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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Middle Eastern Missionary Organization

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311775216
OR · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Kameel Kilada, Executive Director / CEO ($56,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 106 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Kameel Kilada — reported title “Exec Director/President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

106 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 106 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,994 total compensation of comparable organizations → $148,382 $56,400
$18,56010th
$26,16425th
$38,330Median
$58,63975th
$84,40590th
$56,400This org · 73rd
p10$18,560
p25$26,164
p50$38,330
p75$58,639
p90$84,405
$56,400

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
Truth Alive Ministries MI$126,272 Director $40,530 $46,378 2023
Centro Cristiano Familia De Fe Inc NY$128,247 Pastor President $23,598 $22,962 2024
Journey Church Inc MN$125,278 President $40,300 $44,146 2023
Great Grace Ministries Inc ID$125,155 President $52,949 $60,654 2024
Baptist Youth Mission WY$124,799 President $26,400 $31,341 2023
Ken Petty Ministries IL$129,539 President $10,792 $11,425 2024
Worship Jesus Fellowship Inc FL$129,556 Pastor $35,157 $36,615 2023
Tc4 Inc NY$124,592 President $22,200 $21,602 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Vida Nueva Of Aus TX$131,273 President $20,972 $22,590 2024
Phoenix Methodist Church AZ$131,624 Pastor $36,000 $37,282 2024
Share Ministries Inc TX$122,374 Executive Director $9,600 $10,341 2024
Chris Miller Ministries Inc TN$122,300 President $43,200 $48,898 2024
Christ The Reconciler Inc TX$121,769 President $16,500 $17,773 2024
Kevin Derryberry Ministries Inc AL$121,704 President $33,000 $38,390 2024
Wheel Power Christian Cyclists Inc VA$133,225 Vp/treasurer $42,147 $43,821 2024
Icthus Ministries Inc NC$134,178 Directorpresident $43,540 $48,445 2024
Mark A Sutton Ministries FL$135,832 President $86,094 $87,092 2024
Sylvan Nook Church Of Christ IN$118,134 Secretary And Minister $65,385 $76,442 2023
Ron Herrod Evangelistic Ministry Association TN$117,825 Board Member $67,404 $78,548 2023
Joyous Community Church CA$116,726 Ceo $40,000 $37,194 2024
Ministerios Roca De Salvacion Inc NY$137,979 President $21,000 $21,037 2023
Greater Beaver Meadow Mb Church MS$115,698 Pastor Ceo $38,213 $47,183 2023
Slavic Baptist Mission Incorporated IN$114,065 President $46,750 $53,088 2024
Faith & Philanthropy Institute TX$140,383 President & Ceo $95,794 $103,186 2024
Shepherds Staff Christian Counseling Center Inc UT$112,500 Clinician/clinical Director $125,208 $137,992 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 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 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Dr Kameel Kilada) 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 106 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,400 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.