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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Word Alive Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731194319
GA · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindy Black, Executive Director / CEO ($81,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cindy Black — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,127 $81,000
$17,63310th
$42,57225th
$84,313Median
$116,49375th
$132,38290th
$81,000This org · 48th
p10$17,633
p25$42,572
p50$84,313
p75$116,493
p90$132,382
$81,000

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 GA 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
L2l Inc GA$351,567 Metro Co-director $81,894 $84,313 2023
Vision Street Ministries Inc GA$346,018 President $95,000 $97,806 2023
Christ Apostolic Church (Cac) Atlant GA$360,100 Pastor $118,800 $122,309 2023
Northeast Taiwan Christian Association Inc GA$370,256 Director Chairman Contractor $42,000 $42,000 2024
Refiners House GA$322,813 President Ceo $41,905 $43,143 2023
Ministry Resource Network Inc GA$304,375 President $31,800 $31,800 2024
Grace Ministries International Inc GA$398,621 Executive Dir. $44,510 $44,510 2024
Metro Atlanta Seminary Inc GA$300,852 President/ceo $14,048 $14,463 2023
Great Exchange Inc GA$299,254 Director $70,000 $72,068 2023
New Name Counseling And Teaching Center GA$292,448 President/executive Direct $125,000 $125,000 2024
Jesus Center Church Inc GA$414,670 Pastor $18,000 $18,532 2023
Mdc Today Foundation Inc GA$415,921 President $206,041 $212,127 2023
Truth Tabernacle Of Praise Inc GA$282,011 Senior Pastor $96,250 $96,250 2024
Jabbock Ministries Inc GA$420,341 Director $36,000 $37,063 2023
Mount Zion Second Baptist Church GA$279,654 Custodian $15,818 $16,285 2023
Mission 1014 GA$277,169 President $93,236 $93,236 2024
Kathy Kinchen Ministries Inc GA$276,523 Treasurer $1,000 $1,000 2024
Conexion Training Inc GA$430,212 President $101,469 $101,469 2024
Jerry Vines Ministries Inc GA$262,000 Ceo $111,089 $111,089 2024
Pact Ministry Inc GA$439,827 President $127,927 $127,927 2024
Sigi & David Oblander Ministries Inc GA$249,808 Vp Intnl Ministries And Treasurer $78,000 $80,304 2023
Essential2life Inc GA$249,619 Executive Director $110,250 $107,408 2025
Planting The Gospel Inc GA$247,698 Board Member $143,683 $143,683 2024
Priority Insight Inc GA$236,113 Director $121,897 $121,897 2024
New Alliance Missionary Church Inc GA$479,882 Pastor $53,541 $55,122 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Cindy Black) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21) + GA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,000 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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 10, 2026.