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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Life Christian Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352084968
IN · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of May L Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($6,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 213 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: May L Thomas — reported title “PASTOR PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

213 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 213 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$811 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,877 $6,000
$12,06210th
$24,94125th
$42,779Median
$67,17775th
$89,30390th
$6,000This org · 4th
p10$12,062
p25$24,941
p50$42,779
p75$67,177
p90$89,303
$6,000

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 IN 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
Camp Christian Of Northeast Oklahoma Inc OK$198,689 Executive Director $38,796 $40,510 2023
The Profound Treasury Dharma Foundation Inc NY$198,750 Treasurer & Executive Director $12,000 $9,988 2024
Workforce Chaplaincy CA$197,484 Chief Executive Officer $139,100 $110,631 2024
Project Trust Inc NJ$197,359 President $118,560 $97,499 2024
Rogers Public Education Foundation AR$200,270 Executive Di $52,500 $55,960 2023
The Kings Men PA$196,549 Officer $59,559 $54,705 2024
Community Kids MI$196,132 Mission/vision Director $44,800 $43,849 2023
Compassion Counseling TN$196,114 Director $50,000 $48,408 2024
Shepherding The Nations CA$201,635 Intern'l Dir $61,300 $48,754 2024
Peregrino Hermitage Ltd CO$195,414 President $24,000 $21,822 2023
The Tent Inc TN$195,225 Executive Director $39,996 $39,866 2023
Rawtools Inc CO$202,903 Executive Director $59,900 $54,465 2023
Webster Men Of Courage Inc LA$203,025 Director $60,000 $62,650 2023
Child Evangelism Fellowship Eastern Pennsylvania PA$203,630 Director $36,081 $34,120 2023
Harry Wilson Ministries Inc OK$203,876 President $80,000 $81,137 2024
Brent Gambrell Ministries TN$192,827 President $47,702 $47,547 2023
Vaad Hakashruth Of Kansas City Inc KS$192,474 Executive Director (Term Ended October 2023) $51,223 $52,475 2023
Underground House Of Prayer SD$206,489 President $15,667 $16,396 2023
The 102 Project NE$206,598 Executive Di $40,000 $39,626 2024
True Daughters Inc NC$206,637 President $68,958 $67,566 2023
Christian Healing Network CO$206,697 Executive Dir. $32,815 $28,235 2025
North Georgia Interfaith Minis GA$189,684 Exec Director $51,365 $48,975 2023
Limestone County Churches Involved AL$207,703 President $14,958 $14,884 2024
The Momentum Group ID$188,950 Ceo $43,661 $42,779 2024
Current Of Tampa Bay Inc FL$208,514 President $11,200 $9,691 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (May L Thomas) 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 213 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,000 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.