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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Awakening

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 233059719
PA · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda S Ingham, Executive Director / CEO ($46,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,753 total compensation of comparable organizations → $106,001 $46,500
$10,63110th
$15,00025th
$21,077Median
$34,24675th
$49,94390th
$46,500This org · 85th
p10$10,631
p25$15,000
p50$21,077
p75$34,246
p90$49,943
$46,500

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 PA 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
Avalon Worship TX$62,707 Vice President $24,000 $23,383 2024
Ambassadors For Business MN$62,421 Executive Di $19,039 $18,865 2023
North America Mainland Chinese Mission NM$64,499 Pastoral And Executive Minister $32,376 $34,919 2023
Love Unlimited Community Church CA$64,997 Founders Pastor Ceo $13,800 $11,606 2024
By The Spirit Ministries Christian Church Inc MD$67,062 Bishop $14,400 $13,500 2023
Acts Ongoing TX$68,102 President $32,940 $32,094 2024
Let's Go Ministries TX$70,723 Exec Director $37,440 $36,478 2024
Leader Formation International TX$70,764 President $52,000 $50,664 2024
His Throne Room International Ministry Inc FL$71,908 President $28,433 $26,016 2024
Go Forth Ministries CA$53,471 Chief Executive Office $24,000 $20,185 2024
Jesus Ministries International TX$73,708 Secretary $1,800 $1,753 2024
James E Taylor Ministries Inc TX$74,616 President $18,000 $17,086 2025
Ronald E Short Evangelistic Associaton OK$75,118 President $47,549 $50,997 2024
Winner's Circle International Inc LA$49,006 President $41,000 $45,272 2023
Alliance For Transformational AZ$76,514 President $113,162 $106,001 2024
Dong Wha Sa Inc GA$48,872 Ceo $3,600 $3,526 2024
Servant Ministries Inc LA$77,136 Assoc. Pastor $30,000 $32,175 2024
Manna Ministries Inc TN$77,169 Secretary $20,400 $20,886 2024
Wild (Winning In Life Daily) Ministries MN$78,207 President $21,900 $21,077 2024
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Of FL$78,220 Coordinator $29,913 $28,179 2023
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist FL$78,474 Pastor $11,026 $10,387 2023
Equipped For Life Inc NC$79,046 Chief Execut $34,028 $34,246 2024
Mission Hope International HI$45,766 President $13,194 $11,845 2023
Praise Unlimited - Wayne West Ministries Inc PA$45,644 President $15,000 $15,000 2023
Be Loved And Be Love Inc AZ$81,307 President $18,000 $16,861 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
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 (Linda S Ingham) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,500 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.