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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Pathway

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271731172
AK · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Evan Burns, Executive Director / CEO ($68,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1056 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,056 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,056 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $302,576 $68,000
$15,53210th
$30,95025th
$56,451Median
$88,94075th
$120,96790th
$68,000This org · 60th
p10$15,532
p25$30,950
p50$56,451
p75$88,940
p90$120,967
$68,000

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 AK 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
Higher Ground Usa Inc GA$302,393 Executive Director $113,669 $123,077 2023
We Love Our City TX$302,276 Director $75,100 $80,898 2023
Behind The Wire Ministries Inc IN$302,244 President $20,400 $22,502 2024
Mission To Seafarers WA$302,189 Operations Director $75,721 $69,082 2025
Hidden Harvest International Inc FL$302,723 President $98,000 $103,204 2022
Phare Warrior IN$301,626 Director $13,500 $14,891 2024
Overcoming Obstacles Ministries TX$303,267 President $74,500 $80,252 2023
Culture Link Inc GA$301,423 President $92,500 $97,283 2024
Partners India International Inc OH$303,456 President $78,000 $86,412 2024
Welcome Home Global Inc OH$301,350 Executive Director $22,500 $25,663 2023
Sure Foundation Ministries TX$301,270 President, Dir. $91,058 $95,274 2024
Theodyssey Group CA$303,665 President & Ceo $110,196 $96,964 2025
Falcos Children Africa Inc OK$303,773 President/treasurer $12,539 $14,868 2023
The Replenish Group Corporation TX$301,015 Director, President $69,646 $72,870 2024
Christian Adventures International Inc FL$303,855 President Director $35,750 $35,128 2024
The Barnabas Group-silicon Valley CA$303,958 Managing Partner $16,000 $14,451 2024
Yellowstone Theological Institute MT$303,999 President $77,016 $86,835 2024
Msc Family Restoration Center CO$304,046 President/ Exec. Director $107,432 $107,750 2024
Worship Catalyst Inc FL$304,061 Executive Director $119,243 $120,630 2023
Bridge Of Blue Springs Inc MO$304,153 President $8,400 $9,306 2024
Streetlight Ministries Inc CA$300,517 Trasure And Store Manger $31,100 $28,089 2024
Open Door Ministries Of Mt Pleasant Inc SC$304,337 President $36,000 $39,283 2024
Sold Out Youth Ministries NC$300,409 President $147,232 $159,123 2024
Redeeming Grace Ministries AL$304,446 Executive Di $20,917 $24,335 2023
One Lifeline Ministry Inc GA$304,469 President $63,539 $66,824 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Evan Burns) 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 1056 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,000 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.