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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Living Vine Int'l Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562150128
LA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bradford Mcclendon, Executive Director / CEO ($89,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1029 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,029 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,029 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $262,708 $89,900
$13,93110th
$27,33225th
$49,587Median
$77,37375th
$104,98990th
$89,900This org · 85th
p10$13,931
p25$27,332
p50$49,587
p75$77,373
p90$104,989
$89,900

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 LA 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
Spread The Word Ministries Worship OK$316,936 Ceo $26,000 $26,000 2024
Jeremiah Castille Foundation AL$317,337 Director $13,105 $12,857 2024
Calvary Bible Institute Inc DC$317,542 Director $71,526 $55,532 2025
Pastorstays WA$316,409 Secretary/ci $78,011 $63,429 2024
Cathedral Assembly Of God Inc NJ$316,320 Senior Pasto $58,800 $47,677 2024
First Priority North Carolina NC$317,815 Executive Di $69,224 $63,283 2025
Sandra Kennedy Ministries Inc GA$317,845 President/trustee $72,000 $65,746 2024
Victory Christian Ministries KY$316,211 Ceo, President & Minister $169,000 $164,892 2024
Jeremiah Tree Inc OH$315,907 Executive Director $12,183 $12,559 2022
Beam Kenya CA$318,437 Ceo $33,600 $26,349 2024
Emmaus Global Missions MO$318,440 President $54,000 $51,941 2024
Leadership Investment Intensives Inc MO$318,657 Founder, Executive Director & Secretary $110,384 $106,175 2024
Moms In The Making TX$315,177 President $63,000 $58,922 2023
Main Street Crossing TX$315,132 Secretary $8,960 $8,140 2024
Freedom House Ministries Inc ID$315,092 Coffee House Manager $45,500 $45,255 2023
Lakeland Child Evangelism Ministrie IN$314,533 Assistant Di $38,652 $38,111 2023
Thinking Through Faith CA$319,788 Ceo $50,400 $40,691 2023
Bridge Of Hope Ministries MO$314,082 Executive Director $67,616 $65,038 2024
Grace Assembly Christian Church Of Gatesville Inc TX$320,129 Senior Pastor $1,809 $1,643 2024
Wellspring Ministries Of Utah UT$313,925 President, Operations Manager $3,799 $3,635 2023
Triad Coalition For Life NC$320,402 Pres/exec Dir. $44,000 $41,288 2024
Mosaic Center For Spiritual Formation TX$320,551 Executive Dir. $30,600 $27,798 2024
Global Leadership Outreach Development TX$320,610 President $282,000 $256,179 2024
Live Your Mission Incorporated FL$320,800 President $57,011 $48,638 2024
Ghb3 TX$320,827 Vice President $7,667 $6,965 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
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 (Bradford Mcclendon) 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 1029 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,900 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.