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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gathering Of Light Multifaith

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 113355698
NY · NTEE X90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jo Ann Barrett, Executive Director / CEO ($56,328) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jo Ann Barrett — reported title “SR OFFICIANT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,144 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,106 $56,328
$13,97110th
$30,96125th
$56,309Median
$83,71175th
$106,56690th
$56,328This org · 52nd
p10$13,971
p25$30,961
p50$56,309
p75$83,711
p90$106,566
$56,328

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 NY 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
Revelation Of Hope Ministries Inc HI$143,550 President Ceo $80,000 $76,989 2024
Espavo NV$144,178 Chairman $72,000 $75,577 2025
Romania Leadership Ministries IL$147,628 Exec Director $53,285 $56,309 2024
Thriving Inc PA$126,507 President $2,000 $2,144 2024
School Of Metaphysics MO$153,111 Director $2,400 $2,732 2024
Touch Life Mission CA$116,675 President $32,400 $30,961 2023
Biblical Family Ministries Inc PA$100,237 Director $33,144 $36,577 2023
Fellowship Of Global Learners MD$100,181 Director $30,000 $30,148 2024
Mecca 20 20 Incorporated FL$178,000 Program Director $34,680 $35,019 2024
Church Health Ministries TX$96,621 Executive Di $12,994 $13,971 2024
Anne Arundel Connecting Together Inc MD$181,257 Key Employee $105,725 $106,247 2024
Song And Spirit Inc MI$93,739 Vice President $38,100 $42,271 2024
Knowing Him Ministries CO$190,068 Director $37,278 $38,423 2024
Iraqi Christian Relief Council IL$192,230 President $79,216 $83,711 2024
Leachman Ministries CO$194,981 Directorspiritual Director $130,112 $134,106 2024
Stride Ministries UT$195,527 Chair $112,029 $123,247 2024
Arizona Interfaith Movement AZ$197,769 Executive Di $73,250 $75,722 2024
Movement West Michigan MI$198,776 Executive Di $81,209 $90,100 2024
Frank Damazio Ministries OR$201,116 Director $30,000 $29,946 2024
Foundation For Spiritual Development CA$206,450 Executive Dir. $85,136 $81,356 2023
The Trucking Collective Inc MI$206,839 Executive Director $96,051 $106,566 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 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 NY 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Jo Ann Barrett) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,328 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.