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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Inspiring Philosophy Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473719035
AZ · NTEE X81
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($84,136) against the 2000 closest of 2,112 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

2,112 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $300,791 $84,136
$15,25110th
$30,09025th
$53,722Median
$86,08775th
$118,95590th
$84,136This org · 74th
p10$15,251
p25$30,090
p50$53,722
p75$86,087
p90$118,955
$84,136

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 AZ 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
Ekklesia Christian Center AZ$276,685 Lead Pastor $53,721 $55,308 2023
Ministerio Internacional Casa De Amor Inc FL$276,706 Director $32,267 $31,519 2024
Kathy Kinchen Ministries Inc GA$276,523 Treasurer $1,000 $1,046 2024
Cecil & Lisa Paxton CO$276,742 President $34,283 $34,182 2024
Iglesia Cristiana Shekinah TX$276,487 Lead Pastor $5,743 $6,402 2022
Mekong Multiply Inc KY$276,843 Executive Di $86,400 $96,520 2024
Kingdom Resources For Christ Inc PA$276,890 President $29,500 $30,589 2024
International Berean Ministries Inc MI$276,931 President $6,000 $6,629 2023
The Summit Mission Alliance CO$276,303 Executive Director $63,423 $61,605 2025
Art Of Family Living NC$276,279 Executive Di $60,000 $62,801 2025
God's Mountain Ministries Inc MO$276,981 Director $34,400 $39,004 2023
Grace Extended Ministries International OR$276,981 Director, Executive Direct $113,617 $112,951 2023
Creative Ministries Inc MO$276,191 President $23,100 $25,440 2024
Trinity Roselle Foundation IL$277,146 President And Director $71,411 $75,155 2023
Students In The Word Inc SC$277,160 Executive Dir. $39,583 $41,832 2025
Mission 1014 GA$277,169 President $93,236 $97,478 2024
Mercy House Initiative AZ$277,206 Chairman $37,050 $37,050 2024
Insight International Inc OK$277,251 President $70,800 $83,457 2023
Impact For Living Inc FL$275,985 President / Director $161,696 $157,947 2024
Highway 19 Ministries WA$277,333 President $25,200 $23,460 2024
Truth For Today Baptist Missions TN$275,856 Secretarytreasurer $15,000 $16,395 2024
Youth With A Mission South Dallas TX$275,749 President $47,881 $49,802 2024
Central Jersey Institute Of Islamic Sciences Inc NJ$275,662 President $41,660 $38,676 2024
Dr Willard E And Ella N Romberg MN$277,621 Assistant Secretary $20,476 $21,038 2024
Shalom Of Texas Ministries TX$277,641 President $121,000 $125,855 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Michael Jones) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,136 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.