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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Noble Maritime Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203372639
WA · NTEE X200
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Neil Harmsworth, Executive Director / CEO ($76,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,151 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,712 $76,400
$4,94810th
$11,45925th
$27,188Median
$48,32975th
$77,46390th
$76,400This org · 89th
p10$4,948
p25$11,459
p50$27,188
p75$48,329
p90$77,463
$76,400

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 WA 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
Steve Gray Ministries Inc MO$75,092 President $59,400 $70,271 2024
Free To Worship Ministries AZ$76,099 Board Member $4,322 $4,643 2024
Leaders For Christ Inc MI$74,152 President $16,973 $19,568 2024
The Church Christian Fellowship CA$76,627 Pastor $27,200 $27,008 2023
Craig Walker Coaching Inc TX$76,969 President $55,375 $61,870 2024
Spirit And Truth Ministries Of OH$77,133 Senior Pastor/executive Director $19,308 $22,841 2024
Jamey O Graham Ministries SC$73,360 President $8,700 $10,437 2023
Xpansion Ministries TX$77,300 President $4,800 $5,363 2024
Ywam - Arctic Mercy Inc AK$72,879 President $58,446 $64,254 2023
New Life Fellowship Ministries Inc MS$77,786 President $13,200 $16,421 2024
20d Ministries CO$77,871 President & $49,400 $52,908 2024
Dignity San Francisco Inc CA$72,496 Adminstrator $11,738 $11,656 2023
Kerith Springs Lodge Inc OR$78,477 Director $1,534 $1,591 2024
Arise Shine Ministries TX$72,090 President $18,388 $21,151 2023
Iglesia Cristiana De Restauracion Inc CA$78,576 President $28,800 $28,598 2023
Faith Ministry Evangelistic Assoc IL$78,684 Presidentsenior Pastor $11,804 $13,345 2023
Christ Center Church AL$79,152 Pastor $14,725 $17,768 2024
Eagle Summit Healing Center Inc WI$71,500 Executive Director $32,337 $38,835 2023
The Cana Project Inc CA$79,385 President $70,155 $69,661 2023
Embrace Equine Ministry ID$71,181 President/ce $36,000 $42,775 2024
Deborah Stricklin Ministries TN$79,563 Executive Director $2,400 $2,818 2024
Iglesia Principio Nuevo New Begining AZ$70,705 Pastor $27,768 $29,828 2024
The Sentinels Les Sentineltes MA$70,235 President $30,215 $29,545 2025
The Journey Center CA$80,696 Executive Dir. $32,120 $31,894 2023
Good News For Little People TN$80,900 President $23,205 $27,244 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Neil Harmsworth) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,400 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.