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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grace Extended Ministries International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264552283
OR · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael J Gray, Executive Director / CEO ($113,617) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 331 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael J Gray — reported title “DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

331 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 331 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,051 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,098 $113,617
$17,00910th
$32,47025th
$56,595Median
$88,16975th
$125,55190th
$113,617This org · 87th
p10$17,009
p25$32,470
p50$56,595
p75$88,169
p90$125,551
$113,617

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 OR 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
Mission 1014 GA$277,169 President $93,236 $98,053 2024
Kathy Kinchen Ministries Inc GA$276,523 Treasurer $1,000 $1,051 2024
Share In Asia WA$278,340 President $57,500 $55,435 2023
Heaven To Earth Worship Center Inc FL$275,552 President $74,400 $73,103 2024
Love Worth Sharing Evangelistic Ministries Inc TX$278,439 President $11,490 $12,021 2024
Panicrev Ministries CA$278,485 President $22,200 $20,050 2024
Spanish Evangelical Church NY$279,045 President $62,400 $58,976 2024
Charismatic Episcopal Church Of North America Inc NY$279,095 Ceo $18,898 $17,861 2024
Mount Zion Second Baptist Church GA$279,654 Custodian $15,818 $17,127 2023
Foundry Training Group MI$273,768 Director Of Theological Education $78,624 $84,880 2024
Phoenixone AZ$280,198 Director $99,000 $102,525 2023
Faith Moves Mountains Foundation SC$273,042 Director $8,715 $9,265 2025
Reach Ministries WA$281,014 Executive Director $80,840 $77,937 2023
New Glory International TX$272,043 President $124,134 $129,876 2024
Truth Tabernacle Of Praise Inc GA$282,011 Senior Pastor $96,250 $101,223 2024
Igniting Prayer Action TX$282,020 President $120,000 $125,551 2024
Youth Evangelism Strategies Inc WY$271,409 President/tr $59,796 $66,971 2024
Turning Point International Ministries Inc FL$282,648 President $60,855 $59,794 2024
Word Of Faith Christian Ministries Inc FL$283,130 Executive Dir. $13,800 $13,559 2024
South Central Church Of Christ Inc NC$283,141 Minister $105,786 $117,702 2023
Venture Ministries Inc OK$270,690 President $40,364 $46,488 2024
Build-building A United Inter-faith Lexington Through Direct-action KY$283,759 Executive Director $60,617 $68,116 2024
Campus House Of Christian Campus Ministry Inc FL$270,177 Campus Minister $64,700 $65,450 2023
Yancy Ministries Inc TN$269,926 President $80,300 $88,283 2024
New Wind Inc NM$269,853 Executive Director $59,000 $66,372 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2023 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 OR 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Michael J Gray) 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 331 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $113,617 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.