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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cleveland Clergy Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463259011
OH · NTEE X03
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lorenzo Norris, Executive Director / CEO ($28,130) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1807 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lorenzo Norris — reported title “President CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,807 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,807 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$53 total compensation of comparable organizations → $446,843 $28,130
$13,03510th
$25,86825th
$46,225Median
$75,80375th
$104,22390th
$28,130This org · 28th
p10$13,035
p25$25,868
p50$46,225
p75$75,803
p90$104,223
$28,130

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 OH 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
Achim Inc MD$225,251 President $109,874 $96,985 2024
It's A New Day Inc GA$225,289 Sec/treasurer $6,731 $6,390 2024
Asian American Christian Collaborative IL$225,193 Cfo $17,500 $16,724 2023
Gary Crowl International Ministries Inc OK$225,344 President $38,250 $39,766 2024
Hope Dealer Community Inc OH$225,060 Executive Director $59,940 $59,940 2024
Better Life Ministries CO$225,551 Executive Director $17,700 $16,024 2024
The Faith Place Inc WI$224,874 Pastor $36,806 $37,364 2023
Koome Ministries Inc CO$225,673 President $86,208 $78,046 2024
Restore Ministries Inc NJ$224,792 Trustee $24,522 $21,282 2023
Reach Ministries Of Corpus Christi TX$224,648 Ceo $70,708 $68,753 2023
Hillel Of San Luis Obispo CA$224,631 Executive Dir. $83,000 $67,668 2024
Risen Jesus Inc GA$224,523 President & Ceo $90,783 $88,728 2023
Give Em Jesus Llc LA$226,108 President/executive Director $70,000 $74,925 2023
Reformed Communion TX$224,399 Vida House $78,000 $75,843 2023
Love Inc Of Metro Tampa Inc FL$224,289 Executive Director $49,400 $45,110 2023
St Sophia Religious Association PA$226,304 President $72,700 $68,450 2024
Beit Midrash Letalmud Inc NY$226,317 President $108,000 $92,141 2024
Bonhoeffer Haus Inc VA$224,152 Executive Director $85,750 $78,171 2024
Just A Preacher Ministries Inc FL$226,387 President $100,000 $88,696 2024
Barnabas & Partners NC$226,389 Executive Dir. $96,938 $101,354 2022
Cyrus Ministries CA$226,444 Ceo $21,000 $17,626 2023
Salt & Light Partners MN$226,459 Excutive Director $67,392 $64,729 2023
Greenview Madani Center Inc GA$224,036 Director $36,400 $34,556 2024
R3stored OR$226,478 President $4,490 $4,053 2023
New Fire For Christ VA$226,485 President $130,667 $122,637 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Lorenzo Norris) 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 1807 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,130 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.