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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pilgrim Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431798440
MO · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amelia Mcdaniel, Executive Director / CEO ($52,504) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 227 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amelia Mcdaniel — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

227 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 227 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $434,023 $52,504
$4,86710th
$15,51525th
$30,210Median
$50,35175th
$79,37790th
$52,504This org · 76th
p10$4,867
p25$15,515
p50$30,210
p75$50,351
p90$79,377
$52,504

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 MO 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
Iglesia Fresca Uncion Inc TX$114,030 Pastor $18,000 $17,000 2023
Mojdeh NC$114,079 President, Ceo And Director $36,000 $34,112 2024
Sound Interpretation Project OR$114,104 President, Director Sip $52,200 $45,768 2023
Freeland Ministries Inc TX$113,610 President $22,000 $20,182 2024
Generation Why Co OK$113,545 President $82,650 $83,461 2024
Beneath The Shade OH$113,486 Executive Dir. $79,000 $79,000 2023
Event Evangelism Inc FL$114,474 President $1 $1 2024
Brazil Outreach Ministries Unlimited CO$114,536 Secr/treasurer $6,000 $5,276 2024
Opera Leggera Inc TX$114,570 Vice Presidentartisti $22,475 $21,226 2023
Ministerio Internacional El Rey Jesus Texas TX$114,572 President $4,333 $4,092 2023
New York Gospel Ministries Inc NY$113,167 Pres Exec Dir $26,583 $22,029 2024
Gospel Outreach Ministries Inc OK$115,164 Secretarytreasurer $7,154 $7,438 2023
Elevate Dance Ministry Inc KY$112,528 President $27,000 $25,916 2025
St Martin The Merciful Orthodox Christian Church Inc OR$115,378 President Rector Dir $18,000 $15,782 2023
Adoremus Society For The Renewal Of Sacred Liturgy CA$112,260 Editor $40,650 $32,190 2024
Fountains Of Life Inc FL$112,164 Director $63,890 $55,042 2024
Leckrone Ministries Inc IN$115,776 President $15,600 $15,532 2023
Mazatlan Missions CO$111,903 Executive Director/officer $3,300 $3,359 2021
The Center For Spiritual Formation Inc PA$116,000 Center Director $30,000 $28,246 2023
Steadfast Family Farm Inc GA$116,606 Treasurersecretary $22,246 $20,513 2024
Mary Esther Church Of Christ FL$116,799 Evangelist & Secretary $52,800 $46,831 2023
Abide In Him Ministries Inc NC$117,818 Chairman $71,500 $67,752 2024
Shalam Ministries Ltd MO$118,306 President And Director $26,220 $25,468 2024
Congregacion Maranatha Inc MA$118,535 President $6,000 $4,945 2024
Igle CA$108,799 President $21,600 $17,104 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Amelia Mcdaniel) 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 227 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,504 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.