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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grand Rapids Initiative For Leaders

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263903305
MI · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Denise Fase, Executive Director / CEO ($58,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 275 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Denise Fase — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

275 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 275 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$974 total compensation of comparable organizations → $186,067 $58,500
$15,33210th
$25,47725th
$43,619Median
$73,13675th
$105,34390th
$58,500This org · 61st
p10$15,332
p25$25,477
p50$43,619
p75$73,136
p90$105,343
$58,500

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 MI 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
Background Mission Partners VA$202,922 President And Executive Director $89,774 $83,979 2024
Family Builders Ministries NH$203,461 Executive Director $65,848 $58,907 2024
Great Adventure Missions Inc GA$203,618 President $41,110 $41,230 2023
Living In Faith Ministries Inc OK$203,639 President $48,100 $51,314 2024
Adelphos - Usa IL$202,166 General Director $24,000 $22,270 2025
Strategic Communications Group CA$203,762 President $13,718 $11,815 2023
Echo Ministries Inc AR$204,019 President $80,000 $87,121 2024
Iconnect International TX$204,266 Ceo $42,000 $41,906 2023
Walking With God Presbyterian GA$204,555 Pastor $46,500 $46,635 2023
Tranformation Of The Nations OR$200,910 President $93,576 $86,678 2023
David Bibey Ministries NC$200,645 President $29,450 $29,481 2024
Joe Mcgee Ministries Inc OK$200,643 President $56,975 $60,782 2024
Ministerio International Encuentro Con Dios Inc FL$205,255 President $18,000 $16,867 2023
Larry Hutton Ministries GA$205,713 President $77,096 $77,321 2023
Faith Memorial Church Inc TN$200,131 Pastor $64,386 $67,506 2023
Ronnie Phillips Ministries International Inc TN$205,992 President $85,000 $86,562 2024
Love In The Name Of Christ Of Cowlitz County WA$199,296 Director $55,250 $49,340 2023
International Association Of Baptist Colleges And Universities TX$206,826 Executive Secretary $48,750 $47,245 2024
Salem House Of Prayer OR$206,855 Director $36,843 $34,127 2023
Christians For Messiah Ministries SC$206,895 President $70,956 $71,717 2024
Ministerio Los Milagros De Jesus Inc MA$198,579 President $24,000 $20,895 2024
Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries Inc TN$198,233 Executive Director $50,000 $52,423 2023
Interfaith Movement Promoting VA$207,700 Executive Di $33,159 $31,934 2023
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Hispana NY$197,799 Pastor $20,800 $18,210 2024
African Transformational Leadership Inc TN$208,467 President $80,000 $83,877 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Denise Fase) 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 275 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,500 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.