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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christianity Engaged

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815393192
AZ · NTEE X80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Erhart, Executive Director / CEO ($96,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,673 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,285 $96,000
$12,83910th
$24,17725th
$40,255Median
$60,96275th
$72,93390th
$96,000This org · 91st
p10$12,839
p25$24,177
p50$40,255
p75$60,962
p90$72,933
$96,000

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 AZ 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
Brenda Walsh Ministries TN$206,263 President $30,352 $34,154 2023
The Fig Tree WA$206,620 Editor Publisher $42,000 $40,255 2023
Revival Plan Association CA$189,096 President $54,808 $50,664 2023
Northwest Energy Supply Cooperative OR$217,866 Chief Exec O $28,000 $27,037 2024
Lineage Journey Inc CA$218,856 Ceo $26,927 $24,177 2024
Lowery Institute For Excellence TX$185,534 President $72,000 $74,889 2024
Reflecting The Truth Ministriesinc TN$184,654 President $22,316 $24,391 2024
Archangel Gabriel Enterprises Inc OH$227,715 Secretary/tr $59,119 $65,108 2024
Project Curate TX$172,209 Chairman Of The Board $53,542 $55,690 2024
Unashamed Truth Ministries Inc NC$233,972 Managing Director $60,000 $64,463 2024
Revelation Of Love Ministries AR$169,780 President $22,800 $26,648 2024
Heidelberg Reformation Association CA$236,699 President $10,000 $8,979 2024
Why Stand With Israel TX$168,872 Director $113,300 $117,846 2024
Disciple Daily Inc TX$242,576 President/di $23,678 $25,355 2023
Lumenations AR$243,295 Executive Director $46,000 $53,764 2024
Odyssey Impact Inc NY$246,229 Executive Dir. $175,000 $169,285 2023
Jehu Ministries International Inc MI$247,811 Pastor - Dir $151,200 $162,275 2024
Deano And The Dynamos Inc CA$156,200 Chairman $49,450 $45,711 2023
Joseph Devineaux International Inc FL$251,175 President $48,050 $48,322 2023
Thrive City Church AZ$251,420 Colbert $60,979 $60,979 2024
Beverly Smith Ministries NC$150,746 President $7,940 $8,531 2024
Take Me To Truth Inc CO$255,335 Director $14,400 $14,357 2024
Center For Cultural Leadership CA$255,946 President $43,861 $39,381 2024
Church Prayer Leaders Network Inc IN$260,838 Chairman $46,000 $50,440 2024
Christian Television Of Tallahassee FL$140,154 President $7,630 $7,673 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (David Erhart) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,000 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.