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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christ-life Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421509052
IA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jim Hobson, Executive Director / CEO ($72,835) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 847 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jim Hobson — reported title “Executive Director, Board President & Treasurer”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

847 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 847 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $348,456 $72,835
$16,22910th
$31,97625th
$54,815Median
$82,92475th
$107,72190th
$72,835This org · 67th
p10$16,229
p25$31,976
p50$54,815
p75$82,924
p90$107,721
$72,835

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 IA 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
New Vision Christian Church AL$449,556 Pastor $142,246 $140,349 2024
Highlands Church Of The Cumberlands TN$449,629 Worship Pastor $13,500 $12,960 2024
Lord's Gym Of El Dorado County Inc CA$449,700 President $60,000 $48,715 2023
Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries PA$449,821 Director $146,276 $133,224 2024
Heaven Sent Ministries Inc WV$449,920 Executive Director $19,200 $18,986 2024
Fundacristo Missions International TX$450,133 President $27,700 $26,053 2023
Campus One80 Ministries Inc NY$448,593 President $27,436 $22,642 2024
Eternal Christendom CA$448,486 President $52,000 $41,009 2024
Love & Truth Network Inc AZ$450,850 Executive Director $94,441 $82,951 2024
The Nehemiah Foundation Of OH$447,876 Executive Di $73,954 $71,537 2024
Parish Resource Center Inc PA$451,557 Executive Di $100,512 $94,247 2023
Benchmark Adventure Ministries Inc TN$451,762 Executive Director $71,010 $68,170 2024
Rig Global Dfw TX$447,021 Director $6,099 $5,572 2024
Goby International Ministries TX$446,958 President $14,400 $13,544 2023
Leaderstream Inc IN$452,970 President $81,000 $76,002 2025
Consumed Ministries MN$453,217 Director $131,200 $118,400 2024
Sons Of Thunder Ministries & Publications Inc OR$453,285 President $60,000 $50,888 2024
Cross To Light Corporation TN$453,393 President $53,600 $51,456 2024
Potter's Wheel Inc KY$453,455 Executive Director $97,538 $95,706 2024
Ywam Washington Dc DC$445,411 President $96,867 $77,633 2024
Bible Outreach Ministries TX$453,907 President $13,000 $12,227 2023
Northern Light Ministries OR$454,037 President, Excutive Director $18,624 $16,262 2023
See Forward Ministries KY$444,634 President/executive Director $56,100 $55,046 2024
Cana Family Institute MN$444,364 Executive Director $18,951 $17,607 2023
The Forgotten Church Inc OK$444,042 President $26,000 $26,147 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Jim Hobson) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 847 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,835 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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 13, 2026.