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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Triumphant Mercy Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203727626
AL · NTEE X200
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Keith Curlee, Executive Director / CEO ($135,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 154 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

154 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 154 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,709 $135,000
$4,41910th
$10,80025th
$24,810Median
$42,87875th
$66,83590th
$135,000This org · 99th
p10$4,419
p25$10,800
p50$24,810
p75$42,878
p90$66,835
$135,000

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 AL 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
Fit-2-serve Inc IL$89,329 Executive Director $41,325 $36,527 2024
Legacy Of Leadership International CO$89,290 President $45,300 $40,207 2023
Barrett International Ministries OH$88,009 Pastor $21,900 $21,471 2023
David's Tent International Inc CA$90,988 Managing Director Ceo $51,600 $40,060 2024
Point Of Change Jail And Street Ministry Inc MD$91,148 Founder, Sr. Pastor, Executive Director $46,251 $38,877 2024
Church Of Judah Worship Center Inc AL$87,772 President $9,000 $8,742 2024
Gathering Of Leaders TX$87,582 Ex Officio $1,000 $926 2023
All Will Know Him Inc FL$91,531 Director $7,090 $5,989 2024
Christian Vision Inc HI$91,692 President $12,000 $9,660 2024
One More Church Inc IN$91,745 Executive Director $67,634 $66,020 2023
Center For Children And Theology DC$86,729 Director Of Cctheo (Not On The Board) $27,385 $22,244 2023
Center For Pastoral Effectiveness CO$86,674 Director $31,000 $26,726 2024
One Kingdom Mission GA$86,380 Pastor $42,500 $38,421 2024
Sandra Hancock Ministries Inc TN$92,685 President $1,800 $1,701 2024
Omkwm CA$92,709 Cfo $36,000 $27,949 2024
Washington Prayer Coalition VA$92,843 Director $9,000 $7,813 2024
Ministerio Evangelistico Cristo Te Llama Inc IN$85,700 President $26,000 $24,651 2024
Centro Aviva Iglesia De Jesucristo Nueva CA$85,640 President & Ceo $36,300 $28,182 2024
Great Light Tao CA$85,527 Chairman $79,589 $61,790 2024
New Life Network GA$85,382 Director $60,000 $55,843 2023
Todd Bailey Ministries Inc CO$94,353 President $35,600 $30,691 2024
Parresia Inc AL$84,570 Gunn $7,000 $7,000 2023
Gap Kingdom Ministries VA$95,003 Pastor & Director $2,985 $2,668 2023
Happy Caldwell Ministries Inc AR$95,305 President $85,000 $85,902 2024
Pray The Bay Area CA$83,451 Treasurer $18,000 $13,975 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Keith Curlee) 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 154 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $135,000 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.