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Compensation Comparability Determination

In Search Of The Lord's Way Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352192020
OK · NTEE X80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Phil Sanders, Executive Director / CEO ($87,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 360 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

360 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 360 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$598 total compensation of comparable organizations → $4,609,883 $87,800
$31,81010th
$72,22725th
$111,020Median
$155,24175th
$225,89490th
$87,800This org · 34th
p10$31,810
p25$72,227
p50$111,020
p75$155,241
p90$225,894
$87,800

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 OK 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
Centro Familiar Vino Nuevo De El Pa TX$3,976,058 Chairman $63,700 $56,207 2024
Olive Branch Mission IL$3,975,273 President/ceo $129,596 $112,387 2024
Consortium Of Jewish Day Schools Inc NY$3,973,104 Program Manager $286,328 $228,228 2024
Soon Movement Global CA$3,969,306 Ceo $23,830 $18,151 2024
The A Partners TX$3,967,934 Executive Director $161,740 $142,715 2024
🔒 355 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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:

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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 10, 2026.