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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Mustard Seed Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263398514
NC · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Derrell J Clark, Executive Director / CEO ($5,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 297 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Derrell J Clark — reported title “TREASURER/SE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

297 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 297 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,530 $5,400
$9,04410th
$22,76425th
$46,324Median
$65,42075th
$83,16090th
$5,400This org · 7th
p10$9,044
p25$22,764
p50$46,324
p75$65,420
p90$83,160
$5,400

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 NC 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
Pickaway Helps Dba Pickaway Works OH$180,333 Co-program Director $70,000 $71,754 2024
Purpose Of God Annex Outreach Center NC$179,739 Cao $31,525 $31,525 2024
Lowell Youth Leadership Program Inc MA$180,593 Vice President $6,369 $5,539 2024
Sports Konnect Inc FL$179,372 Ceo $37,000 $32,772 2025
Goulds Youth Ministries AR$179,354 Executive Director $30,890 $33,604 2024
Hangar Youth And Community Center MI$178,593 Executive Director $24,615 $24,589 2024
Boone County Mentoring Partnership Inc IN$178,449 Executive Dir. $58,000 $59,195 2024
Girls On The Run Of Berks County PA$177,869 Executive Director $66,388 $64,073 2024
Latinx In Gaming Nfp CA$182,491 President $10,459 $8,999 2023
Black Brothers-black Sisters Involvement OH$183,388 Ceo $25,000 $25,626 2024
The Reed Community Foundation OK$183,596 Executive Di $55,934 $59,608 2024
Asun Star Community Outreach Program NJ$176,247 President $35,000 $30,243 2024
Better Eugene-springfield Transportation OR$184,104 Executive Director $53,460 $48,048 2024
The Dock Ministries MI$184,163 Director $54,459 $54,401 2024
Funducation Inc FL$184,475 Founder/ceo/executive Director $93,449 $84,962 2024
Springfield City Youth Mission OH$184,498 Former Direc $36,963 $37,889 2024
Common Bond Basketball Club MI$184,574 President $46,000 $47,309 2023
Baseball For All Inc CA$174,850 President $80,000 $66,856 2024
Activediscovery Club CA$174,549 Executive Director $60,000 $50,142 2024
Cmj Academy Inc FL$173,966 President $63,942 $56,636 2025
The Ibelieve Foundation OH$173,515 Executive Director $60,000 $63,320 2023
Rise Above MI$173,456 Executive Di $72,116 $70,182 2025
Joi Community Outreach TX$187,441 Executive Director $1,000 $968 2024
Girls On The Run Of The Flint Hills KS$172,372 Executive Dir. $64,900 $66,107 2025
Wayfinders On The Hudson Corp NY$172,068 President $22,200 $19,988 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Derrell J Clark) 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 297 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,400 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.