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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Islamic Society Of Utah

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 331154471
UT · NTEE X40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amir Salihovic, Executive Director / CEO ($53,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 257 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amir Salihovic — reported title “IMAN”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

257 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 257 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$153 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,710 $53,000
$4,99010th
$11,13025th
$23,735Median
$42,86775th
$67,49990th
$53,000This org · 83rd
p10$4,990
p25$11,130
p50$23,735
p75$42,867
p90$67,499
$53,000

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 UT 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
World Revival Ministries Inc FL$67,957 President $75,760 $69,538 2024
Acts Ongoing TX$68,102 President $32,940 $32,194 2024
Christian Ministry Center MN$68,110 President $9,000 $8,946 2023
General Intercessors OH$68,336 Director $5,500 $5,692 2024
Chi Jen Foundation TX$67,107 President $6,000 $5,864 2024
By The Spirit Ministries Christian Church Inc MD$67,062 Bishop $14,400 $13,542 2023
Jeff Lucas International Ministries Inc CO$68,588 President/dir $87,000 $81,509 2024
Harry Seigle Foundation IL$67,013 Secretary $143,538 $137,878 2024
Islamic Community Of Akron OH$66,916 Native Language Teacher $12,000 $12,418 2024
Korean Evangelical Methodist Church Of Minnesota MN$68,815 Rev. $20,000 $19,880 2023
In His Steps Christian Recovery Home CA$66,636 Acting Director $54,720 $46,167 2024
Crane Family Foundation OH$66,195 Secretary $105,945 $112,876 2023
Reflections Of Grace Performing Arts School Inc WI$69,485 Executive Director And President $28,520 $29,961 2023
Conexion City Inc FL$69,496 Blanco $21,300 $19,551 2024
Cross Culture Ministries Inc CO$69,562 Chairman/pre $10,468 $9,807 2024
The Voice Of Triumph Inc TN$66,000 Secretary $6,200 $6,556 2023
Lilias Trotter Legacy Inc FL$65,804 Treasurer $18,720 $18,415 2022
United Research Inc NC$65,623 V/p $3,237 $3,184 2025
The Masters Theatre Inc ND$65,549 President $31,000 $34,221 2023
Rec Ministries GA$65,512 President $72,000 $72,824 2023
The Sentinels Les Sentineltes MA$70,235 President $30,215 $25,845 2025
Redeemer Presbyterian Church Of Lakeland FL$70,308 Chairman $50,645 $46,486 2024
Consequential Christianity SC$65,182 Director $114,260 $116,467 2024
Love Unlimited Community Church CA$64,997 Founders Pastor Ceo $13,800 $11,643 2024
Search For Me Ministries Inc PA$64,971 President And Director $47,930 $46,701 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Amir Salihovic) 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 257 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.