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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Out Of Death Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561928769
NC · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ron E Lynch, Executive Director / CEO ($66,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 256 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

256 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 256 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$973 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,310 $66,000
$15,01110th
$25,05725th
$41,721Median
$70,56075th
$103,02990th
$66,000This org · 71st
p10$15,011
p25$25,057
p50$41,721
p75$70,560
p90$103,029
$66,000

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 NC 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
Grace Haven Baptist Fellowship Inc NC$189,012 Director/staff $34,116 $35,124 2023
Arthur Blessitt Evangelistic CO$188,699 President $36,000 $34,395 2023
Grace & Truth Fellowship Church Inc IN$189,248 President $25,992 $27,311 2023
Sanctuary Of Living Waters Inc FL$191,007 President $12,455 $11,324 2024
Christ Fellowship Church Of God In Christ Inc FL$191,246 Director/sr. Pastor $20,231 $18,394 2024
Honornet Inc OK$192,298 President $57,500 $61,277 2024
Wesley Putnam Ministries TX$192,585 Pres/exec.di $160,674 $155,550 2024
Supreme Task International Inc GA$184,534 President & Ceo $102,479 $102,669 2023
St Paul Missionary Baptist Church TX$194,151 Clerk $15,424 $14,932 2024
Shine School Partnership NM$194,319 Executive Director (Stepped Down March 2023) And Became Board Member $31,083 $33,311 2023
Westminster Christian Fellowship Inc GA$194,936 Director $124,158 $124,388 2023
Sonlife Classic Nfp IL$194,957 Executive Director $21,108 $20,084 2024
Grateful Fellowship Community TX$195,344 Office Manager $78,000 $77,743 2023
Freedom For Appalachia Community Development Organization OH$182,171 President $40,103 $41,108 2024
Touch The World Ministries Inc NC$181,906 Accountant/bookkeeper $23,121 $23,804 2023
All About Him Ministries Inc SC$195,832 Director $24,000 $24,232 2024
Haitian Pentecostal Church And Home Of Hope World Wide NJ$195,893 President/youth Program Director/trustee $28,550 $25,398 2023
Solid Rock Baptist Church DE$181,454 Pastor $29,323 $27,787 2024
Compassion Bridges CA$181,423 President $34,600 $29,769 2023
United Christian Ministires Inc MS$180,898 President $48,887 $52,695 2024
Lutheran Ministry Services Northwest WA$196,876 Ex Dir $35,000 $29,545 2025
International Prayer Ministries Inc MO$196,881 President $73,870 $75,721 2024
Berlin Ministries International SC$197,173 Ministry Assistant $46,000 $46,444 2024
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Hispana NY$197,799 Pastor $20,800 $18,190 2024
Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries Inc TN$198,233 Executive Director $50,000 $52,367 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Ron E Lynch) 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 256 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,000 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.