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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Southwest Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461575093
IL · NTEE X11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Guy A Medaglia, Executive Director / CEO ($499,295) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 126 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Guy A Medaglia — reported title “President & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

126 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 126 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,130 $499,295
$3,12110th
$6,94925th
$18,053Median
$30,45675th
$46,54590th
$499,295This org · 100th
p10$3,121
p25$6,949
p50$18,053
p75$30,456
p90$46,545
$499,295

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 IL 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
Le Rucher Mercy Ministries WA$42,380 Secretary $30,721 $27,977 2023
The Bubba Adventure-it's All 4 Him TX$42,367 Executive Director $16,500 $16,307 2024
Amazing Vision Gospel Ministry CA$42,256 Ceo $42,000 $35,831 2024
Nation Strategy AZ$42,148 President $19,390 $18,968 2023
Scripture Says CO$42,050 President $5,500 $5,210 2024
Compass Coach And Consulting SC$43,628 Director $46,800 $49,662 2023
Dueitt Ministries Inc TX$41,571 President $18,000 $17,790 2024
Bobby Garcia Ministries TX$43,855 President $3,600 $3,558 2024
Divine Temple Of God Ministries Church Inc MD$41,433 Minister $2,000 $1,848 2024
Oak Haven AR$44,135 Chairman $4,000 $4,442 2024
Livingwaterinme Ministries CA$41,270 Secretary $1,000 $878 2023
Fruit Bearing Ministries Of Durham NC$44,247 President/se $5,000 $5,105 2024
Revivelife Church Inc OK$41,146 Campus Pastor $4,000 $4,480 2023
Inter Mirifica Inc IN$44,558 President $63,489 $64,444 2025
Masters Harvest TX$44,687 President $22,770 $23,168 2023
Deep Bay Center Inc MT$40,367 Secretary $17,358 $19,032 2023
Interfaith Action Of Greater Saint Paul MN$45,113 Ceo Of Interfaith Action Of Greater St. Paul $8,340 $7,932 2025
Rex And Lois Burgher Ministries Inc PA$40,158 President $14,950 $15,165 2023
Tree Of Life Ministries Of Daytona FL$40,059 President $80,860 $75,049 2024
The Edge Ministries Inc IL$45,523 Manager $7,090 $6,887 2024
Apostle Born Ministries Inc TX$39,874 President $102,168 $100,973 2024
Jesus Is Enough Corp ID$39,825 Secretary $8,732 $9,177 2024
Praise Unlimited - Wayne West Ministries Inc PA$45,644 President $15,000 $15,215 2023
Calvary Chapel Santa Paula CA$45,689 President $29,400 $25,082 2024
Mission Hope International HI$45,766 President $13,194 $12,016 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Guy A Medaglia) 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 126 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $499,295 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.