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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Aish Livingston Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030522697
NJ · NTEE X30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steven Barnett, Executive Director / CEO ($17,058) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $566,019 $17,058
$3,71210th
$6,61225th
$20,465Median
$44,78075th
$78,03190th
$17,058This org · 44th
p10$3,712
p25$6,612
p50$20,465
p75$44,780
p90$78,031
$17,058

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 NJ 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
Freedom Center Network Inc OH$31,741 Owner $5,000 $5,931 2024
The Genevan Institute For Reformed Studies Inc FL$31,588 Ceo $8,000 $8,417 2024
Kings Way Center For World Mission Inc TX$31,342 Secretary $18,000 $20,763 2023
He Will Restore Ministries CO$31,304 President $10,500 $11,610 2023
Principles Of Kingdom Living Ministries Inc FL$32,410 President $6,500 $6,839 2024
At The Well Ministries Inc TN$30,915 Treasurer/secretary $170 $206 2023
Congregation Teach613 MD$32,562 Director $22,802 $24,582 2023
Institute For Christian Renewal NH$32,774 Executive Director $21,000 $21,718 2024
Awaken Ministries MI$30,116 Executive Director $39,934 $47,530 2023
Christ's Servants Abroad FL$33,600 President $24,000 $25,252 2024
Binik-lewinger Supporting Foundation NY$29,741 Secretary $30,887 $31,260 2024
Jewish Life Network TX$34,001 Director $19,500 $22,493 2023
Insight Foundation Inc MA$29,095 Director $19,403 $19,529 2024
Methodist Church Nigeria Usa Inc MD$34,536 Minister In Charge $13,500 $14,554 2023
New Generation Apostolic Holiness FL$34,782 President $13,570 $14,278 2024
Discovery Missions International Inc TX$34,820 Director $92,644 $106,861 2023
Larry D Ford Ministries Inc FL$28,622 President $4,622 $5,007 2023
The Urban Ministry Institute Of Colorado CO$27,989 Dean $12,000 $13,268 2023
Oakland Mills Interfaith Inc MD$35,665 Executive Vice President $102,625 $110,634 2023
Kind Holy House CA$36,002 Office Assistant $14,400 $13,568 2025
New Mexico Family Action Foundation NM$36,067 Executive Dir. $36,000 $43,367 2024
Liferesource Ministries Inc NV$36,271 Minister $24,830 $27,876 2024
House Of Hope Church CA$36,386 Ceo $1 $1 2024
Eileen And Myron Nickman Family OH$36,438 Treasurer/trustee $40,331 $49,256 2023
L & R Lawrence Family Foundation CA$26,666 Assistant Treasurer (From $50,736 $49,069 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Steven Barnett) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,058 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.