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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Safari Mission Usa Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454039543
OK · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Vidar Ligard, Executive Director / CEO ($77,784) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,521 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,394 $77,784
$19,45510th
$29,75025th
$64,186Median
$99,62775th
$116,88990th
$77,784This org · 63rd
p10$19,455
p25$29,750
p50$64,186
p75$99,627
p90$116,889
$77,784

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 OK 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
World Missions To Asia OK$395,219 President $66,600 $66,600 2024
Lisa Bain Ministries Inc OK$434,467 President $60,000 $61,772 2023
Greg Fritz Ministries Inc OK$443,415 President $96,000 $98,836 2023
The Forgotten Church Inc OK$444,042 President $26,000 $26,000 2024
For Gods Glory Ministries Inc OK$483,130 President $102,000 $102,000 2024
Discipleability Ministries Inc OK$336,586 Executive Director $39,690 $39,690 2024
Limitless Church OK$325,532 President / Pastor $31,000 $31,000 2024
Spread The Word Ministries Worship OK$316,936 Ceo $26,000 $26,000 2024
John Lynch Speaks Inc OK$306,685 Vice-president $151,394 $151,394 2024
Falcos Children Africa Inc OK$303,773 President/treasurer $12,539 $12,909 2023
Go Middle East Inc OK$288,727 President $8,521 $8,521 2024
Keith Wheeler Ministries Inc OK$282,207 President $112,830 $116,163 2023
Insight International Inc OK$277,251 President $70,800 $72,891 2023
Bibles For China Inc OK$574,375 President $57,318 $57,318 2024
Salt And Light Leadership Training Inc OK$585,518 Executive Director $90,606 $93,282 2023
Liminal Works Inc OK$590,750 Co-exec. Dir. $114,241 $117,615 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Vidar Ligard) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + OK + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,784 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.