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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Ezra Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 371524412
CO · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allen Huth, Executive Director / CEO ($53,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 328 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

328 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 328 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $493,571 $53,100
$7,73310th
$22,27425th
$40,239Median
$73,28175th
$107,44090th
$53,100This org · 61st
p10$7,733
p25$22,274
p50$40,239
p75$73,281
p90$107,440
$53,100

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 CO 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
Lift Jesus Higher Fellowship Inc NY$136,640 Presiding Officer $40,000 $37,695 2024
Shepherds Rest Ministries Inc GA$136,653 President $36,536 $38,312 2024
Coffee Connection Inc KS$136,665 Employee $32,490 $37,687 2023
Rock Builders Christian Ministries CA$137,009 President $23,250 $20,937 2024
The Kesher Project IL$135,655 President $101,600 $104,168 2024
Grace For Glory Global Ministries I FL$135,366 President $4,500 $4,539 2023
Mary James Ministries Inc CA$137,998 President $50,000 $46,357 2023
Biblical School Of World Evangelism OH$134,689 President $31,325 $34,601 2024
Genon Ministries Inc PA$138,944 Executive Di $45,162 $48,356 2023
Joel Hitchcock Ministries Inc DE$133,917 President $54,312 $55,461 2024
Friends Of The Bridegroom Inc OH$133,642 President $228,622 $252,530 2024
Episcopal Network For Stewardship Inc CA$139,464 Executive Director $61,200 $56,741 2023
Invade Transitional Home And Ministries AR$139,478 Chariman $22,017 $25,810 2024
Adirondack Preganacy Center Inc NY$133,349 At Large $42,400 $39,957 2024
Istoria Ministries Inc OK$139,949 President $48,000 $56,750 2023
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $54,467 2023
Living Water Fellowship Church MN$140,295 Pastor $30,000 $30,915 2024
Quaker Hill Foundation Inc IN$140,335 Executive Director $53,994 $57,851 2025
Mercy Manor Inc OH$141,047 Executive Director $25,000 $27,614 2024
Beverly Crawford Ministries Inc FL$141,058 President $13,963 $13,680 2024
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $64,109 2024
People Loving People Inc WI$141,330 President $55,362 $60,298 2024
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $111,061 2025
El Paso Palabra Viva TX$141,466 Pastor Director $18,000 $19,333 2023
Byrd Ministries HI$141,723 President/director $26,606 $24,842 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Allen Huth) 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 328 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,100 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.