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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Red Letter Christians

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461204060
PA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shane Claiborne, Executive Director / CEO ($38,451) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 287 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shane Claiborne — reported title “BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

287 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 287 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$504 total compensation of comparable organizations → $209,252 $38,451
$16,08710th
$31,24025th
$51,404Median
$77,54275th
$102,80290th
$38,451This org · 34th
p10$16,087
p25$31,240
p50$51,404
p75$77,542
p90$102,802
$38,451

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 PA 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
Resolute MN$333,892 President $170,998 $164,573 2024
Word Of Messiah Ministries Inc NC$334,577 President $140,547 $141,448 2024
Lives Worth Saving CA$334,760 Senior Pasto $31,000 $26,073 2024
New Hope Correctional Ministry MA$334,774 Exec Directo $72,509 $63,464 2024
The Layne WA$335,146 Foundation Mgr. $73,250 $63,876 2024
Synchronicity Foundation Inc VA$332,071 President $10,058 $9,459 2024
Matthew Fox Legacy Project CA$335,723 Treasurer $39,000 $32,801 2024
Challenge Golf Association TN$335,777 President $82,500 $84,465 2024
Overcomers Mission Schools PA$337,129 Director & C $22,700 $22,049 2024
Heart Of The Outdoors OH$330,288 President $72,000 $76,471 2023
Awe Star Ministries Inc OK$337,760 Sec'y/treasurer $24,668 $27,238 2023
The Russian Orthodox Church Of The NY$338,127 Coo $12,700 $11,508 2023
Niswa Association Inc CA$328,005 Ceo $40,000 $33,642 2024
Relational Tithe Inc CA$340,271 President/co-founder $101,000 $87,456 2023
Wheat Mission In Atlanta Inc GA$327,186 President $42,000 $42,347 2023
Dannie Hood Ministries Inc CO$326,632 President $52,883 $49,390 2024
Life Balance Institute CA$326,590 President $41,589 $34,979 2024
Fischer Ministries Inc OK$326,545 Executive Director $133,800 $143,502 2024
Global Ministries And Relief Inc FL$341,186 President $73,600 $67,344 2024
Laughter For All Inc CA$325,275 Executive Dir. $32,841 $28,437 2023
Woolman Hill Inc MA$342,325 Executive Director $50,036 $45,088 2023
Ten 24 Inc TX$342,607 President $68,255 $68,466 2023
The Journey Project WA$342,793 Executive Director To August 2024 $19,773 $17,243 2024
Prepare International Nfp NC$343,113 Director & Treasurer $49,500 $49,817 2024
Steeple To People Ministries Inc PA$323,922 Youth Center $25,934 $25,190 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Shane Claiborne) 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 287 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,451 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.