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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Creation Instruction Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421436410
NE · NTEE X99Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Young, Executive Director / CEO ($31,633) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 281 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

281 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 281 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$467 total compensation of comparable organizations → $194,014 $31,633
$15,56910th
$30,03025th
$49,738Median
$74,97275th
$108,31990th
$31,633This org · 27th
p10$15,569
p25$30,030
p50$49,738
p75$74,972
p90$108,319
$31,633

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 NE 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
All In Ministries International Inc FL$360,256 Chairman $27,900 $24,369 2023
Faith For Justice MO$358,536 Director Of Partnerships $28,350 $27,918 2023
Living Threads MI$358,239 President $65,000 $62,378 2023
Light On The Hill Inc NY$358,141 Managing Director $58,199 $47,493 2024
Leif Hetland Ministries GA$362,572 President/trustee $183,662 $171,696 2023
Days Of Grace Kids Care Inc TX$364,125 Co-director $38,400 $35,714 2023
Institute For Ministry Development CO$355,106 President $67,701 $58,625 2024
Holy Martyrs Of England And Wales CA$354,872 Cfo $40,000 $30,388 2025
The Lobiko Initiative CA$364,842 Executive Dir. $46,614 $36,350 2024
Recovery & Restoration Ministries GA$365,084 Exec Director $34,200 $31,055 2024
Sherman Aten Ministries Inc TX$353,663 President $96,015 $84,500 2025
Living Success Center CA$366,921 Executive Director $12,000 $9,634 2023
Florence Villa Community Development FL$352,472 Executive Director $84,505 $73,809 2023
St Paul Institute TN$368,029 President $63,904 $62,453 2023
Freedom In Christ Residential Centers TX$351,232 Executive Director $41,400 $38,504 2023
The Center Of Rational Spirituality NC$350,237 Ceo $17,800 $17,100 2023
Cottage Cove Company TN$349,073 Executive Director $59,705 $56,675 2024
Abrahamic House TX$370,421 Chairman $120,000 $108,403 2024
Princess Promise Inc TX$347,092 President $30,000 $27,100 2024
Turn Ministries TX$373,296 Ceo $34,269 $30,957 2024
Gathering Of Men Inc TX$373,921 Executive Director $129,840 $117,292 2024
Qari NJ$345,419 Treasurer $81,107 $67,328 2023
United Methodist Center NY$374,477 Acting President $66,489 $55,861 2023
Save The Nations Ministries KY$344,301 Director $63,414 $63,344 2023
Soul Care Institute CO$344,293 President $45,000 $40,118 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Brian Young) 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 281 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,633 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.