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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Knowing Jesus Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 542048871
VA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda Barrick, Executive Director / CEO ($25,020) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 266 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

266 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 266 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $476,101 $25,020
$5,87110th
$18,64825th
$36,357Median
$62,28675th
$93,92890th
$25,020This org · 35th
p10$5,871
p25$18,648
p50$36,357
p75$62,286
p90$93,928
$25,020

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
Sola Network Inc CA$125,608 Cfo $2,371 $2,060 2024
Vital Families Inc TN$126,266 President $100,009 $103,025 2025
Hallstrom Homeschool Workshops Inc IL$124,911 Athletics Director $750 $723 2025
Bethlehem Baptist Church MI$124,248 President $41,001 $43,830 2023
Tandem Spirituality NC$127,979 President $93,203 $96,879 2024
Disciples Of The Way TX$123,448 Office Coordinator $30,551 $30,743 2024
Metro Ministries Of Fort Worth TX$123,383 Executive Director $22,656 $22,798 2024
Gifting Grace Project Inc LA$128,483 Director $36,038 $41,099 2023
Capilla De Gracia CA$128,712 President $600 $537 2023
Harvest Mission Brazil Incorporated AL$122,556 Member $93,693 $101,824 2024
Living Loved Project CO$122,365 President $54,000 $52,089 2024
Neshama Center CO$129,519 Executive Director $199,331 $197,955 2023
Global Opportunities For Christinc VA$129,833 President $6,000 $5,828 2024
Harvest Home Farmsinc WI$121,598 Treasurer $34,792 $37,632 2023
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $30,385 2022
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $23,572 2024
Community Church Of Praise SC$121,024 Pastor $34,485 $38,788 2022
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $38,842 2023
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $107,130 2025
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $61,840 2024
Kingdom Strategies International CA$119,229 President And Executive Director $52,000 $45,170 2024
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $52,539 2023
Congregacion Maranatha Inc MA$118,535 President $6,000 $5,424 2024
Adirondack Preganacy Center Inc NY$133,349 At Large $42,400 $38,543 2024
Shalam Ministries Ltd MO$118,306 President And Director $26,220 $27,937 2024

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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Linda Barrick) 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 266 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,020 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.