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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

City Of Refuge Fellowship A Nonprof

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202031826
NJ · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert A Kulynch, Executive Director / CEO ($20,450) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Robert A Kulynch — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$15,200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,911 $20,450
$23,24710th
$30,56825th
$42,500Median
$63,33475th
$77,51290th
$20,450This org · 6th
p10$23,247
p25$30,568
p50$42,500
p75$63,334
p90$77,512
$20,450

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 NJ 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
Restore Ministries Inc NJ$224,792 Trustee $24,522 $24,522 2023
New Jersey Family Foundation NJ$241,215 Executive Director $82,176 $82,176 2023
Concerts Of Prayer International NJ$257,338 Chairman $131,689 $127,911 2024
Mision Cristiana Elim Nuevo Re NJ$195,007 President $36,200 $35,161 2024
Iglesia De Cristo El Shaddai Inc NJ$265,418 Pastor $37,000 $37,000 2023
Pause Ministries Inc NJ$178,372 Acting Chair $75,000 $72,848 2024
Iglesia Elim Plainfield Nj Non NJ$280,904 President $31,200 $31,200 2023
Iglesia Pentecostal Maranatha Inc NJ$172,843 President/priest $61,000 $61,000 2023
Light Presbyterian Church Inc NJ$285,773 President $33,600 $32,636 2024
Grace Counseling Ministries Inc NJ$157,439 President $72,411 $70,334 2024
Iglesia Elim Dover Nonprofit I NJ$156,376 President $15,200 $15,200 2023
Hana Mission NJ$311,913 Board Member $22,620 $21,971 2024
Cathedral Assembly Of God Inc NJ$316,320 Senior Pasto $58,800 $57,113 2024
Apostolos Missions International NJ$337,074 Senior Director $25,500 $28,671 2021
Queen Of Peace Missionary NJ$338,979 President $48,000 $48,000 2023
Resting Place New Jersey House Of Prayer Inc NJ$339,702 President $59,850 $59,850 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 A Kulynch) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + NJ + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,450 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.