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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Mission Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721241464
LA · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rev Phillip Rodney Wood, Executive Director / CEO ($114,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 289 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Rev Phillip Rodney Wood — reported title “EX DIR/PRES/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

289 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 289 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$913 total compensation of comparable organizations → $205,450 $114,000
$14,10110th
$23,91025th
$41,364Median
$68,19775th
$98,62590th
$114,000This org · 96th
p10$14,101
p25$23,910
p50$41,364
p75$68,197
p90$98,625
$114,000

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 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
One Kingdom Ministries Inc FL$208,792 Pastor/president $12,600 $10,750 2024
African Transformational Leadership Inc TN$208,467 President $80,000 $78,623 2023
Living Water Community Clinic VA$209,530 Executive Director $36,000 $31,567 2024
Interfaith Movement Promoting VA$207,700 Executive Di $33,159 $29,934 2023
Christians For Messiah Ministries SC$206,895 President $70,956 $67,225 2024
Salem House Of Prayer OR$206,855 Director $36,843 $31,990 2023
International Association Of Baptist Colleges And Universities TX$206,826 Executive Secretary $48,750 $44,286 2024
Cross Cultural Ministries Inc GA$210,799 President & Ceo $36,000 $32,873 2024
Victory Missions Inc FL$211,050 President $69,000 $58,867 2024
Ronnie Phillips Ministries International Inc TN$205,992 President $85,000 $81,141 2024
Revival Life Ministries Inc FL$211,404 President $117,045 $102,805 2023
Larry Hutton Ministries GA$205,713 President $77,096 $72,478 2023
Ministerio International Encuentro Con Dios Inc FL$205,255 President $18,000 $15,810 2023
Boston Grace Presbyterian Church Inc MA$212,285 Junior Pastor $28,800 $24,198 2023
Walking With God Presbyterian GA$204,555 Pastor $46,500 $43,714 2023
Christian Evangelism And Discipleship For America Inc CA$212,871 Program Director $71,213 $57,494 2023
Iconnect International TX$204,266 Ceo $42,000 $39,282 2023
Echo Ministries Inc AR$204,019 President $80,000 $81,665 2024
Strategic Communications Group CA$203,762 President $13,718 $11,075 2023
Living In Faith Ministries Inc OK$203,639 President $48,100 $48,100 2024
Great Adventure Missions Inc GA$203,618 President $41,110 $38,647 2023
Family Builders Ministries NH$203,461 Executive Director $65,848 $55,217 2024
Sargent Foundation For Episcopal WY$213,970 Pres., Treas. - Director $35,427 $35,469 2023
Sankata Moachana Hanuman Temple Inc CA$214,119 Trustee/priest $50,666 $39,732 2024
Interserve Ministries MN$214,169 Executive Di $37,686 $32,946 2025

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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Rev Phillip Rodney Wood) 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 289 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $114,000 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.