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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

First Baptist Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480630223
KS · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cedric Rowan, Executive Director / CEO ($28,782) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 321 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

321 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 321 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$931 total compensation of comparable organizations → $209,406 $28,782
$15,05310th
$28,47225th
$50,086Median
$78,26175th
$105,85490th
$28,782This org · 26th
p10$15,053
p25$28,472
p50$50,086
p75$78,261
p90$105,854
$28,782

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 KS 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
Family Rescue Center CA$242,140 Executive Director $2,000 $1,599 2024
Eden House Of Thailand WA$241,621 Executive Manager $37,010 $30,671 2024
St Michael Orthodox Church NJ$241,620 Archpriest $16,250 $13,430 2024
The Vine Ministry Inc PA$241,591 Executive Director $37,080 $34,228 2024
New Jerusalem Missions KS$241,346 President/exec Dir $14,621 $15,053 2023
Danny Hubbell Evangelistic Min TX$240,985 President $90,000 $83,333 2024
Los Angeles Immanuel Mission Church CA$240,968 Ceo $12,000 $9,591 2024
Alabaster Ministries Inc MO$240,740 Director $29,681 $29,959 2023
Drawing Near To God Inc SC$243,541 Executive Director $90,000 $84,670 2025
Bridge Ministries Of Laredo Inc TX$240,478 President $34,800 $33,174 2023
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries IL$244,093 Program Dire $110,546 $103,569 2023
United Church In God In Christ MN$239,963 Pastor $44,200 $40,427 2024
First Karen Baptist Church MN$239,742 Pastor $19,491 $17,827 2024
Galkin Evangelistic Ministries UT$239,653 President $124,200 $117,663 2024
Re-christ Ministries Inc AZ$239,591 Chairman, President $72,000 $65,988 2023
Christian Community Ministries Of Kershaw County SC$239,574 Director, Office Manager $21,918 $20,620 2025
World Carp Inc NJ$244,716 President/tr $140,000 $115,702 2024
The Lighthouse Women's Center Inc AL$245,022 Director $42,624 $43,883 2023
Iglesia De Dios Pentecostes Aposento Alto CA$238,061 Chief Executive Officer $36,000 $28,774 2024
Addicts For Christ Inc AL$246,042 Director $16,900 $16,900 2024
Remnant Ministries TX$237,681 President $151,647 $140,414 2024
Celestial Church Of Christ Providence Parish RI$247,173 Pastor $16,200 $14,379 2024
Planting The Gospel Inc GA$247,698 Board Member $143,683 $133,728 2024
Priority Insight Inc GA$236,113 Director $121,897 $113,451 2024
First Emmanuel Assembly Of God CT$248,053 Senior Pastor $69,984 $62,532 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Cedric Rowan) 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 321 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,782 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.