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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562622921
PA · NTEE X19
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kenneth Fish, Executive Director / CEO ($249,320) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Kenneth Fish — reported title “MINISTER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17,237 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,694 $249,320
$23,25410th
$51,10725th
$65,210Median
$91,55775th
$110,26390th
$249,320This org · 100th
p10$23,254
p25$51,107
p50$65,210
p75$91,557
p90$110,263
$249,320

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 PA 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
Appointment Congo NC$339,641 President $62,175 $62,573 2024
Khalsa Family Farms NM$331,370 Director $51,550 $54,004 2024
Living Waters Christian Canoe Camp KS$344,938 Chair $21,900 $23,045 2024
Forgiven Ministry Inc NC$327,084 President $22,645 $23,463 2023
College & Career Ministries Inc CA$353,936 Exec Director $24,480 $21,197 2023
His Vessel Ministries AL$355,318 President $83,962 $88,349 2024
Chatham Transitional Ministries Inc GA$357,223 Ministry Coordinator $52,630 $51,543 2024
Great Hunt For God Inc OR$362,328 President/director $61,100 $55,266 2024
Impact Ministries Of Myrtle Beach SC$369,915 Executive Director $65,000 $66,048 2024
Barnabas Ministries Inc MA$296,825 Executive Director $45,217 $38,557 2025
Lightsys Technology Services Inc CO$288,665 President/ceo And Board Member $78,440 $73,260 2024
Biblical Counseling Coalition Inc IN$287,638 Exec. Direct $71,524 $73,466 2024
Village To Village Ministries Intern PA$391,019 Admin $63,150 $59,757 2025
Gaston Christian Center TX$281,468 Executive Director $74,908 $71,102 2025
Trinity Roselle Foundation IL$277,146 President And Director $71,411 $70,400 2023
Impact For Living Inc FL$275,985 President / Director $161,696 $147,952 2024
The Rock Campus Outreach TN$271,933 President & Executive Director $103,846 $106,319 2024
Madonna Renewal Center IL$271,687 Exec Directo $18,000 $17,237 2024
Chaplains In Schools Inc WI$410,312 Executive Director $80,216 $94,454 2021
Straightway Holdings Inc MO$260,017 President & Treasurer $89,114 $91,931 2024
Ebecc Library Inc MA$259,122 Treasurer $34,379 $30,091 2024
Field Life TX$416,700 Executive Director $93,843 $91,432 2024
Leading Saints UT$251,452 Executive Director $101,383 $101,065 2024
El Puente-hispanic Ministry MO$423,167 Executive Di $59,033 $60,899 2024
Healthy Growing Leaders Inc SC$241,865 Chairman $94,500 $98,860 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Kenneth Fish) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $249,320 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.