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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fueling Embers Youth Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821919700
MO · NTEE P33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Clark, Executive Director / CEO ($35,120) 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 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Clark — reported title “PRESIDENT”, 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

$692 total compensation of comparable organizations → $93,242 $35,120
$6,24710th
$12,76325th
$26,447Median
$40,70175th
$47,78590th
$35,120This org · 64th
p10$6,247
p25$12,763
p50$26,447
p75$40,701
p90$47,785
$35,120

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 MO 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
Dover Educational & Community Center Inc DE$125,155 Office Manager And Head Teacher $9,320 $8,870 2023
Potter-dix Early Learning Facility NE$121,947 Executive Director $30,000 $31,364 2023
Human Resource Center Inc CO$140,668 Executive Director $49,828 $43,948 2025
Trinity Empowerment Consortium Inc FL$140,800 Executive Director $41,707 $36,992 2024
Children's Discovery Academy Inc MI$115,910 Director & S $15,857 $15,909 2023
Belknap Child Development Center MI$146,708 Treasurer $55,994 $54,567 2024
Nursery Rhyme Inc LA$148,508 President $59,440 $61,796 2024
Through Our Eyes PA$106,579 President $30,000 $28,246 2024
Epcecf Day Care Center Inc NY$151,111 Executive Director $28,488 $25,022 2023
Blessed Beginnings Inc CA$105,252 President $825 $692 2023
Penns Grove-carneys Point Sacc Inc NJ$157,778 Director $9,675 $7,946 2025
Community Express Inc TX$98,897 President $40,000 $38,893 2023
Sterrs Day Care Center Inc AL$159,181 Director $20,308 $20,714 2024
The Depot Program ME$97,537 Directorpresident $18,900 $17,408 2025
Knowledge Is Power Foundation CA$159,673 President $39,000 $31,796 2024
Jonesboro Day Care Center Inc NC$159,900 Director $46,316 $44,019 2025
Downtown Childcare Center NM$160,314 Director $40,080 $40,701 2024
Missoula Parent Co-op Inc MT$160,661 Director $12,644 $12,537 2025
Joyful Noise Inc WV$93,723 Executive Director $35,877 $35,730 2025
Linked Together Inc NH$165,914 Executive Director $106,954 $93,242 2024
Adams Clubhouse - Quality Care For Special Needs AR$90,822 Executive Director $5,486 $5,822 2024
Pateros Treehouse Early Education WA$167,603 Executive Director $27,000 $23,498 2023
Platte County Day Care Center WY$169,116 Executive Director $43,753 $43,094 2025
First Gethsemane Center For Family Development Inc KY$172,706 Board Member $7,643 $7,982 2023
Dree's Plahouse Christian Academy Inc IN$172,755 Executive Director $1,500 $1,537 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Daniel Clark) 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 (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,120 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.