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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dietrich Von Hildebrand Legacy Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593781326
OH · NTEE X83
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Henry Crosby, Executive Director / CEO ($164,040) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 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: John Henry Crosby — reported title “Trustee, CEO, and President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,972 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,200 $164,040
$6,80510th
$26,29725th
$41,865Median
$74,49775th
$102,63090th
$164,040This org · 100th
p10$6,805
p25$26,297
p50$41,865
p75$74,497
p90$102,630
$164,040

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 OH 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
Ed Funderburk Ministries Inc TX$477,159 President $108,000 $102,000 2023
Young Disciple Ministries WA$457,801 President $40,448 $33,210 2024
Hasefer Publications Inc NY$450,263 President $31,500 $26,103 2024
Words Of Comfort Hope And Promise CA$502,791 Director $34,310 $27,170 2024
Polis Institute Inc FL$506,021 Secretary $7,943 $6,843 2024
Inspiration Books East Inc AL$418,389 Dir & President $40,200 $39,828 2024
Jewfolk Media Inc MN$412,904 Executive Director $116,083 $108,297 2023
Calvary Chapel Magazine NV$535,360 Director/officer $64,025 $60,593 2023
Not By Works Inc CO$404,009 President $50,000 $45,266 2023
Christianity Explored Usa TN$401,325 Ceo $151,419 $142,200 2025
Free Will Baptist Press Foundation NC$548,651 President $44,650 $42,309 2024
Sunstone Education Foundation Incorporated UT$395,748 Executive Director $85,000 $82,137 2023
Lamplighters International MN$393,453 Executive Director $121,957 $110,513 2024
Fa Yuan Inc NY$393,005 President $6,000 $4,972 2024
Christ Church Media Inc MS$389,384 President $23,219 $24,416 2023
International Bible Association MO$385,910 President $65,000 $63,135 2024
China Gospel Depot Inc NJ$384,294 President $17,000 $14,331 2023
Anglican House Media Ministry Inc CA$377,373 Ceo $24,000 $19,567 2023
Seedline International Inc IN$572,631 President $41,600 $41,420 2023
Contexticon Learning And Research Inc MA$362,393 President $102,000 $84,057 2024
Prayer Stations Inc FL$360,841 President $7,500 $6,461 2024
Alexandrian Forum Inc Dba Watermark Gospel FL$353,356 President $88,800 $76,502 2024
Theology Matters Inc SC$350,248 Admin $40,178 $38,439 2024
Precious Present Truth Inc MD$350,000 President $78,077 $66,941 2024
Step Up To Life NE$345,833 Executive Director $91,500 $90,251 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (John Henry Crosby) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X83), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $164,040 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.