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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Emerge Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383991166
NC · NTEE X01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Norris, Executive Director / CEO ($60,090) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1367 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Terry Norris — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,367 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,367 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$54 total compensation of comparable organizations → $458,038 $60,090
$11,60410th
$24,64125th
$43,573Median
$73,13975th
$102,46590th
$60,090This org · 65th
p10$11,604
p25$24,641
p50$43,573
p75$73,139
p90$102,465
$60,090

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 NC 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
Global Gateway Network WA$179,062 President $74,340 $64,414 2024
Alameda Muslim League CA$179,144 Imaam Minister $46,700 $40,180 2023
Operation Transformation MI$179,261 Exec Director $64,751 $64,682 2024
Illuminate Ministries TX$179,306 Executive Di $75,384 $72,980 2024
Narrow Road Ministries PA$178,407 Pastor/president $28,950 $27,940 2024
Pause Ministries Inc NJ$178,372 Acting Chair $75,000 $64,807 2024
Project Lee Ministries Inc NY$179,481 President Ceo $70,200 $61,392 2024
The Free Range Pastor TN$179,506 Chair $66,425 $67,574 2024
Pathway Learning Inc FL$179,564 Pres/chairma $131,197 $119,282 2024
Capri Real Estate Holding Company MN$178,067 Former Treasurer $1,014 $970 2024
Advancing Church Ministries FL$179,730 President $53,250 $49,844 2023
Truth Of Life Inc TX$178,016 President $137,744 $133,351 2024
Mecca 20 20 Incorporated FL$178,000 Program Director $34,680 $31,530 2024
Greenwood Ministries Association MI$177,975 Camp Director $29,000 $29,825 2023
Hearts For Heaven NC$179,870 President $42,000 $43,241 2023
Assembly Care Ministries Inc NC$179,905 Director $10,000 $10,000 2024
Sepal Corporation TN$177,847 President $33,335 $33,912 2024
Young's Chapel Missionary Baptist GA$177,843 Pastor $26,121 $25,419 2024
Lower Lights School Of Wisdom UT$179,941 Founder/president $92,000 $93,820 2023
Full Gospel Baltimore Church MD$179,955 Pastor $23,965 $22,324 2023
One In Christ Inc FL$180,068 Director $84,000 $76,371 2024
Latter Rain Ministries & Missions Inc IL$177,594 President, Director $4,610 $4,273 2025
Downtown Church Of Christ TX$180,212 Bookkeeper $4,200 $4,066 2024
Ameinu MI$177,497 President $193,666 $193,460 2024
Minn-iowa Christian Broadcasting MN$180,278 Executive Di $21,580 $20,105 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
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:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Terry Norris) 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 1367 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,090 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.