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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Word Of God Ministry To The Nations

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900682717
CA · NTEE X19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Samuel Muwonge, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 104 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

104 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 104 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $585,250 $12,000
$3,60810th
$6,36625th
$19,365Median
$39,75275th
$62,61190th
$12,000This org · 36th
p10$3,608
p25$6,366
p50$19,365
p75$39,752
p90$62,611
$12,000

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 CA 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
Ross Ministries Inc TX$37,273 President $112,309 $133,945 2023
Sportworks Ministry Inc NC$37,297 Campus Director $3,000 $3,696 2023
Steve Cassell Ministries IL$37,385 President $52,000 $59,203 2024
Angel Rock Charities LA$37,662 President $27,500 $36,103 2023
Eileen And Myron Nickman Family OH$36,438 Treasurer/trustee $40,331 $50,930 2023
House Of Hope Church CA$36,386 Ceo $1 $1 2024
The Living Truth Holiness Church Of God Inc NJ$37,873 President $3,500 $3,619 2024
Liferesource Ministries Inc NV$36,271 Minister $24,830 $28,823 2024
Tri Nghiem Association CA$38,032 President $5,200 $5,200 2024
Wright Way Ministries Inc FL$38,033 President $30,000 $32,638 2024
New Mexico Family Action Foundation NM$36,067 Executive Dir. $36,000 $44,841 2024
Kind Holy House CA$36,002 Office Assistant $14,400 $14,029 2025
Land In Between Ministry VA$38,457 Officer $57,300 $64,071 2024
Oakland Mills Interfaith Inc MD$35,665 Executive Vice President $102,625 $114,393 2023
John C Vaughn Evangelistic SC$39,105 Director $4,150 $5,014 2024
Philadelphia Bible Institute College & Seminary In MD$39,200 President $500 $541 2024
Heartcry For Change WA$39,270 President $15,000 $16,012 2023
Discovery Missions International Inc TX$34,820 Director $92,644 $110,492 2023
New Generation Apostolic Holiness FL$34,782 President $13,570 $14,763 2024
Methodist Church Nigeria Usa Inc MD$34,536 Minister In Charge $13,500 $15,048 2023
Jesus Is Enough Corp ID$39,825 Secretary $8,732 $10,757 2024
Apostle Born Ministries Inc TX$39,874 President $102,168 $118,355 2024
Tree Of Life Ministries Of Daytona FL$40,059 President $80,860 $87,969 2024
Rex And Lois Burgher Ministries Inc PA$40,158 President $14,950 $17,776 2023
Jewish Life Network TX$34,001 Director $19,500 $23,257 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Samuel Muwonge) 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 104 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.