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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Equip Ministries International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822630781
OH · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Craig Peters, Executive Director / CEO ($76,070) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Craig Peters — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,375 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,000 $76,070
$13,66410th
$33,02925th
$55,011Median
$74,29075th
$93,45690th
$76,070This org · 82nd
p10$13,664
p25$33,029
p50$55,011
p75$74,290
p90$93,456
$76,070

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 OH 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
Ancient Path Ministries OH$410,815 Coo Managing Director $57,875 $57,875 2023
Baptist Bible Hour Inc OH$432,705 Secretarytreasurer $3,300 $3,205 2024
The Nehemiah Foundation Of OH$447,876 Executive Di $73,954 $71,832 2024
Xingu Mission OH$470,248 President $58,000 $58,000 2023
Faith Ranch And Farms Fund OH$470,956 Secretary $36,010 $34,977 2024
Eyes Wide Open International OH$477,962 President $1,416 $1,375 2024
Order Of The Common Life OH$358,788 Founding Director $33,336 $32,380 2024
Declare Worship Community OH$481,218 Executive Di $73,750 $71,634 2024
Mission Of Mary Cooperative OH$493,057 Executive Director $77,328 $75,109 2024
The Lore Family Ministries Inc OH$338,092 President $65,913 $65,913 2023
86 Ministries OH$505,046 President $30,000 $30,000 2023
Mb Evidence Ministries Inc OH$332,684 President $37,591 $37,591 2023
Wooster Outdoor Center Inc OH$329,585 Executive Di $41,425 $40,237 2024
Jeremiah Tree Inc OH$315,907 Executive Director $12,183 $12,682 2022
Vision Ohio OH$308,113 President $53,687 $52,147 2024
Partners India International Inc OH$303,456 President $78,000 $75,762 2024
Welcome Home Global Inc OH$301,350 Executive Director $22,500 $22,500 2023
Bishop Griffin Resource Center OH$545,853 Executive Di $97,928 $95,118 2024
Tim Sheets Ministry OH$551,865 President $231,000 $231,000 2023
Futurechurch OH$567,380 Executive Di $78,500 $78,500 2023
Tom Short Campus Ministries OH$605,226 President $128,816 $128,816 2023
St Peter The Rock Media OH$611,778 Executive Director $53,308 $51,779 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Craig Peters) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + OH + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,070 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.