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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Charis Foundation For New Monacticism & Interspirituality

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473020709
NM · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Miles, Executive Director / CEO ($50,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 77 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christopher Miles — reported title “President, Director of Keating-Schachter Center”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

77 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 77 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$145 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,065 $50,800
$7,86710th
$18,97225th
$32,372Median
$54,53475th
$71,61190th
$50,800This org · 68th
p10$7,867
p25$18,972
p50$32,372
p75$54,534
p90$71,611
$50,800

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 NM 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
This Redeemed Life TX$120,165 President $33,815 $31,449 2024
Women's Circle Inc FL$119,472 Director $72,000 $64,745 2023
Mt Zion Pentecostal Churches Of God NJ$119,356 President $28,600 $25,445 2022
Windows To The Divine CO$123,746 President $36,000 $33,042 2023
Grad Resources TX$117,974 Chairman $72,000 $66,963 2024
Church United CA$116,515 Vice President $45,000 $36,128 2024
Get The Word Out Inc CO$115,218 President $41,670 $37,150 2024
Movement Day Greater Dallas TX$128,186 Executive Dir. $21,300 $19,810 2024
Mahayogi Yoga Mission Inc NY$113,198 President $5,000 $4,325 2023
Heavenly Grace Ministries Inc NY$113,062 President $33,000 $27,725 2024
Wine Women In The New Evangelization MN$130,747 Secretary & Treasurer $13,000 $11,943 2024
Danny Oertli Ministries Inc CO$109,813 President $57,126 $52,433 2023
Africa Church-planting & Training In Vocational Ed IN$133,020 Executive Director $19,350 $18,972 2024
New Wilderness Adventures NC$133,340 Exec Director $23,500 $22,576 2024
Barbara Yandell Ministries TX$108,559 Pres. & Rev. $58,636 $54,534 2024
Highlands Mission Cooperative Inc GA$133,892 President & Ceo $26,500 $25,506 2023
Camp Gilead Bible Camp OH$134,761 President $6,200 $6,286 2023
South Mountain Family Camp NC$105,983 Executive Director $18,063 $17,353 2024
Ross Family Ministries NC$105,754 President $62,500 $61,816 2023
Gospel Carrier International Inc MD$139,487 Executive Director $85,053 $76,114 2023
Inner Vision Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc MD$102,772 President $18,635 $16,198 2024
G3 Experience Inc TX$102,448 President $54,000 $51,706 2023
Firstlight International PA$101,654 President $17,280 $16,022 2024
Prf Teaching Ministry AL$141,919 Board Chair And Executive Director $40,051 $40,229 2024
Pearce Foundation Inc IL$143,244 Director $2,263 $2,069 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Christopher Miles) 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 77 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,800 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.