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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Awaken Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471746975
MI · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Jackson, Executive Director / CEO ($39,934) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,760 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,843 $39,934
$3,23510th
$5,74725th
$12,228Median
$21,21675th
$78,80490th
$39,934This org · 82nd
p10$3,235
p25$5,747
p50$12,228
p75$21,216
p90$78,804
$39,934

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 MI 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
He Will Restore Ministries CO$31,304 President $10,500 $9,754 2023
The Urban Ministry Institute Of Colorado CO$27,989 Dean $12,000 $11,148 2023
Principles Of Kingdom Living Ministries Inc FL$32,410 President $6,500 $5,747 2024
Christ's Servants Abroad FL$33,600 President $24,000 $21,216 2024
Methodist Church Nigeria Usa Inc MD$34,536 Minister In Charge $13,500 $12,228 2023
Discovery Missions International Inc TX$34,820 Director $92,644 $89,785 2023
Fsf Church SC$24,408 Director $12,000 $11,781 2024
Ross Ministries Inc TX$37,273 President $112,309 $108,843 2023
Sportworks Ministry Inc NC$37,297 Campus Director $3,000 $3,003 2023
Wright Way Ministries Inc FL$38,033 President $30,000 $26,521 2024
Heartcry For Change WA$39,270 President $15,000 $13,011 2023
Tree Of Life Ministries Of Daytona FL$40,059 President $80,860 $71,483 2024
Revivelife Church Inc OK$41,146 Campus Pastor $4,000 $4,267 2023
Divine Temple Of God Ministries Church Inc MD$41,433 Minister $2,000 $1,760 2024
Nation Strategy AZ$42,148 President $19,390 $18,067 2023
The Bubba Adventure-it's All 4 Him TX$42,367 Executive Director $16,500 $15,532 2024
Bobby Garcia Ministries TX$43,855 President $3,600 $3,389 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Daniel Jackson) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,934 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.