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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Crossroads Christian Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251862460
PA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mack Granderson, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 534 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Mack Granderson — reported title “CO-PASTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

534 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 534 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $460,972 $20,000
$10,24210th
$23,54125th
$42,024Median
$73,54275th
$102,82790th
$20,000This org · 20th
p10$10,242
p25$23,541
p50$42,024
p75$73,542
p90$102,827
$20,000

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
Connection Ministries Inc IN$160,875 Executive Director $44,520 $45,729 2024
Christ Apostolic Church Of Orlando Inc FL$160,668 President/pastor $36,000 $32,940 2024
Praying Effectively For The Lost LA$160,601 Director $98,272 $105,398 2024
Caritas Center For Christian Format IL$161,564 President $84,550 $78,874 2025
Taylorglobalconsult TX$161,825 President $84,696 $84,957 2023
Heaven Rules Ministries Inc NC$160,290 President $72,980 $73,447 2024
The Prophet Chamber Eagle Wings Ministries International Inc GA$160,185 President $32,146 $32,412 2023
Antioch Breakthrough Ministries Inc FL$160,100 Pastor/president $41,632 $38,094 2024
Activation International Ministries MI$160,082 President $26,934 $27,077 2024
Faithworks Christians In Mission AZ$159,973 President $34,090 $32,876 2023
Living Way Christian Fellowship PA$162,236 Co Pastor $20,766 $20,766 2023
Brazil River Of Life Ministries TN$162,445 Executive Director $31,090 $31,830 2024
Four10 Ministries Inc IN$162,446 Executive Di $46,000 $47,248 2024
Central Christian Fellowship TN$159,283 President $31,449 $32,198 2024
Women Of Valor Ministries Inc MD$162,907 Executive Director $33,461 $31,370 2023
Champions Of Faith International Church Inc FL$158,926 President $17,900 $16,862 2023
Baptist Student Center Of Southeast MO$163,635 Student Ctr $69,532 $73,849 2023
3ca Inc OH$158,114 President $3,000 $3,095 2024
Greater Hayward House Of Hope Incorporated WI$157,547 Director $30,638 $32,086 2023
Edens Redemption Inc OK$157,496 President $3,333 $3,574 2024
Grace Counseling Ministries Inc NJ$157,439 President $72,411 $62,971 2024
Catalytic Foundation SC$157,432 President/ceo $122,558 $124,534 2024
Marian Movement Of Priests ME$157,269 President & Treasurer $34,957 $34,094 2024
Tcmg Holdings CO$157,205 Creative Dir. $36,000 $33,622 2024
Mom2mom Atlanta South Inc GA$157,092 Executive Di $2,830 $2,700 2025

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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Mack Granderson) 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 534 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.