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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Eastern Community Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261244556
MD · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Damion Briggs, Executive Director / CEO ($100,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 818 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Damion Briggs — 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

818 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 818 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $396,393 $100,800
$19,99510th
$38,29325th
$64,166Median
$94,35675th
$123,75790th
$100,800This org · 80th
p10$19,995
p25$38,293
p50$64,166
p75$94,356
p90$123,757
$100,800

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 MD 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
Parish Cupboard Inc MA$487,796 Executive Director $46,772 $43,667 2024
Vantage Leadership Initiative AL$486,624 Executive Di $113,300 $127,168 2024
Nazarene Community Development Foundation NJ$486,437 Vice President $65,000 $60,294 2024
Center For Early African CT$486,166 Treasurer $68,564 $66,790 2024
Launch Campus Ministry Inc IN$489,066 President $40,503 $43,232 2025
Parish Collective WA$485,598 Executive Director $83,333 $77,514 2024
Program For Humanitarian Aid Inc TX$485,521 Co-exec. Direct $57,700 $59,966 2024
Healing Hands Global Inc LA$489,202 President $38,000 $43,473 2024
Voice Of Christians Inc NC$489,281 Head Of Global Operations $8,000 $8,587 2024
Experience Christian Ministries CA$489,739 Crawford $16,928 $15,186 2024
Latin America Assistance Incorporated CA$484,926 Executive Director $97,001 $89,592 2023
Truth Life And Word Outreach Organization TX$484,894 Admin/outreach $62,692 $67,078 2023
Sonship International Inc FL$484,034 Gilmour $208,148 $209,154 2023
Living Compassion WA$483,619 President $28,800 $27,580 2023
Nazareth Educational Ministries AL$483,132 President $47,000 $54,311 2023
For Gods Glory Ministries Inc OK$483,130 President $102,000 $116,690 2024
Newport News Potters House VA$491,609 President/pastor $20,850 $20,916 2024
Ministerio International Roca De Salvacion Apostoles Y Profetas VA$482,970 Director $39,286 $40,573 2023
Dayspring Outreach Ministries MO$482,657 President $28,430 $31,284 2024
Bible Passages TX$482,551 Director $50,000 $51,964 2024
Jerusalem Seminary TX$492,226 Dir./president $55,440 $57,616 2024
Endtime Rescue International Church NY$482,336 President $73,508 $71,049 2023
Camp Lael MI$492,708 Director $54,000 $59,618 2023
Mission Of Mary Cooperative OH$493,057 Executive Director $77,328 $85,091 2024
Alaska Correctional Ministries Inc AK$481,427 Executive Dir. $35,110 $34,874 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Damion Briggs) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 818 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,800 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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 13, 2026.