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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Launch Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205006374
ID · NTEE O55
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rock Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($76,230) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rock Brown — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,085 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,097 $76,230
$18,29210th
$31,08225th
$49,664Median
$69,60675th
$86,29290th
$76,230This org · 82nd
p10$18,292
p25$31,082
p50$49,664
p75$69,606
p90$86,292
$76,230

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 ID 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
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $60,194 2024
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $59,152 2025
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $62,225 2025
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $26,788 2023
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $41,743 2025
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $71,508 2025
Clemson Area Classical Academy SC$323,720 Executive Director $12,585 $12,024 2025
Salt N Light Youth Ministry PA$322,609 Director - Creative Arts $53,400 $50,059 2024
Youth For Christ Usa Inc So Calif CA$312,741 Board Member $62,803 $49,664 2025
Cowboy At The Cross Ministries CO$309,220 Pres/lead Pasto $54,788 $48,112 2025
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $82,004 2023
Youth For Christ Incorporated Sw Mi MI$408,041 Treasurer $3,179 $3,085 2024
Brilla Soccer Ministries Inc MS$304,918 Executive Director $70,833 $74,160 2024
Metro Atlanta Youth For Christ Inc GA$302,522 Executive Director $94,662 $87,167 2025
The Midian Leadership Project Inc WV$414,561 President $29,501 $30,027 2024
Youth With A Mission WA$420,895 Secretary $33,582 $29,098 2023
Stars Sports Club SC$290,193 Executive Di $90,090 $86,073 2025
Bridge Of Topeka Inc KS$429,346 Executive Di $63,573 $62,897 2025
Next Generation Ministries Inc LA$283,541 Ceo, Director $60,360 $62,479 2024
Project Or Haner Inc MD$431,844 Executive Director $40,050 $36,237 2023
Teen Challenge Of Greater Cleveland OH$433,170 Executive Director $44,600 $44,406 2024
E2ten Mission CA$279,547 President $27,242 $22,113 2024
Generation Life PA$275,422 Director $15,440 $14,474 2024
Twin Peaks Bible Camp CO$272,620 Executive Director $58,999 $54,752 2023
Anhar Institute GA$271,596 Executive Director $34,000 $32,137 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Rock Brown) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,230 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.