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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St Bonaventure Publications

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510546990
MT · NTEE X83
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joanie Carl, Executive Director / CEO ($86,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 998 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

998 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 998 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $439,054 $86,000
$9,59810th
$21,19225th
$38,016Median
$65,24475th
$93,77190th
$86,000This org · 87th
p10$9,598
p25$21,192
p50$38,016
p75$65,244
p90$93,771
$86,000

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 MT 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
Blue Ocean Faith CA$152,755 Executive Director $124,669 $102,818 2023
Victory Through Jesus Sports Ministries KS$152,689 President $63,156 $65,165 2023
School Of Metaphysics MO$153,111 Director $2,400 $2,358 2024
Apache Youth Ministries Inc AZ$152,287 Program Coordinator $43,390 $39,856 2023
Iglesia De Dios Missionera Los TX$152,250 Pastor $29,820 $27,672 2024
Jay Eberly Ministries Inc IA$151,928 Director $57,147 $58,048 2024
St Benedicts Workshop TX$151,815 Director $36,000 $34,394 2023
Camp Hunt Inc NY$151,663 Board Member $1,950 $1,635 2024
The Healing Path Ministries Inc CA$153,921 President $109,200 $87,476 2024
Ministerio Internasional Puert NJ$151,578 President $41,600 $35,475 2023
Louder Than Words Ministries NC$153,970 Executive Director $32,400 $31,057 2024
Chinese Christian Training CA$151,487 Gn Secretary $25,200 $20,783 2023
Nexus Education Foundation Inc NJ$154,047 Trustee $22,100 $18,846 2023
Christian Unity Press MI$154,227 Treasurer $68,000 $65,113 2024
Indiana Association Of Christian Schools Inc IN$151,238 Executive Director $58,000 $55,279 2025
Iglesia De Intercesion Encuentro Con Dios CA$154,427 Chief Executive Officer $19,740 $15,813 2024
Halle Project CA$154,429 President $54,000 $43,258 2024
Sybarite Chamber Players Ltd NY$154,472 President/executive Direct $41,730 $34,982 2024
Shade Tree Ministries SC$151,034 President $111,700 $108,105 2024
One Accord Ministries CO$151,007 Office Manager $28,000 $25,643 2023
Emmanuel Missionary Institute Inc MD$151,000 President $85,090 $73,799 2024
The Harriette And Ted Perlman Family IL$154,571 Secretary $66,424 $62,370 2023
Forrest Ministries Inc FL$154,730 Director $30,000 $26,145 2024
Beverly Smith Ministries NC$150,746 President $7,940 $7,611 2024
Jim Gilbert Ministries Inc FL$150,494 President $6,470 $5,805 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Joanie Carl) 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 998 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,000 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.