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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St John #5 Baptist Church Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721279715
LA · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bruce Davenport, Executive Director / CEO ($12,396) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 314 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Bruce Davenport — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

314 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 314 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$887 total compensation of comparable organizations → $205,020 $12,396
$13,97810th
$27,46425th
$52,840Median
$77,37375th
$109,41290th
$12,396This org · 7th
p10$13,978
p25$27,464
p50$52,840
p75$77,373
p90$109,412
$12,396

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
New Harvest Missions International Inc FL$355,577 President $84,000 $69,608 2024
Primera Iglesia Pentecostal Roca De Salvacion Inc NY$355,946 President $21,000 $16,739 2024
The Agape Mission Of Bartlesville Inc OK$355,250 President/executive Direct $63,100 $63,100 2023
Mission Support Network CA$354,618 President $75,306 $59,054 2023
10m Foundation MS$356,801 President $69,381 $68,162 2024
John Murry Evangelistic Association MO$354,485 President $9,300 $8,945 2023
Women At The Well Ministries TN$357,283 President $20,085 $18,623 2024
Twin Oaks Christian Camp And Retreat Center TX$353,881 Executive Director $72,038 $65,442 2023
Jim Ryun Ministries Inc FL$357,774 Treasurer $93,962 $77,863 2024
Gary & Drenda Keesee Ministries OH$352,916 President $157,000 $146,682 2024
Kingdom Conditioning Ministries CA$352,610 President $237,414 $180,837 2024
Baltimore Antioch Leadership Movement MD$359,177 Treasury $12,000 $9,896 2024
L2l Inc GA$351,567 Metro Co-director $81,894 $74,780 2023
Christ Apostolic Church (Cac) Atlant GA$360,100 Pastor $118,800 $108,480 2023
Hope & Passion Ministries Inc PA$351,182 President Chair Acting Vice Chair $114,675 $100,875 2024
Triumphant Living Ministries Inc TN$350,720 President/chairman $169,886 $162,172 2023
Word Alive Ministries GA$350,553 President $81,000 $71,842 2024
For Such A Time As This Inc NC$361,589 President $150,108 $136,814 2024
N4 Inc AL$361,981 President $9,000 $8,577 2024
Cedar Rock Ministries Inc AR$362,385 Executive Dir. $86,000 $87,790 2023
Mormon Discussion Inc UT$348,766 President $100,000 $92,947 2023
Federation Of Ministers And Churches Inc TX$363,636 President $125,443 $110,688 2024
Inspirational Gospel Assembly Inc NY$346,179 President $31,500 $25,108 2024
Vision Street Ministries Inc GA$346,018 President $95,000 $86,748 2023
Teen Round Up Inc AZ$367,183 President $26,000 $22,057 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 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 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Bruce Davenport) 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 314 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,396 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.