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Compensation Comparability Determination

Side By Side

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320595727
WA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Sittser, Executive Director / CEO ($66,457) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 270 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

270 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 270 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$956 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,074 $66,457
$16,21410th
$29,82825th
$50,305Median
$79,19675th
$107,52590th
$66,457This org · 65th
p10$16,214
p25$29,828
p50$50,305
p75$79,196
p90$107,525
$66,457

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 WA 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
Temple Of Light WA$243,057 Founder $31,700 $30,791 2024
The Masters Workshop AR$244,679 President $43,170 $54,200 2023
By Our Love AL$242,487 Director & President $65,400 $76,652 2024
Core Ministries Inc TX$245,025 President $77,400 $83,996 2024
American Faith & Family Ministries TX$245,075 President $39,195 $42,536 2024
Resourcing Now Ministries IA$242,197 Executive Di $67,200 $82,184 2023
Christs Reward Inc TX$241,518 Executive Director $118,434 $128,528 2024
Dare To Believe MN$246,040 Executive Dir. $24,000 $26,488 2023
Focal Point Ministries IL$246,362 President $42,344 $45,163 2024
Franciscan Earth Literacy Center OH$240,779 Former Director $18,955 $22,424 2023
True Life Inc MD$246,603 Ceo $90,642 $94,651 2023
Chosen Vessels Inc GA$246,903 Executive Director $21,250 $23,865 2023
Isaiah5810 AR$240,398 Executive Di $10,669 $13,011 2024
All The Word Bible Translators Inc FL$240,129 President And Board Member $88,378 $90,072 2024
Slavic Christian Ministries CO$239,731 President $94,330 $98,130 2024
Mountain Fellowship Camp Inc GA$239,431 Director $41,050 $44,779 2024
Communities In Schools Of Lincoln NC$239,238 Executive Dir. $46,689 $52,338 2024
The Last Reformation Inc FL$239,025 Director/pres $56,070 $58,833 2023
Jerry Garcia Ministries International TX$238,706 President $39,600 $42,975 2024
A Hand Up Ministries SC$238,263 Executive Director $38,846 $43,967 2024
Israel Lives Corporation PA$249,133 Exeuctive Director $83,995 $90,873 2024
Love Of Christ Foundation Inc MD$250,000 Director $47,688 $48,369 2024
King Ministries International OK$237,025 President $59,723 $73,453 2023
The Last Harvest Intl Evangelical Ministry Inc FL$250,484 President $28,905 $30,329 2023
Treasuring Christ Together Network MN$250,648 Director $99,000 $106,128 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2023 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 WA 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (David Sittser) 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 270 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,457 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.