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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Worship Catalyst Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260308541
FL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Austin Ryan, Executive Director / CEO ($119,243) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Austin Ryan — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,281 $119,243
$12,16510th
$31,56825th
$47,514Median
$70,34775th
$97,88590th
$119,243This org · 96th
p10$12,165
p25$31,568
p50$47,514
p75$70,347
p90$97,885
$119,243

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 FL 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
Christian Adventures International Inc FL$303,855 President Director $35,750 $34,724 2024
Hidden Harvest International Inc FL$302,723 President $98,000 $102,018 2022
Church Planting America Inc FL$306,657 President $34,500 $33,510 2024
S O S Ministries Inc FL$310,658 President $60,000 $58,279 2024
Global Baptist Training Foundation FL$297,268 Executive Di $56,000 $56,000 2023
Live Your Mission Incorporated FL$320,800 President $57,011 $55,375 2024
American Educational Development Incorporated FL$321,216 Executive Director $96,975 $94,193 2024
New Life Outreach Ministry Inc FL$280,538 Bd Member Ceo $12,025 $12,025 2023
Gods Share Program Inc FL$328,131 President $39,520 $38,386 2024
Christian Surfers Of North America FL$279,680 Finance Operations $67,000 $67,000 2023
Agencia Nexus Internacional Inc FL$329,621 Executive Director $12,200 $12,200 2023
One Way Out Ministries Inc FL$329,694 President $45,643 $47,514 2022
Ministerio Internacional Casa De Amor Inc FL$276,706 Director $32,267 $31,341 2024
Living New Ministries International FL$271,951 President $6,500 $6,314 2024
Streams Of Life Worship Center FL$269,705 President $51,136 $51,136 2023
Lx Ministries Inc FL$342,190 President/director $121,748 $118,255 2024
United States Institute Of FL$265,594 President $24,000 $23,311 2024
Wings Of Eagles International Inc FL$342,635 Vice Preside $45,500 $44,195 2024
The Genesis Youth Project Inc FL$264,215 Exec. Direct $33,054 $33,054 2023
Camp Dovewood Inc FL$262,332 Director/pre $20,000 $19,426 2024
Love Unveiled Inc FL$261,361 President/director $67,733 $65,790 2024
Harvest Aviation Inc FL$259,746 Executive Di $33,850 $32,879 2024
Assembly Of God Pentecostal Fire FL$348,937 President $24,000 $23,311 2024
Bethel Family Enrichment Center FL$350,000 Project Coordinator $40,000 $38,852 2024
Iconicity Inc FL$350,745 President/treasurer $174,281 $169,281 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Austin Ryan) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $119,243 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.