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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

John C Vaughn Evangelistic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261868565
SC · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Cover, Executive Director / CEO ($4,150) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 45 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: Mark Cover — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

45 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 45 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $97,964 $4,150
$89210th
$4,79025th
$13,201Median
$24,33575th
$40,68190th
$4,150This org · 22nd
p10$892
p25$4,790
p50$13,201
p75$24,335
p90$40,681
$4,150

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
Philadelphia Bible Institute College & Seminary In MD$39,200 President $500 $448 2024
Land In Between Ministry VA$38,457 Officer $57,300 $53,032 2024
Jesus Is Enough Corp ID$39,825 Secretary $8,732 $8,904 2024
Apostle Born Ministries Inc TX$39,874 President $102,168 $97,964 2024
Rex And Lois Burgher Ministries Inc PA$40,158 President $14,950 $14,713 2023
The Living Truth Holiness Church Of God Inc NJ$37,873 President $3,500 $2,995 2024
Angel Rock Charities LA$37,662 President $27,500 $29,883 2023
Livingwaterinme Ministries CA$41,270 Secretary $1,000 $853 2023
Dueitt Ministries Inc TX$41,571 President $18,000 $17,259 2024
House Of Hope Church CA$36,386 Ceo $1 $1 2024
New Mexico Family Action Foundation NM$36,067 Executive Dir. $36,000 $37,115 2024
Amazing Vision Gospel Ministry CA$42,256 Ceo $42,000 $34,764 2024
Le Rucher Mercy Ministries WA$42,380 Secretary $30,721 $27,143 2023
New Generation Apostolic Holiness FL$34,782 President $13,570 $12,220 2024
Compass Coach And Consulting SC$43,628 Director $46,800 $48,182 2023
Fruit Bearing Ministries Of Durham NC$44,247 President/se $5,000 $4,952 2024
Masters Harvest TX$44,687 President $22,770 $22,478 2023
Institute For Christian Renewal NH$32,774 Executive Director $21,000 $18,587 2024
The Edge Ministries Inc IL$45,523 Manager $7,090 $6,681 2024
Calvary Chapel Santa Paula CA$45,689 President $29,400 $24,335 2024
Greater Tree Of Life Missionary Baptist Church MI$46,385 Pastor $17,650 $17,978 2023
The Genevan Institute For Reformed Studies Inc FL$31,588 Ceo $8,000 $7,204 2024
Bozrah International Ministries Inc CT$46,666 Executive Director $1,020 $944 2023
Teach All Nations Inc PA$46,687 President $898 $858 2024
Kings Way Center For World Mission Inc TX$31,342 Secretary $18,000 $17,769 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
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 (Mark Cover) 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 45 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,150 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.