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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Kesher Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815325256
IL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justin Kron, Executive Director / CEO ($101,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 320 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Justin Kron — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

320 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 320 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $481,402 $101,600
$7,69810th
$21,55125th
$39,487Median
$71,11475th
$104,12890th
$101,600This org · 89th
p10$7,698
p25$21,551
p50$39,487
p75$71,114
p90$104,128
$101,600

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 IL 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
Grace For Glory Global Ministries I FL$135,366 President $4,500 $4,427 2023
The Ezra Project Inc CO$136,449 President $53,100 $51,791 2024
Biblical School Of World Evangelism OH$134,689 President $31,325 $33,748 2024
Lift Jesus Higher Fellowship Inc NY$136,640 Presiding Officer $40,000 $36,766 2024
Shepherds Rest Ministries Inc GA$136,653 President $36,536 $37,367 2024
Coffee Connection Inc KS$136,665 Employee $32,490 $36,758 2023
Rock Builders Christian Ministries CA$137,009 President $23,250 $20,421 2024
Joel Hitchcock Ministries Inc DE$133,917 President $54,312 $54,093 2024
Friends Of The Bridegroom Inc OH$133,642 President $228,622 $246,304 2024
Adirondack Preganacy Center Inc NY$133,349 At Large $42,400 $38,972 2024
Mary James Ministries Inc CA$137,998 President $50,000 $45,214 2023
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $53,124 2023
Genon Ministries Inc PA$138,944 Executive Di $45,162 $47,164 2023
Episcopal Network For Stewardship Inc CA$139,464 Executive Director $61,200 $55,342 2023
Invade Transitional Home And Ministries AR$139,478 Chariman $22,017 $25,173 2024
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $62,528 2024
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $108,323 2025
Istoria Ministries Inc OK$139,949 President $48,000 $55,350 2023
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $39,274 2023
Living Water Fellowship Church MN$140,295 Pastor $30,000 $30,152 2024
Quaker Hill Foundation Inc IN$140,335 Executive Director $53,994 $56,424 2025
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $23,834 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $30,723 2022
Mercy Manor Inc OH$141,047 Executive Director $25,000 $26,934 2024
Beverly Crawford Ministries Inc FL$141,058 President $13,963 $13,342 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Justin Kron) 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 320 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $101,600 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.