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Compensation Comparability Determination

Berean Bible Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 362256600
WI · NTEE X20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pastor Kevin Sadler, Executive Director / CEO ($83,095) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 536 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Pastor Kevin Sadler — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

536 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 536 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,634 total compensation of comparable organizations → $492,735 $83,095
$21,47710th
$43,44425th
$68,243Median
$100,40475th
$141,92090th
$83,095This org · 64th
p10$21,477
p25$43,444
p50$68,243
p75$100,404
p90$141,920
$83,095

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 WI 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
Nicky Cruz Outreach Inc CO$953,153 President $180,671 $161,124 2024
Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries OH$953,560 Ceo $54,354 $53,543 2024
Worship Circle Ministries Inc GA$952,346 President $238,845 $223,356 2024
Christian Family Life Inc NC$951,711 President $144,964 $139,309 2024
The Impact Movement Inc GA$951,358 President/ceo $85,861 $80,293 2024
🔒 531 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 WI 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 WI 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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.