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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Barnabas Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223874558
MA · NTEE X19
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rev Sean E Bowen, Executive Director / CEO ($45,217) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rev Sean E Bowen — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19,145 total compensation of comparable organizations → $292,391 $45,217
$26,57010th
$52,82725th
$77,885Median
$110,03275th
$164,97090th
$45,217This org · 24th
p10$26,570
p25$52,827
p50$77,885
p75$110,032
p90$164,970
$45,217

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 MA 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
Lightsys Technology Services Inc CO$288,665 President/ceo And Board Member $78,440 $85,914 2024
Biblical Counseling Coalition Inc IN$287,638 Exec. Direct $71,524 $86,156 2024
Gaston Christian Center TX$281,468 Executive Director $74,908 $83,385 2025
Trinity Roselle Foundation IL$277,146 President And Director $71,411 $82,562 2023
Impact For Living Inc FL$275,985 President / Director $161,696 $173,511 2024
The Rock Campus Outreach TN$271,933 President & Executive Director $103,846 $124,686 2024
Madonna Renewal Center IL$271,687 Exec Directo $18,000 $20,213 2024
Forgiven Ministry Inc NC$327,084 President $22,645 $27,517 2023
Khalsa Family Farms NM$331,370 Director $51,550 $63,333 2024
Straightway Holdings Inc MO$260,017 President & Treasurer $89,114 $107,813 2024
Ebecc Library Inc MA$259,122 Treasurer $34,379 $35,289 2024
Connect The World PA$336,428 Minister $249,320 $292,391 2023
Appointment Congo NC$339,641 President $62,175 $73,383 2024
Leading Saints UT$251,452 Executive Director $101,383 $118,525 2024
Living Waters Christian Canoe Camp KS$344,938 Chair $21,900 $27,025 2024
Healthy Growing Leaders Inc SC$241,865 Chairman $94,500 $115,938 2023
College & Career Ministries Inc CA$353,936 Exec Director $24,480 $24,859 2023
His Vessel Ministries AL$355,318 President $83,962 $103,612 2024
Chatham Transitional Ministries Inc GA$357,223 Ministry Coordinator $52,630 $60,448 2024
Global Encounters Missions CA$232,377 Executive Di $51,440 $50,738 2024
Great Hunt For God Inc OR$362,328 President/director $61,100 $64,814 2024
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation IL$230,930 Executive Director $207,500 $233,018 2024
Star Lake Bible Camp Assn MN$229,531 Camp Directo $62,853 $70,941 2024
Salt & Light Partners MN$226,459 Excutive Director $67,392 $78,311 2023
Impact Ministries Of Myrtle Beach SC$369,915 Executive Director $65,000 $77,458 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2025 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 MA 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Rev Sean E Bowen) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,217 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.