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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lake Mead Christian Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472454261
NV · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gayle Sue Blakeley, Executive Director / CEO ($7,661) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 252 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Gayle Sue Blakeley — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

252 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 252 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$348 total compensation of comparable organizations → $266,383 $7,661
$15,31010th
$30,51625th
$55,747Median
$86,90175th
$124,33790th
$7,661This org · 3rd
p10$15,310
p25$30,516
p50$55,747
p75$86,901
p90$124,337
$7,661

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 NV 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
Hands And Feet Ministries Inc GA$499,523 Board Member $43,238 $42,128 2024
David George World Ministries Inc GA$501,079 President $139,064 $135,493 2024
Youth With A Mission Pittsburgh Inc PA$501,730 President $15,848 $15,314 2024
New Vision For Christ Ministries Inc FL$502,399 President $74,880 $68,164 2024
Reconcilingworks Lutherans For MN$493,675 Executive Di $112,666 $107,877 2024
Martin Luther Foundation DE$493,625 Executive Director $5,511 $5,094 2025
Robert J Morgan Ministries TN$493,608 President/trustee $140,557 $143,166 2024
World Christian Restaurant Ministriesinc CA$492,194 President And Ceo $50,702 $42,424 2024
Rick Coram Ministries Inc FL$508,165 President $90,309 $82,209 2024
Lassid Ministries Inc Dba Convergence R WI$508,388 Ceo, Director $77,072 $80,301 2023
In His Steps International Inc CO$489,302 President $63,000 $60,266 2023
African Christians Fellowship Int'l SC$488,837 Executive Director $60,000 $60,655 2024
Ciefa Ministry International IL$511,371 President $4,162 $4,082 2023
In His Grip Ministries TN$511,601 President $103,640 $108,682 2023
Jacksonville Kachin Baptist Church FL$487,162 Senior Pastor $37,200 $33,864 2024
Iglesia Nueva Esperanza Viva TX$512,764 Sr Pastor $64,800 $64,667 2023
Fischer Family Ministries Inc TN$484,916 President $123,000 $125,283 2024
Iglesia De Cristo Casa De Jubilo RI$484,119 President $11,000 $10,523 2023
Spanish World Ministries Inc IN$481,602 Executive Director $22,340 $23,503 2023
Pilgrim Tract Society Inc NC$517,962 President & Editor $26,790 $26,823 2024
Pete Norris Ministries Inc NC$481,136 President $49,566 $49,628 2024
Comfort House Services Inc TX$480,833 Executive Director $79,146 $76,717 2024
Mapping Center For Evangelism & Church FL$480,617 President $97,400 $91,283 2023
Iglesia Cristiana Renuevo Inc FL$518,840 Sr Pastorcorp Presadmin Bd $56,000 $52,483 2023
Klamath Falls Gospel Mission OR$519,308 Executive Director $50,000 $44,994 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Gayle Sue Blakeley) 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 252 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,661 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.