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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bold Ventures

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 812059185
OR · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brent Earwicker, Executive Director / CEO ($33,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 861 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

861 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 861 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$58 total compensation of comparable organizations → $495,013 $33,000
$13,82110th
$27,92025th
$51,875Median
$86,83175th
$121,96790th
$33,000This org · 31st
p10$13,821
p25$27,920
p50$51,875
p75$86,831
p90$121,967
$33,000

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 OR 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
5g Reformation Ministries TX$220,267 President $46,665 $48,823 2024
Hope Forest Inc ND$219,737 President $25,000 $29,543 2023
New Hope For The World WA$220,597 Ceo $8,232 $7,936 2023
Ancient Paths Inc FL$220,675 President $39,200 $39,654 2023
Jimmy Jack Ministries Inc NY$219,646 President $1,700 $1,654 2023
Promise Housing Plus KY$219,504 President $33,654 $37,817 2024
Trellis Churches Inc KS$219,474 President $32,250 $36,441 2024
Worcester Kidist Kidane Meheret Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church MA$219,394 President $27,572 $26,680 2023
Joy Ministries Corp KY$221,039 Director Crc $24,000 $26,969 2024
Spirit And Truth OH$221,152 President $91,500 $101,364 2024
Eternal Vision Ministries Inc TN$219,089 President $22,300 $25,241 2023
Cityforce Inc CO$221,350 President $90,000 $92,929 2023
Trinity World Missions Inc NC$221,527 President $36,000 $38,906 2024
Katartismos Global Inc VA$221,541 Office Manager $12,000 $12,119 2024
Footsteps Experience Inc CO$221,637 President $75,000 $75,219 2024
Women In Ministry Conference Inc GA$221,684 Executive Director $6,000 $6,310 2024
Als Family Of Faith AZ$221,726 Director $27,001 $27,160 2024
Kyampisi Childcare Ministries Inc IN$218,604 Admin Asst/c $10,000 $11,030 2024
Canyon Pathways TX$221,774 Executive Director $117,217 $122,639 2024
Men Of Valor Inc VA$218,543 President $45,000 $45,445 2024
Grow Churches Inc OH$218,456 President $10,500 $11,632 2024
Calvary Way Ministries Inc CA$218,215 President $142,761 $128,936 2024
Training The Nationals NY$222,208 President $27,600 $26,085 2024
Hope For The Home Ministries TX$222,545 President $49,225 $51,502 2024
Lux Digital Church PA$217,753 Chairman And Temporary Treasurer $57,544 $61,793 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Brent Earwicker) 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 861 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,000 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.