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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Journey Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454025694
WA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeremy Magargle, Executive Director / CEO ($19,773) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 286 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jeremy Magargle — reported title “Executive Director to August 2024”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

286 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 286 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$577 total compensation of comparable organizations → $239,959 $19,773
$19,54810th
$37,78325th
$60,255Median
$90,95275th
$132,56890th
$19,773This org · 10th
p10$19,548
p25$37,783
p50$60,255
p75$90,952
p90$132,568
$19,773

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 WA 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
Ten 24 Inc TX$342,607 President $68,255 $78,513 2023
Prepare International Nfp NC$343,113 Director & Treasurer $49,500 $57,128 2024
Woolman Hill Inc MA$342,325 Executive Director $50,036 $51,704 2023
Soul Care Institute CO$344,293 President $45,000 $49,619 2023
Save The Nations Ministries KY$344,301 Director $63,414 $78,344 2023
Global Ministries And Relief Inc FL$341,186 President $73,600 $77,227 2024
Relational Tithe Inc CA$340,271 President/co-founder $101,000 $100,289 2023
Qari NJ$345,419 Treasurer $81,107 $83,273 2023
Princess Promise Inc TX$347,092 President $30,000 $33,519 2024
The Russian Orthodox Church Of The NY$338,127 Coo $12,700 $13,197 2023
Awe Star Ministries Inc OK$337,760 Sec'y/treasurer $24,668 $31,236 2023
Overcomers Mission Schools PA$337,129 Director & C $22,700 $25,284 2024
Cottage Cove Company TN$349,073 Executive Director $59,705 $70,097 2024
Challenge Golf Association TN$335,777 President $82,500 $96,859 2024
Matthew Fox Legacy Project CA$335,723 Treasurer $39,000 $37,615 2024
The Center Of Rational Spirituality NC$350,237 Ceo $17,800 $21,150 2023
The Layne WA$335,146 Foundation Mgr. $73,250 $73,250 2024
New Hope Correctional Ministry MA$334,774 Exec Directo $72,509 $72,777 2024
Lives Worth Saving CA$334,760 Senior Pasto $31,000 $29,899 2024
Word Of Messiah Ministries Inc NC$334,577 President $140,547 $162,204 2024
Freedom In Christ Residential Centers TX$351,232 Executive Director $41,400 $47,622 2023
Resolute MN$333,892 President $170,998 $188,723 2024
Red Letter Christians PA$333,732 Board Member $38,451 $44,094 2023
Florence Villa Community Development FL$352,472 Executive Director $84,505 $91,288 2023
Synchronicity Foundation Inc VA$332,071 President $10,058 $10,847 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Jeremy Magargle) 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 286 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,773 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.