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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christians For Messiah Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261289980
SC · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Peter Wyns, Executive Director / CEO ($70,956) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 286 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Peter Wyns — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

286 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 286 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$964 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,851 $70,956
$15,46410th
$25,77925th
$43,870Median
$72,54775th
$104,20890th
$70,956This org · 74th
p10$15,464
p25$25,779
p50$43,870
p75$72,547
p90$104,208
$70,956

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 SC 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
Salem House Of Prayer OR$206,855 Director $36,843 $33,765 2023
International Association Of Baptist Colleges And Universities TX$206,826 Executive Secretary $48,750 $46,744 2024
Interfaith Movement Promoting VA$207,700 Executive Di $33,159 $31,595 2023
Ronnie Phillips Ministries International Inc TN$205,992 President $85,000 $85,643 2024
Larry Hutton Ministries GA$205,713 President $77,096 $76,500 2023
African Transformational Leadership Inc TN$208,467 President $80,000 $82,986 2023
Ministerio International Encuentro Con Dios Inc FL$205,255 President $18,000 $16,688 2023
The Mission Foundation Inc LA$208,658 Ex Dir/pres/minister $114,000 $120,326 2024
One Kingdom Ministries Inc FL$208,792 Pastor/president $12,600 $11,346 2024
Walking With God Presbyterian GA$204,555 Pastor $46,500 $46,140 2023
Iconnect International TX$204,266 Ceo $42,000 $41,462 2023
Living Water Community Clinic VA$209,530 Executive Director $36,000 $33,319 2024
Echo Ministries Inc AR$204,019 President $80,000 $86,197 2024
Strategic Communications Group CA$203,762 President $13,718 $11,690 2023
Living In Faith Ministries Inc OK$203,639 President $48,100 $50,769 2024
Great Adventure Missions Inc GA$203,618 President $41,110 $40,792 2023
Family Builders Ministries NH$203,461 Executive Director $65,848 $58,281 2024
Cross Cultural Ministries Inc GA$210,799 President & Ceo $36,000 $34,697 2024
Grand Rapids Initiative For Leaders MI$202,933 Ceo $58,500 $57,879 2024
Background Mission Partners VA$202,922 President And Executive Director $89,774 $83,088 2024
Victory Missions Inc FL$211,050 President $69,000 $62,133 2024
Revival Life Ministries Inc FL$211,404 President $117,045 $108,510 2023
Adelphos - Usa IL$202,166 General Director $24,000 $22,033 2025
Boston Grace Presbyterian Church Inc MA$212,285 Junior Pastor $28,800 $25,540 2023
Christian Evangelism And Discipleship For America Inc CA$212,871 Program Director $71,213 $60,684 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Dr Peter Wyns) 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 286 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,956 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.