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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Exago Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203970225
AR · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aaron Babyar, Executive Director / CEO ($170,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 319 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

319 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 319 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$895 total compensation of comparable organizations → $206,772 $170,700
$14,00910th
$27,61825th
$52,712Median
$77,36975th
$110,14590th
$170,700This org · 98th
p10$14,009
p25$27,618
p50$52,712
p75$77,369
p90$110,145
$170,700

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 AR 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
Truthxchange Inc CA$340,510 Executive Di $119,947 $94,866 2023
Global Mission Nepal Inc NC$340,995 President $99,504 $91,468 2024
Finding Purpose NC$342,136 Executive Di $91,721 $84,313 2024
On The Go Ministries TN$338,861 President $52,885 $50,915 2023
Wordalone Ministries NC$337,553 Ceo $78,380 $72,050 2024
Liberated Living Ministries Inc OK$343,980 President $122,400 $123,446 2023
E3 Elevating Education Everywhere Inc TN$336,833 President/treasurer $30,000 $28,054 2024
Christian Science Provider Network MA$335,891 Executive Director $46,894 $37,489 2024
Etowah Baptist Missions Center AL$335,175 Executive Director $45,294 $43,533 2024
Vision Street Ministries Inc GA$346,018 President $95,000 $87,489 2023
Inspirational Gospel Assembly Inc NY$346,179 President $31,500 $25,323 2024
Public Servants Prayer Inc IN$333,943 President $60,000 $56,291 2024
The Single Mom Kc KS$333,756 Executive Director $66,000 $65,307 2023
Baptist Church Planting Ministry TN$333,361 President And General Director $160,444 $150,037 2024
Mormon Discussion Inc UT$348,766 President $100,000 $93,742 2023
Endurance With Jan & Dave Dravecky KS$332,320 President $54,205 $50,754 2025
Brake Ministries International FL$332,074 President $140,366 $117,311 2024
The Brook Ministries Inc TX$331,955 Executive Dir. $84,000 $74,753 2024
Word Alive Ministries GA$350,553 President $81,000 $72,456 2024
Triumphant Living Ministries Inc TN$350,720 President/chairman $169,886 $163,559 2023
Peace And Grace Ministries IN$330,127 Vice Preside $65,000 $62,783 2023
Hope & Passion Ministries Inc PA$351,182 President Chair Acting Vice Chair $114,675 $101,737 2024
L2l Inc GA$351,567 Metro Co-director $81,894 $75,420 2023
Kingdom Conditioning Ministries CA$352,610 President $237,414 $182,383 2024
Gary & Drenda Keesee Ministries OH$352,916 President $157,000 $147,936 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Aaron Babyar) 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 319 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $170,700 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.