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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christ Center Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260794290
AL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($14,725) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 141 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anthony Brown — reported title “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

141 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 141 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,988 $14,725
$4,13110th
$9,56525th
$22,578Median
$41,39575th
$65,51990th
$14,725This org · 33rd
p10$4,131
p25$9,565
p50$22,578
p75$41,395
p90$65,519
$14,725

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 AL 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
The Cana Project Inc CA$79,385 President $70,155 $57,730 2023
Deborah Stricklin Ministries TN$79,563 Executive Director $2,400 $2,335 2024
Faith Ministry Evangelistic Assoc IL$78,684 Presidentsenior Pastor $11,804 $11,059 2023
Iglesia Cristiana De Restauracion Inc CA$78,576 President $28,800 $23,700 2023
Kerith Springs Lodge Inc OR$78,477 Director $1,534 $1,319 2024
20d Ministries CO$77,871 President & $49,400 $43,846 2024
New Life Fellowship Ministries Inc MS$77,786 President $13,200 $13,608 2024
The Journey Center CA$80,696 Executive Dir. $32,120 $26,432 2023
Good News For Little People TN$80,900 President $23,205 $22,578 2024
Xpansion Ministries TX$77,300 President $4,800 $4,444 2024
Spirit And Truth Ministries Of OH$77,133 Senior Pastor/executive Director $19,308 $18,929 2024
Craig Walker Coaching Inc TX$76,969 President $55,375 $51,273 2024
The Church Christian Fellowship CA$76,627 Pastor $27,200 $22,383 2023
Fairview Mountain Ministries Inc NC$82,041 Executive Directornon Voting $41,960 $40,132 2024
Free To Worship Ministries AZ$76,099 Board Member $4,322 $3,847 2024
Men Of Resolution CA$82,247 President $6,000 $4,796 2024
Stephen Tong Evangelistic Ministries International OH$82,410 President And Missionary $18,500 $18,137 2024
Steve Henshaw Ministry Inc MO$82,655 President $134,710 $132,069 2024
Ministerio International El Shadai Corp FL$82,662 President $12,000 $10,743 2023
Noble Maritime Ministries WA$75,330 President $76,400 $63,315 2024
Steve Gray Ministries Inc MO$75,092 President $59,400 $58,235 2024
Pray The Bay Area CA$83,451 Treasurer $18,000 $14,387 2024
Leaders For Christ Inc MI$74,152 President $16,973 $16,216 2024
Parresia Inc AL$84,570 Gunn $7,000 $7,207 2023
Jamey O Graham Ministries SC$73,360 President $8,700 $8,649 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL cost of living and 2024 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 AL 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Anthony Brown) 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 141 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,725 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.