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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Middle East Christian Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261525985
LA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Muhammet Naim Aksam, Executive Director / CEO ($21,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 826 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Muhammet Naim Aksam — reported title “PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

826 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 826 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$51 total compensation of comparable organizations → $429,806 $21,600
$12,00010th
$23,94825th
$44,905Median
$75,02275th
$104,84690th
$21,600This org · 22nd
p10$12,000
p25$23,948
p50$44,905
p75$75,022
p90$104,846
$21,600

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 LA 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
Look Unto Jesus Ministries MS$210,279 President/tr $24,665 $25,685 2023
Iglesia Biblica Peniel MD$210,356 Pastor $41,283 $35,051 2024
St Christine Christian Services MI$210,164 Executive Di $35,760 $34,510 2023
7117 Ministries Inc FL$210,451 Executive Dir. $51,131 $44,910 2023
Authentic Movement TN$210,496 President $64,700 $61,762 2024
Be The Edge Fort Wayne Inc IN$210,034 Chief Minist $144,881 $138,753 2024
Light For The Nations Inc GA$210,590 Ceo $36,000 $33,843 2023
Share Redemption Ministries MT$209,989 Executive Di $57,100 $54,456 2025
Rethink 315 MO$209,964 Executive Director $109,012 $107,953 2023
Arch Ministries OH$209,863 President $31,200 $30,010 2024
Dover Christian Church Inc DE$210,782 Pastor $17,680 $15,721 2024
Biblical Leadership For Excellence Inc TX$209,687 Executive Director $82,000 $74,492 2024
Return Ministries Usa MO$209,391 International Director $19,997 $19,803 2023
Oyate Concern Inc SD$209,360 Former Field Director $44,362 $44,463 2024
Past The Wishing Ministries MN$211,242 Executive Director $29,000 $26,792 2023
Kevin Cooley Ministries Inc AL$209,145 President $37,166 $37,541 2023
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative Inc FL$211,684 Executive Director $80,000 $70,267 2023
Trexo Dmm Inc TX$208,903 Director $149,605 $139,921 2023
U-turn For Christ - Colorado CO$211,717 President $45,600 $39,709 2024
Lifeline International Inc SC$211,786 President $158,111 $149,798 2024
Reach Asia Ministries Inc TX$208,646 President/ceo $45,500 $41,334 2024
Ministerio Catedral De Adoracao Inc NY$211,978 Director $20,250 $17,109 2023
Sanctioned Love OR$212,097 President $17,094 $14,416 2024
Engage 360 Ministries Inc NC$212,105 Executive Officer $72,000 $67,562 2024
Hart Ministries CA$212,140 Chairman $13,000 $10,194 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Muhammet Naim Aksam) 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 826 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,600 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.