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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Journey Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383712248
MI · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Weir, Executive Director / CEO ($61,765) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 292 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

292 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 292 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$348 total compensation of comparable organizations → $266,335 $61,765
$15,30810th
$31,35725th
$58,632Median
$86,12575th
$120,25990th
$61,765This org · 54th
p10$15,308
p25$31,357
p50$58,632
p75$86,125
p90$120,259
$61,765

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 MI 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
Aleksandr Shevchenko CA$394,191 Ceo $39,000 $31,786 2025
One Lord One Faith One Baptism Christian Church Inc CA$397,251 Ceo/pastor $154,986 $129,660 2024
Stillpoint The Center For Christian CA$397,476 Executive Dir. $68,543 $57,342 2024
Mission Barnabas International TX$391,748 Pres/ceo/director $72,120 $69,894 2024
Vision Productions Inc TN$398,416 President $42,662 $43,446 2024
Interhope Inc FL$391,245 Executive Director $33,000 $30,035 2024
Grace Ministries International Inc GA$398,621 Executive Dir. $44,510 $43,359 2024
Bob Russell Ministries Inc KY$398,951 President $18,000 $18,736 2024
Centro Biblico Casa De Restauracion Inc NY$399,111 President $18,480 $16,179 2024
Innerlight Ministries Inc IN$400,123 Director $6,600 $6,942 2023
Ministerio El Dios Viviente Inc NY$389,062 Pastor $23,000 $20,136 2024
Silkroad Mission CA$400,789 President $13,020 $11,214 2023
The Christian Performing Artists' SC$388,938 Executive Di $16,500 $16,677 2024
Witnessing Ministries Of Christ CA$401,452 President & Ceo $13,200 $10,759 2025
Mexico Mission Ministries Inc TX$402,904 President $32,400 $31,400 2024
Restoration International Inc TX$405,180 President $58,519 $58,388 2023
Idaho Episcopal Foundation Inc ID$384,427 Executive Director $28,000 $29,710 2023
Gracethrufaithcom Inc UT$384,336 President $18,000 $17,848 2024
Early Childhood Christian Network TX$405,528 Executive Dir. $67,500 $65,417 2024
Mary's Children Inc IN$405,564 Director $16,100 $16,449 2024
Bible Believers Tabernacle Inc NY$383,986 General Overseer $24,500 $22,083 2023
Kingdom Ministries CA$381,208 President $111,004 $92,865 2024
The Christian Church The Old Path TX$410,732 President $72,580 $70,340 2024
One Family Fellowshipone Nation Inc TX$411,806 President $78,278 $75,862 2024
Icon Ministries Inc IL$376,734 Executive Director $46,464 $45,563 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (David Weir) 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 292 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,765 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.