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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Iron Sharpens Iron Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208090711
CT · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian S Doyle, Executive Director / CEO ($90,123) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1048 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,048 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,048 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $299,674 $90,123
$15,20410th
$30,78425th
$55,505Median
$88,19475th
$120,84790th
$90,123This org · 77th
p10$15,204
p25$30,784
p50$55,505
p75$88,194
p90$120,847
$90,123

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 CT 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
Mtn2sea Outfitters Inc GA$285,346 Director $60,000 $64,343 2023
The Gathering Of Northwest Indiana Inc IN$285,278 Pastor $88,500 $96,683 2024
Light Presbyterian Church Inc NJ$285,773 President $33,600 $31,078 2024
Rushtons Hope Inc GA$284,702 President $19,399 $20,206 2024
Student Impact International CA$284,644 President $90,000 $80,508 2024
Children's Bible Fellowship Of New York Inc NY$284,508 Chief Executive Officer $25,000 $24,094 2023
Ebenezer Shepherding Ministries Of IN$286,158 President $19,496 $21,299 2024
Model City Church Inc MD$284,195 Senior Pastor $24,208 $24,138 2023
Onerace Inc GA$284,191 Ceo/director $112,787 $120,952 2023
Live Again Ministries Inc NC$283,911 Executive Di $30,861 $34,009 2023
Kingdom Focus Coaching TX$287,098 President & Founder $110,846 $114,866 2024
Tag Kids Club MS$287,113 President $19,800 $22,845 2024
First Choice Center For Women Inc MS$283,504 Executive Direc $42,550 $49,093 2024
Streetlight Christian Ministries CA$287,747 Executive Di $51,006 $45,627 2024
Great Oaks Counseling Center MT$287,761 Executive Director $193,888 $216,511 2024
Liberty Ministries Inc IN$282,781 Board Member Teacher $13,695 $15,403 2023
Bvm Helping Hands IL$288,029 Ceo And President $81,293 $85,238 2023
Kingsmen Baseball Inc SC$288,046 Director $60,000 $66,760 2023
A New Thing Ministries Company TN$288,085 President $84,633 $94,880 2023
Arkansas House Of Prayer Inc AR$282,482 Executive Dir. $34,092 $40,871 2023
Glory Pointe Church CA$282,444 Chief Executive Officer $15,500 $14,275 2023
Redemption Road Ministries ND$282,329 President $84,117 $98,453 2023
Keith Wheeler Ministries Inc OK$282,207 President $112,830 $132,508 2023
Preparing The Way Ministries Inc PA$288,722 President $39,802 $42,333 2023
Go Middle East Inc OK$288,727 President $8,521 $9,721 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Brian S Doyle) 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 1048 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,123 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.