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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Biblical School Of World Evangelism

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311798228
OH · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Edward Barclay Iii, Executive Director / CEO ($31,325) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 313 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

313 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 313 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $446,843 $31,325
$6,63610th
$19,62925th
$36,404Median
$63,30075th
$94,29690th
$31,325This org · 42nd
p10$6,636
p25$19,629
p50$36,404
p75$63,300
p90$94,296
$31,325

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 OH 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
Grace For Glory Global Ministries I FL$135,366 President $4,500 $4,109 2023
Joel Hitchcock Ministries Inc DE$133,917 President $54,312 $50,210 2024
The Kesher Project IL$135,655 President $101,600 $94,306 2024
Friends Of The Bridegroom Inc OH$133,642 President $228,622 $228,622 2024
Adirondack Preganacy Center Inc NY$133,349 At Large $42,400 $36,174 2024
The Ezra Project Inc CO$136,449 President $53,100 $48,073 2024
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $49,310 2023
Lift Jesus Higher Fellowship Inc NY$136,640 Presiding Officer $40,000 $34,126 2024
Shepherds Rest Ministries Inc GA$136,653 President $36,536 $34,685 2024
Coffee Connection Inc KS$136,665 Employee $32,490 $34,119 2023
Rock Builders Christian Ministries CA$137,009 President $23,250 $18,955 2024
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $58,039 2024
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $100,546 2025
Mary James Ministries Inc CA$137,998 President $50,000 $41,968 2023
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $36,455 2023
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $22,123 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $28,517 2022
Genon Ministries Inc PA$138,944 Executive Di $45,162 $43,778 2023
Episcopal Network For Stewardship Inc CA$139,464 Executive Director $61,200 $51,369 2023
Invade Transitional Home And Ministries AR$139,478 Chariman $22,017 $23,366 2024
Global Opportunities For Christinc VA$129,833 President $6,000 $5,470 2024
Neshama Center CO$129,519 Executive Director $199,331 $185,790 2023
Istoria Ministries Inc OK$139,949 President $48,000 $51,377 2023
Living Water Fellowship Church MN$140,295 Pastor $30,000 $27,988 2024
Quaker Hill Foundation Inc IN$140,335 Executive Director $53,994 $52,374 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Edward Barclay Iii) 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 313 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,325 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.