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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wings As Eagles Mission Air Service Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411704479
WI · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Rushing, Executive Director / CEO ($23,981) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 941 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

941 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 941 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $365,329 $23,981
$16,44510th
$31,95025th
$54,946Median
$83,65575th
$111,94790th
$23,981This org · 17th
p10$16,445
p25$31,950
p50$54,946
p75$83,655
p90$111,947
$23,981

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
The Mission Of Cor Jesu IL$386,186 President $30,333 $29,398 2023
Disciplemakers Hub NH$386,502 Director $18,000 $16,385 2023
Reclaim Ministries Inc CO$385,307 President $100,800 $92,549 2024
Grade A Plus Incorporated MO$387,405 Executive Di $51,480 $52,209 2024
Messengers Of Light Ministry Inc VA$384,722 President $43,500 $43,102 2022
Perspective Ministries Inc GA$387,594 Executive Dir. $75,900 $73,074 2024
The Sending Project KS$384,571 President/exec Director $83,217 $86,083 2024
Kamp Love AZ$387,633 Ceo $44,000 $40,518 2024
Church Reform & Revitalization Inc CO$387,866 Director $75,000 $70,895 2023
Exalt Church Inc VA$387,889 Director/lead Pastor $8,400 $7,995 2023
Word To Russia CA$384,186 Mysin $29,704 $25,285 2023
Unveiling Glory Inc VA$384,076 President $120,017 $114,237 2023
Iglesia De Dios Peniel NC$384,060 Pastor $32,400 $32,056 2024
Middle Ground Corporation MN$383,947 Founder Executive Director $8,910 $8,430 2024
Pearl Haven Ministries Inc TX$383,369 President $31,600 $30,267 2024
Assembleia De Deus Luz Do Mundo Inc FL$383,143 President $1 $1 2022
Liquid Legacy TN$383,008 President $84,381 $84,928 2024
Servant House Education Ministries And TX$389,411 President $11,372 $10,892 2024
Ironman Outdoor Ministries Inc SC$389,469 Executive Di $120,000 $123,411 2023
Blackwelder Ministries Inc GA$382,707 President $151,471 $145,832 2024
Calvary Chapel Of Temecula Valley CA$389,499 President/ceo $24,000 $19,844 2024
Huguenot Heritage Inc ID$389,696 President $84,660 $88,782 2023
Revelation Ministries Incorporated CA$382,335 President/founder $28,640 $23,680 2024
Legacy Builders Ministry MO$382,220 Executive Dir. $149,500 $156,096 2023
Grow Gospel Initiatives TX$390,281 President And Missionary $36,540 $34,999 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 Rushing) 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 941 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,981 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.