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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jeff Lucas International Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201276493
CO · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Lucas, Executive Director / CEO ($87,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 114 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jeff Lucas — reported title “President/Dir”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

114 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 114 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$934 total compensation of comparable organizations → $156,593 $87,000
$4,37110th
$10,06725th
$22,543Median
$44,19775th
$70,91190th
$87,000This org · 96th
p10$4,371
p25$10,067
p50$22,543
p75$44,197
p90$70,911
$87,000

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 CO 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
Korean Evangelical Methodist Church Of Minnesota MN$68,815 Rev. $20,000 $21,219 2023
General Intercessors OH$68,336 Director $5,500 $6,075 2024
World Revival Ministries Inc FL$67,957 President $75,760 $74,223 2024
Reflections Of Grace Performing Arts School Inc WI$69,485 Executive Director And President $28,520 $31,980 2023
Cross Culture Ministries Inc CO$69,562 Chairman/pre $10,468 $10,468 2024
The Sentinels Les Sentineltes MA$70,235 President $30,215 $27,586 2025
In His Steps Christian Recovery Home CA$66,636 Acting Director $54,720 $49,277 2024
Iglesia Principio Nuevo New Begining AZ$70,705 Pastor $27,768 $27,850 2024
The Voice Of Triumph Inc TN$66,000 Secretary $6,200 $6,997 2023
Embrace Equine Ministry ID$71,181 President/ce $36,000 $39,939 2024
Lilias Trotter Legacy Inc FL$65,804 Treasurer $18,720 $19,656 2022
Eagle Summit Healing Center Inc WI$71,500 Executive Director $32,337 $36,260 2023
The Masters Theatre Inc ND$65,549 President $31,000 $36,527 2023
Rec Ministries GA$65,512 President $72,000 $77,730 2023
Consequential Christianity SC$65,182 Director $114,260 $124,313 2024
Arise Shine Ministries TX$72,090 President $18,388 $19,749 2023
Search For Me Ministries Inc PA$64,971 President And Director $47,930 $49,847 2024
Mustard Seed Cottage GA$64,912 Director $7,542 $7,909 2024
Dignity San Francisco Inc CA$72,496 Adminstrator $11,738 $10,883 2023
Ywam - Arctic Mercy Inc AK$72,879 President $58,446 $59,995 2023
Jamey O Graham Ministries SC$73,360 President $8,700 $9,745 2023
Walking Worthy A Journey To Freedom TN$63,302 Executive Director $15,596 $17,097 2024
Bethesda Changers Chapel MD$63,264 Resident And Senior Pastor $8,400 $8,190 2024
Leaders For Christ Inc MI$74,152 President $16,973 $18,270 2024
Steve Gray Ministries Inc MO$75,092 President $59,400 $65,612 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Jeff Lucas) 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 114 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,000 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.