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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Brake Ministries International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 113622016
FL · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert K Brake, Executive Director / CEO ($140,366) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,235 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,900 $140,366
$16,44810th
$31,76025th
$66,611Median
$90,00075th
$99,70190th
$140,366This org · 100th
p10$16,448
p25$31,760
p50$66,611
p75$90,000
p90$99,701
$140,366

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 FL cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Call Communications Group IncFL $322,017$90,000 990
Church Usa For Christ CorpFL $319,351$31,760 990
Gotell Ministries IncFL $315,139$38,095 990
Beyond The Reef Foundation IncFL $312,010$98,836 990
Calling Ministry IncFL $311,698$1,235 990
Elijah Ministries IncFL $309,659$89,877 990
New Harvest Missions International IncFL $355,577$84,000 990
Jim Ryun Ministries IncFL $357,774$93,962 990
Eurasian Baptist MissionFL $291,444$74,592 990
Maximum Impact MinistriesFL $284,980$103,045 990
Word Of Faith Christian Ministries IncFL $283,130$17,000 990
Turning Point International Ministries IncFL $282,648$60,855 990
Heaven To Earth Worship Center IncFL $275,552$74,400 990
Interhope IncFL $391,245$33,000 990
Campus House Of Christian Campus Ministry IncFL $270,177$66,611 990
Joyful Word Ministries IncFL $265,410$73,189 990
Hope Africa Collective IncFL $262,320$27,600 990
Pure Encouragement IncFL $255,905$112,900 990
Jesus Vive Hoy-jesus Is Alive TodayFL $421,038$16,450 990
Life Generating Church IncFL $425,242$9,884 990
21c International IncorporatedFL $433,137$94,500 990
Agape Source IncFL $223,787$16,447 990
Somebody Cares Tampa Bay IncFL $461,727$40,767 990
Mapping Center For Evangelism & ChurchFL $480,617$100,277 990
Jacksonville Kachin Baptist ChurchFL $487,162$37,200 990

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 FL 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Robert K Brake) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $140,366 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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). 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.