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rafael Gutierrez — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,809 total compensation of comparable organizations → $282,000 $109,152
$13,91410th
$35,34125th
$61,632Median
$93,34175th
$143,54990th
$109,152This org · 81st
p10$13,914
p25$35,341
p50$61,632
p75$93,341
p90$143,549
$109,152

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
Watchman Fellowship Inc TX$239,595 President $19,200 $19,767 2023
Breakthrough Nations Ministries TX$239,564 Director $24,270 $24,270 2024
Burning Hope Ministries TX$239,559 President $50,000 $50,000 2024
Wildfire Network TX$242,456 President, Executive Director $54,770 $54,770 2024
Sharing Gods Love Inc TX$242,495 Director $7,200 $7,413 2023
Turning Point Church Of Bay City Tx TX$236,941 Director $103,610 $103,610 2024
World Wide Spanish Literature TX$245,076 Secretary $18,200 $18,200 2024
Buddy Hicks Ministries TX$236,372 President $44,829 $44,829 2024
Sea Of Hope Ministries TX$245,090 President $54,000 $54,000 2024
Date Palm Consulting TX$245,162 Key Employee $50,095 $51,575 2023
New Foundland Foundation Incorporated TX$235,898 Chair $208,000 $208,000 2024
Matt Clayton Ministriesinternational Inc TX$235,571 Employee $60,832 $60,832 2024
Encounter Gods Presence TX$234,992 President $74,000 $76,186 2023
Power To Live Center TX$247,495 Executive Dir. $54,721 $54,721 2024
Cic Mission Inc TX$247,792 President $75,633 $75,633 2024
Revival Mandate International TX$248,144 Executive Dir. $119,055 $119,055 2024
The Equipping Group Inc TX$231,910 Executive Director & Board Chair $88,482 $88,482 2024
Breath Of The Spirit Ministriesinc TX$251,113 President $150,000 $154,431 2023
Feed My Lambs International Inc TX$229,047 President $50,121 $50,121 2024
Iplace TX$227,994 Executive Director $50,000 $50,000 2024
Ronnie Hill Ministries TX$254,218 President $187,779 $193,325 2023
Make Impact Right Away Corp TX$256,671 Coo $84,002 $86,483 2023
Reach Ministries Of Corpus Christi TX$224,648 Ceo $70,708 $72,797 2023
Fellowship Church Of Texas TX$258,693 Pastor $85,550 $85,550 2024
Hope For The Home Ministries TX$222,545 President $49,225 $49,225 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 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 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Rafael Gutierrez) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $109,152 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.