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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Wilderness Adventures

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200263844
NC · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Folk, Executive Director / CEO ($23,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 92 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mark Folk — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

92 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 92 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,962 $23,500
$10,04910th
$22,77925th
$39,635Median
$57,88675th
$84,13690th
$23,500This org · 26th
p10$10,049
p25$22,779
p50$39,635
p75$57,886
p90$84,136
$23,500

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 NC 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
Africa Church-planting & Training In Vocational Ed IN$133,020 Executive Director $19,350 $19,749 2024
Highlands Mission Cooperative Inc GA$133,892 President & Ceo $26,500 $26,549 2023
Camp Gilead Bible Camp OH$134,761 President $6,200 $6,543 2023
Wine Women In The New Evangelization MN$130,747 Secretary & Treasurer $13,000 $12,432 2024
Movement Day Greater Dallas TX$128,186 Executive Dir. $21,300 $20,621 2024
Gospel Carrier International Inc MD$139,487 Executive Director $85,053 $79,229 2023
Prf Teaching Ministry AL$141,919 Board Chair And Executive Director $40,051 $41,876 2024
Windows To The Divine CO$123,746 President $36,000 $34,395 2023
Pearce Foundation Inc IL$143,244 Director $2,263 $2,153 2024
Charis Foundation For New Monacticism & Interspirituality NM$121,147 President, Director Of Keating-schachter Center $50,800 $52,879 2024
Ignition Point Ministries Inc FL$145,924 President $72,277 $65,713 2024
This Redeemed Life TX$120,165 President $33,815 $32,737 2024
Boston Collaborative Inc MA$146,727 Executive Director $101,250 $88,056 2024
Women's Circle Inc FL$119,472 Director $72,000 $67,395 2023
Mt Zion Pentecostal Churches Of God NJ$119,356 President $28,600 $26,486 2022
The Opened Bible Academy TX$147,364 Secretary $71,875 $71,638 2023
Grad Resources TX$117,974 Chairman $72,000 $69,704 2024
Mission Life Inc FL$149,174 Ceo/founder $18,308 $16,645 2024
Share All Our Blessings Inc FL$149,276 President Secretary Director $72,000 $65,461 2024
Church United CA$116,515 Vice President $45,000 $37,607 2024
Emmanuel Missionary Institute Inc MD$151,000 President $85,090 $76,990 2024
Get The Word Out Inc CO$115,218 President $41,670 $38,670 2024
Mahayogi Yoga Mission Inc NY$113,198 President $5,000 $4,502 2023
Heavenly Grace Ministries Inc NY$113,062 President $33,000 $28,860 2024
Louder Than Words Ministries NC$153,970 Executive Director $32,400 $32,400 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Mark Folk) 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 92 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,500 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.