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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421649589
NY · NTEE Q40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Ensign, Executive Director / CEO ($59,319) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 622 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: David Ensign — reported title “INT. EXEC DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

622 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 622 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$719 total compensation of comparable organizations → $272,894 $59,319
$11,46310th
$27,35725th
$53,120Median
$81,90375th
$112,45590th
$59,319This org · 56th
p10$11,463
p25$27,357
p50$53,120
p75$81,903
p90$112,455
$59,319

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 NY 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
Restoring Hope International Inc IA$301,869 Director $58,605 $68,975 2024
Water & Light OR$302,240 President $51,755 $51,662 2024
Junior Achievement Of Southwest VA$302,302 President $82,581 $85,708 2024
Gocare Inc CA$302,675 President $44,000 $42,046 2023
Rescue Pink Inc TX$302,677 President $66,000 $73,062 2023
One World Goods Inc NY$300,498 Store Manager $59,387 $57,683 2024
The International Carpe Diem Foundation OR$302,907 Executive Dir. $62,000 $61,889 2024
Bridge Builders International Inc OK$300,378 President $39,520 $48,158 2023
Rural Orphan's And Widows Aids Network CO$303,168 President $14,588 $15,035 2024
Pastoralist Child Foundation NJ$299,989 President $6,375 $6,118 2024
Christian Relief Of Supplies And Service IA$303,596 Key Employee $28,462 $33,498 2024
Big Picture Soccer PA$299,633 Executive Director $70,000 $77,251 2023
Rise Together International Inc NC$299,336 President $16,200 $18,524 2023
Epic Foundation Inc NY$299,012 Assistant Treasurer & Assistant Cfo $3,912 $3,800 2024
American Friends Of Peer Hatalmud Inc NY$298,626 Director $15,000 $15,000 2023
Amazon Center For Environmental PA$304,861 President $12,000 $12,863 2024
Center For Global Strategies Ltd SC$298,414 Executive Director $60,000 $67,283 2024
Aids Orphans And Street Children Inc FL$305,117 Secretary-treasurer $6,000 $6,059 2024
Humanility TN$305,307 President $29,100 $32,879 2024
Ecf International CA$297,935 President/ceo $94,143 $87,382 2024
Campaign For Human Rights Inc NY$297,928 Executive Dir. $224,053 $217,625 2024
Haiti Project Inc NY$305,548 Pres./exec. $63,250 $63,250 2023
The 88 Project IL$305,757 Executive Dir $95,413 $103,806 2023
Catalyst Ministries TX$297,395 Executive Dir. $56,261 $60,494 2024
Growth Teams Inc DE$305,982 President And Secretary $68,450 $72,043 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 Ensign) 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 622 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,319 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.