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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

True Buddha Dharma Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 923226970
CA · NTEE X50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Te-jen Ho, Executive Director / CEO ($1,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 162 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Te-jen Ho — reported title “CFO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

162 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 162 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $585,250 $1,000
$4,27410th
$10,90125th
$23,420Median
$44,10675th
$74,64590th
$1,000This org · 1st
p10$4,274
p25$10,901
p50$23,420
p75$44,106
p90$74,645
$1,000

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
Dominic Galati Jr Ministries WI$49,839 President $6,915 $8,363 2024
Free In Christ Prison Ministries Inc NC$49,101 President $21,600 $25,847 2024
Camp Shenandoah Springs Inc VA$51,100 Secretary $12,500 $13,977 2024
St Vincent Ferrer Foundation Of Texas TX$49,013 Executive Director $25,200 $28,440 2025
Winner's Circle International Inc LA$49,006 President $41,000 $53,827 2023
Cpc Prescott Holding Co AZ$48,943 Executive Dir. $6,188 $6,892 2024
Dong Wha Sa Inc GA$48,872 Ceo $3,600 $4,192 2024
Catholic Parish Initiatives Inc CT$51,399 Chairman $42,000 $46,952 2023
Child & Church Partners Int'l TX$52,143 V President $6,674 $7,960 2023
Pho Mon Buddhist Temple Of Siouxland IA$47,667 President $3,000 $3,804 2024
Life Focus Communications Nfp IL$52,459 Executive Director $24,000 $28,132 2023
Vision For The Kingdom CA$52,603 Treasurer $3,500 $3,603 2023
Gkerr Ministries Corp FL$52,729 Kerr $44,655 $50,016 2023
Mountaintop Ministries TX$47,311 Vice Preside $10,946 $12,680 2024
Yahweh Church Orlando Inc FL$52,840 President $5,319 $5,787 2024
Planted International Inc AL$47,225 President $42,000 $52,547 2024
Charitable Ministry Support Inc FL$47,146 President/director $46,702 $50,808 2024
Ignite Ministries TX$47,088 Executive Di $32,819 $38,019 2024
In The Name Of Love Ministries Inc CA$53,319 President $25,000 $25,738 2023
Fuentes De Aguas Vivas International Fellowship Church Inc IN$53,383 Vice President $15,600 $19,615 2023
Teach All Nations Inc PA$46,687 President $898 $1,037 2024
Bozrah International Ministries Inc CT$46,666 Executive Director $1,020 $1,140 2023
Chelm Family Foundation OH$46,662 Treasurer Thru 9/6/22 $40,331 $50,930 2023
Go Forth Ministries CA$53,471 Chief Executive Office $24,000 $24,000 2024
Project Tibet Inc NM$53,487 President $20,784 $25,220 2025

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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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 (Te-jen Ho) 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 162 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,000 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.