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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dallas Willard Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462946921
CA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Carroll, Executive Director / CEO ($97,721) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: John Carroll — reported title “Dirctr of School of Kingdom Living”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,354 total compensation of comparable organizations → $183,591 $97,721
$29,11810th
$33,60525th
$42,045Median
$63,07775th
$100,83490th
$97,721This org · 88th
p10$29,118
p25$33,605
p50$42,045
p75$63,077
p90$100,834
$97,721

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 CA 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
Care Net Womens Resource Center Of CA$433,199 Executive Dir. $57,292 $57,292 2024
Lot318 CA$438,059 Ceo $32,987 $32,987 2024
Organic Outreach International Inc CA$386,307 Executive Director/board Member/cfo/secretary $102,744 $102,744 2024
Christian Leadership Institute CA$379,685 Director $60,320 $62,102 2023
Thrive Learning Centers CA$466,812 Executive Dir. $16,449 $16,449 2024
Living Success Center CA$366,921 Executive Director $12,000 $12,354 2023
The Lobiko Initiative CA$364,842 Executive Dir. $46,614 $46,614 2024
Holy Martyrs Of England And Wales CA$354,872 Cfo $40,000 $38,969 2025
Newport Mesa Individual And Family CA$489,324 Executive Dir. $183,591 $183,591 2024
Saturation Church Planting International CA$495,253 Presidentfounder $96,377 $96,377 2024
Relational Tithe Inc CA$340,271 President/co-founder $101,000 $103,983 2023
Matthew Fox Legacy Project CA$335,723 Treasurer $39,000 $39,000 2024
Sean Smith Ministries Inc CA$507,041 President $84,000 $81,835 2025
Lives Worth Saving CA$334,760 Senior Pasto $31,000 $31,000 2024
Niswa Association Inc CA$328,005 Ceo $40,000 $40,000 2024
Life Balance Institute CA$326,590 President $41,589 $41,589 2024
Laughter For All Inc CA$325,275 Executive Dir. $32,841 $33,811 2023
Shiloh Global Ministries Inc CA$519,057 President $27,500 $28,312 2023
Faith For Today Inc CA$313,736 Vice President $32,449 $32,449 2024
Poimen Ministries CA$303,501 President $61,118 $61,118 2024
Hope Academy CA$300,477 Educational $36,000 $37,063 2023
Be2live CA$291,496 Vice-president $57,974 $57,974 2024
Gloria World Mission CA$567,907 Chief Executive Officer $66,000 $66,000 2024
Moral Revolution Inc CA$575,253 Director $42,500 $42,500 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (John Carroll) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $97,721 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.