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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Icon Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202003198
IL · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lewis Clark, Executive Director / CEO ($46,464) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 304 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lewis Clark — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

304 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 304 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$355 total compensation of comparable organizations → $252,100 $46,464
$15,65610th
$31,97625th
$61,213Median
$86,88275th
$122,54790th
$46,464This org · 37th
p10$15,656
p25$31,976
p50$61,213
p75$86,882
p90$122,547
$46,464

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 IL 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
Apt Ministries TX$375,895 President $67,738 $68,923 2023
House Of Refuge Inc TN$375,509 Director $49,231 $51,128 2024
Kingdom Ministries CA$381,208 President $111,004 $94,701 2024
Metanoia Missions International VA$371,915 Treasurer/ A $55,000 $54,017 2023
Relearn AZ$371,384 Ceo $82,000 $80,216 2023
Northeast Taiwan Christian Association Inc GA$370,256 Director Chairman Contractor $42,000 $41,723 2024
Bible Believers Tabernacle Inc NY$383,986 General Overseer $24,500 $22,519 2023
Gracethrufaithcom Inc UT$384,336 President $18,000 $18,202 2024
Idaho Episcopal Foundation Inc ID$384,427 Executive Director $28,000 $30,298 2023
Temple Of Praise Seventh-day Church Fellowship WA$368,851 Senior Pastor $79,200 $72,126 2023
John Ed Mathison Leadership AL$368,477 Exec Directo $215,139 $229,632 2024
Everfree Ministries TX$368,000 Ceo $179,600 $177,498 2024
Urban Light Christian Development IN$367,827 Executive Di $36,000 $37,508 2024
Iglesia Luz De Salvacion De Aic Inc NY$367,275 President $36,400 $33,457 2023
Teen Round Up Inc AZ$367,183 President $26,000 $24,704 2024
The Christian Performing Artists' SC$388,938 Executive Di $16,500 $17,007 2024
Ministerio El Dios Viviente Inc NY$389,062 Pastor $23,000 $20,534 2024
Federation Of Ministers And Churches Inc TX$363,636 President $125,443 $123,975 2024
Cedar Rock Ministries Inc AR$362,385 Executive Dir. $86,000 $98,328 2023
Interhope Inc FL$391,245 Executive Director $33,000 $30,628 2024
N4 Inc AL$361,981 President $9,000 $9,606 2024
Mission Barnabas International TX$391,748 Pres/ceo/director $72,120 $71,276 2024
For Such A Time As This Inc NC$361,589 President $150,108 $153,238 2024
Christ Apostolic Church (Cac) Atlant GA$360,100 Pastor $118,800 $121,503 2023
Aleksandr Shevchenko CA$394,191 Ceo $39,000 $32,415 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Lewis Clark) 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 304 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,464 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.