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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Liberating Ministries For Christ Int

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541660492
VA · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dales M Sides, Executive Director / CEO ($65,199) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 328 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

328 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 328 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,011 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,811 $65,199
$15,81410th
$31,27825th
$56,188Median
$86,47375th
$122,46690th
$65,199This org · 57th
p10$15,814
p25$31,278
p50$56,188
p75$86,473
p90$122,466
$65,199

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 VA 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
Beauty For Ashes Ministry MO$307,828 Director Of Recovery Center $46,875 $49,944 2024
Logos Leaders Outreach TX$307,823 Executive Director $219,670 $227,580 2023
Desilva Ministries CA$307,526 President $18,000 $16,098 2023
Q Place IL$307,258 Executive Dir. $65,000 $62,627 2025
Cedar Cove Inc MN$309,052 Director $85,200 $84,690 2024
Laymans Retreat At Round Top TX$306,714 Foreman $40,000 $39,214 2025
Sebit Church Inc NJ$306,686 Paster $52,102 $48,179 2023
Washington Mongolian Church VA$306,652 Missionary $24,000 $23,311 2024
Jmh Ministries Llc SC$306,524 President $45,900 $48,171 2024
Cowboy-up International Inc TX$309,598 President/ce $32,800 $33,006 2024
Elijah Ministries Inc FL$309,659 President $87,298 $84,936 2023
Ministry Resource Network Inc GA$304,375 President $31,800 $32,166 2024
Faith 2 Faith Ministries Inc CT$304,115 Director $23,099 $22,431 2023
Calling Ministry Inc FL$311,698 President & $1,200 $1,168 2023
Beyond The Reef Foundation Inc FL$312,010 President $96,000 $93,403 2023
Sports Excellence International Inc MO$303,616 Vice President/director $44,684 $47,610 2024
Vietnamese Christian Restoration TX$312,230 Vice President $3,000 $3,108 2023
Carry The Cure Incorporated AK$303,291 President $51,424 $49,458 2024
Bld-it Ministry TN$303,137 Executive Di $182,709 $193,199 2024
Worshipers Of The King Ministries MA$303,059 President $56,197 $52,302 2023
New Ministries Inc AZ$301,529 President $95,000 $91,909 2024
Open Door Church Of God In Christ Detroit MI$314,655 Director $48,000 $51,312 2023
R1 Ministries Inc TN$300,877 President $107,265 $113,424 2024
Metro Atlanta Seminary Inc GA$300,852 President/ceo $14,048 $14,629 2023
Build A Better Us TN$300,794 President/director $51,121 $55,653 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Dales M Sides) 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 328 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,199 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.