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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercygift

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721576095
CO · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Riaan Heyns, Executive Director / CEO ($143,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 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: Riaan Heyns — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$355 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,989 $143,000
$19,75510th
$35,77825th
$56,358Median
$100,00075th
$119,11990th
$143,000This org · 96th
p10$19,755
p25$35,778
p50$56,358
p75$100,000
p90$119,119
$143,000

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 CO 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
Cityunite CO$299,157 Executive Di $109,874 $109,874 2024
Trinity Outreach International Inc CO$293,776 Pres/chairman $188,989 $188,989 2024
Msc Family Restoration Center CO$304,046 President/ Exec. Director $107,432 $107,432 2024
Whole Heart Ministries Inc CO$308,371 Executive Dir. $99,198 $102,128 2023
Cecil & Lisa Paxton CO$276,742 President $34,283 $34,283 2024
The Summit Mission Alliance CO$276,303 Executive Director $63,423 $61,788 2025
Crossroads Ministries Usa Inc CO$273,812 President $43,353 $43,353 2024
Treasure Mountain Bible Camp CO$322,791 Board Member/camp Director $19,200 $19,767 2023
Mike Hoesch Ministries Inc CO$266,888 President $48,000 $48,000 2024
House Of Israel Intl Ministries Inc CO$332,689 Chairman And President $124,145 $124,145 2024
Freedom 58 Project Incorporated CO$259,846 Director $79,426 $79,426 2024
Upon The Rock CO$336,966 President/tr $41,400 $41,400 2024
Caring For The Heart Ministries CO$259,175 President $49,466 $50,927 2023
Trinity Fitness Colorado Springs CO$257,558 Communications Director $28,950 $29,805 2023
Faith Covenant International CO$255,031 President $1,800 $1,853 2023
Mosaic International Ministries CO$254,966 President $41,500 $41,500 2024
The Noble Heart Inc CO$254,722 President $120,237 $123,788 2023
Life Impact Ministries CO$244,144 Director $118,600 $118,600 2024
Turn Ministries CO$243,102 President $99,000 $99,000 2024
Rocky Mountain Police Chaplains CO$355,724 Executive Director $24,000 $24,709 2023
The One Project CO$239,678 Director $6,800 $6,800 2024
1st Street Church CO$359,128 President $16,203 $16,203 2024
Digital Great Commission Ministries CO$362,781 President $42,766 $44,029 2023
Digital Bibles For The World CO$232,319 President $100,538 $103,508 2023
Iglesia De Restauracion Mision Elim Greeley Inc CO$230,057 Treasurer $35,350 $35,350 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Riaan Heyns) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + CO + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $143,000 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.