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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Calvary Bible Institute Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141978848
DC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen P Mcnair, Executive Director / CEO ($71,526) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1029 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,029 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,029 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $338,371 $71,526
$18,05510th
$35,22725th
$64,028Median
$99,82975th
$135,49390th
$71,526This org · 55th
p10$18,055
p25$35,227
p50$64,028
p75$99,829
p90$135,493
$71,526

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 DC 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
Jeremiah Castille Foundation AL$317,337 Director $13,105 $16,561 2024
First Priority North Carolina NC$317,815 Executive Di $69,224 $81,509 2025
Sandra Kennedy Ministries Inc GA$317,845 President/trustee $72,000 $84,681 2024
Living Vine Int'l Ministries Inc LA$317,056 President $89,900 $115,793 2024
Spread The Word Ministries Worship OK$316,936 Ceo $26,000 $33,488 2024
Beam Kenya CA$318,437 Ceo $33,600 $33,938 2024
Emmaus Global Missions MO$318,440 President $54,000 $66,901 2024
Leadership Investment Intensives Inc MO$318,657 Founder, Executive Director & Secretary $110,384 $136,756 2024
Pastorstays WA$316,409 Secretary/ci $78,011 $81,697 2024
Cathedral Assembly Of God Inc NJ$316,320 Senior Pasto $58,800 $61,409 2024
Victory Christian Ministries KY$316,211 Ceo, President & Minister $169,000 $212,382 2024
Jeremiah Tree Inc OH$315,907 Executive Director $12,183 $16,177 2022
Thinking Through Faith CA$319,788 Ceo $50,400 $52,411 2023
Moms In The Making TX$315,177 President $63,000 $75,892 2023
Main Street Crossing TX$315,132 Secretary $8,960 $10,484 2024
Freedom House Ministries Inc ID$315,092 Coffee House Manager $45,500 $58,289 2023
Grace Assembly Christian Church Of Gatesville Inc TX$320,129 Senior Pastor $1,809 $2,117 2024
Triad Coalition For Life NC$320,402 Pres/exec Dir. $44,000 $53,179 2024
Lakeland Child Evangelism Ministrie IN$314,533 Assistant Di $38,652 $49,087 2023
Mosaic Center For Spiritual Formation TX$320,551 Executive Dir. $30,600 $35,805 2024
Global Leadership Outreach Development TX$320,610 President $282,000 $329,962 2024
Live Your Mission Incorporated FL$320,800 President $57,011 $62,646 2024
Ghb3 TX$320,827 Vice President $7,667 $8,971 2024
Bridge Of Hope Ministries MO$314,082 Executive Director $67,616 $83,770 2024
Angel One Foundation WA$321,029 Vice President $31,000 $32,465 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC cost of living and 2025 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 DC 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Karen P Mcnair) 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 1029 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,526 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.