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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Awab The Association Of Welcoming And Affirming Baptists

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 273419574
KY · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Henderson, Executive Director / CEO ($72,346) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 329 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

329 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 329 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$936 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,334 $72,346
$14,65710th
$28,93425th
$53,211Median
$80,43275th
$114,60490th
$72,346This org · 69th
p10$14,657
p25$28,934
p50$53,211
p75$80,432
p90$114,604
$72,346

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 KY 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
Student Discipleship Ministries TX$317,544 President $169,000 $157,351 2024
Hovsepian Ministries Inc CA$318,293 Executive Director $60,000 $49,648 2023
Heartland Christian Broadcasters Inc MN$318,985 Asst Secretary $63,008 $57,949 2024
Brookes Bible College MO$316,565 President $80,000 $78,867 2024
Bonnie Floyd Ministries TX$316,455 President $60,000 $57,514 2023
Church Usa For Christ Corp FL$319,351 D P $31,760 $27,771 2024
Gotell Ministries Inc FL$315,139 President $38,095 $33,310 2024
Los Cabos Missions For Christ WA$315,021 Secretary $70,296 $58,580 2024
Open Door Church Of God In Christ Detroit MI$314,655 Director $48,000 $47,477 2023
Lets Go Fishing Ministries Inc CO$321,924 President $126,345 $112,764 2024
Call Communications Group Inc FL$322,017 President $90,000 $78,696 2024
Arukah CA$322,735 President $55,000 $44,205 2024
Refiners House GA$322,813 President Ceo $41,905 $40,377 2023
Focused Living Ministries SC$322,932 President $83,100 $83,076 2023
Greater Works Praise And Worship Centre CA$323,094 President $75,134 $60,387 2024
Vietnamese Christian Restoration TX$312,230 Vice President $3,000 $2,876 2023
Beyond The Reef Foundation Inc FL$312,010 President $96,000 $86,422 2023
Calling Ministry Inc FL$311,698 President & $1,200 $1,080 2023
Potter's Field Ranch Inc MT$325,929 President $42,000 $43,385 2023
Thomas E Mcdaniels Ministries Inc TX$326,067 President $42,073 $39,173 2024
Elijah Ministries Inc FL$309,659 President $87,298 $78,588 2023
Cowboy-up International Inc TX$309,598 President/ce $32,800 $30,539 2024
Cedar Cove Inc MN$309,052 Director $85,200 $78,360 2024
Plur Life Ministries CA$326,909 President $76,092 $61,157 2024
Family Fest Inc Christian Ministry Non Profit Org MN$327,404 Executive Director $119,321 $112,982 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Brian Henderson) 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 329 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,346 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.