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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Youth Evangelism Strategies Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541969514
WY · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Brennan, Executive Director / CEO ($59,796) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 330 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Brennan — reported title “PRESIDENT/TR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

330 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 330 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$939 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,051 $59,796
$15,16310th
$28,97125th
$50,512Median
$78,93075th
$112,20390th
$59,796This org · 58th
p10$15,163
p25$28,971
p50$50,512
p75$78,930
p90$112,203
$59,796

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 WY 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
New Glory International TX$272,043 President $124,134 $115,961 2024
Venture Ministries Inc OK$270,690 President $40,364 $41,507 2024
Campus House Of Christian Campus Ministry Inc FL$270,177 Campus Minister $64,700 $58,437 2023
Yancy Ministries Inc TN$269,926 President $80,300 $78,824 2024
New Wind Inc NM$269,853 Executive Director $59,000 $59,261 2024
Faith Moves Mountains Foundation SC$273,042 Director $8,715 $8,271 2025
Iglesia Evag Cristo Promesa Fiel MD$269,326 Pastor $42,520 $37,123 2024
Chinese Diaspora Mission IL$269,106 President/missionary $64,695 $61,151 2023
Foundry Training Group MI$273,768 Director Of Theological Education $78,624 $75,786 2024
Massachusetts Congregational Charitable MA$268,328 Secretary $10,000 $8,392 2024
Heaven To Earth Worship Center Inc FL$275,552 President $74,400 $65,271 2024
Kathy Kinchen Ministries Inc GA$276,523 Treasurer $1,000 $939 2024
Grace Extended Ministries International OR$276,981 Director, Executive Direct $113,617 $101,444 2023
Mission 1014 GA$277,169 President $93,236 $87,547 2024
Joyful Word Ministries Inc FL$265,410 President/sec. $71,089 $64,208 2023
Brazilian Church Assembly Of God In Worcester MA$264,975 Pastor President $46,800 $40,434 2023
Share In Asia WA$278,340 President $57,500 $49,495 2023
Love Worth Sharing Evangelistic Ministries Inc TX$278,439 President $11,490 $10,733 2024
Panicrev Ministries CA$278,485 President $22,200 $17,902 2024
First Brazilian Assembly Of God Church SC$263,910 Pastor $24,000 $24,073 2023
Spanish Evangelical Church NY$279,045 President $62,400 $52,657 2024
Charismatic Episcopal Church Of North America Inc NY$279,095 Ceo $18,898 $15,947 2024
Black Sheep Motorcycle Ministry CA$263,559 President $38,400 $30,966 2024
Pathway To Paradise Ministries MO$263,490 President $70,900 $70,128 2024
Mount Zion Second Baptist Church GA$279,654 Custodian $15,818 $15,291 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 Brennan) 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 330 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,796 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.