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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Drive-in Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264703409
AL · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael D Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($27,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 324 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Michael D Jones — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

324 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 324 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$931 total compensation of comparable organizations → $215,139 $27,800
$15,08410th
$28,89525th
$50,984Median
$78,44175th
$111,07690th
$27,800This org · 23rd
p10$15,084
p25$28,895
p50$50,984
p75$78,441
p90$111,076
$27,800

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 AL 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
Women At The Well Grace House OR$251,897 Executive Director $48,481 $41,674 2024
Global Nomads Usa VA$251,794 President $59,894 $55,111 2023
International Training Partners Inc CO$254,246 President Trainer $86,921 $79,427 2023
Akouo Missions Inc OK$250,459 President $58,140 $61,009 2023
Great Among The Nations Inc CA$254,918 President $47,387 $37,876 2024
Sigi & David Oblander Ministries Inc GA$249,808 Vp Intnl Ministries And Treasurer $78,000 $74,740 2023
Essential2life Inc GA$249,619 Executive Director $110,250 $99,966 2025
Mision De Candelilla TX$248,988 Executive Dir. $24,760 $22,926 2024
Pure Encouragement Inc FL$255,905 Executive Di $112,900 $98,174 2024
Mission Alive TX$256,076 Executive Director $106,795 $98,884 2024
Missionary Families Of Christ NJ$248,502 President $12,000 $9,917 2024
Harvest Christian Ministries MD$256,546 President $33,433 $28,932 2024
First Emmanuel Assembly Of God CT$248,053 Senior Pastor $69,984 $62,532 2023
Liberty Vision Of Hope Restoration Center Inc NY$256,998 Brown $35,140 $30,260 2023
Planting The Gospel Inc GA$247,698 Board Member $143,683 $133,728 2024
Celestial Church Of Christ Providence Parish RI$247,173 Pastor $16,200 $14,379 2024
The Potters House Church VA$257,883 Pastor $15,472 $14,236 2023
Atk International Inc KS$258,063 President $17,704 $17,704 2024
Addicts For Christ Inc AL$246,042 Director $16,900 $16,900 2024
Biblical Foundations Academy NC$259,240 Director $85,000 $81,296 2024
Apocalypse Ministries Inc TN$259,278 President $73,847 $73,973 2023
Doulos Ministries Inc MO$259,396 President/ce $121,355 $118,975 2024
The Lighthouse Women's Center Inc AL$245,022 Director $42,624 $43,883 2023
Alpha New England Inc MA$259,916 Executive Dir. $47,833 $40,962 2023
World Carp Inc NJ$244,716 President/tr $140,000 $115,702 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 D Jones) 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 324 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,800 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.