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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Get The Word Out Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204964861
CO · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Jean Powers, Executive Director / CEO ($41,670) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mary Jean Powers — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$163 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,479 $41,670
$8,57710th
$19,30125th
$35,095Median
$59,56675th
$76,98790th
$41,670This org · 60th
p10$8,577
p25$19,301
p50$35,095
p75$59,566
p90$76,987
$41,670

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 CO 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
Church United CA$116,515 Vice President $45,000 $40,524 2024
Mahayogi Yoga Mission Inc NY$113,198 President $5,000 $4,851 2023
Heavenly Grace Ministries Inc NY$113,062 President $33,000 $31,099 2024
Grad Resources TX$117,974 Chairman $72,000 $75,111 2024
Mt Zion Pentecostal Churches Of God NJ$119,356 President $28,600 $28,541 2022
Women's Circle Inc FL$119,472 Director $72,000 $72,623 2023
This Redeemed Life TX$120,165 President $33,815 $35,276 2024
Danny Oertli Ministries Inc CO$109,813 President $57,126 $58,813 2023
Charis Foundation For New Monacticism & Interspirituality NM$121,147 President, Director Of Keating-schachter Center $50,800 $56,981 2024
Barbara Yandell Ministries TX$108,559 Pres. & Rev. $58,636 $61,170 2024
Windows To The Divine CO$123,746 President $36,000 $37,063 2023
South Mountain Family Camp NC$105,983 Executive Director $18,063 $19,464 2024
Ross Family Ministries NC$105,754 President $62,500 $69,338 2023
Inner Vision Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc MD$102,772 President $18,635 $18,169 2024
G3 Experience Inc TX$102,448 President $54,000 $57,997 2023
Movement Day Greater Dallas TX$128,186 Executive Dir. $21,300 $22,220 2024
Firstlight International PA$101,654 President $17,280 $17,971 2024
Wine Women In The New Evangelization MN$130,747 Secretary & Treasurer $13,000 $13,396 2024
Africa Church-planting & Training In Vocational Ed IN$133,020 Executive Director $19,350 $21,281 2024
New Wilderness Adventures NC$133,340 Exec Director $23,500 $25,323 2024
Highlands Mission Cooperative Inc GA$133,892 President & Ceo $26,500 $28,609 2023
Orchard Ministries NM$96,354 President $43,314 $48,585 2024
Youth On The Move Usa Inc FL$96,166 President $36,000 $36,311 2023
Camp Gilead Bible Camp OH$134,761 President $6,200 $7,051 2023
The Theosophy Company CA$95,337 Trustee $31,200 $28,097 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Mary Jean Powers) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,670 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.