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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mustard Seed Ministry Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823588414
OR · NTEE X80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindy Mclean, Executive Director / CEO ($34,310) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,212 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,074 $34,310
$24,44310th
$38,33725th
$62,010Median
$89,96275th
$131,67090th
$34,310This org · 19th
p10$24,443
p25$38,337
p50$62,010
p75$89,962
p90$131,670
$34,310

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
All Catholic Studios CA$451,714 Ceo $96,750 $89,962 2023
Little Brothers Friends Of The Elderly OH$442,402 Executive Director $71,000 $78,654 2024
Taq Waqf Inc VA$470,420 President $75,500 $78,499 2023
Mass Of The Ages Society Limited OH$483,890 Founder & Pr $96,718 $110,309 2023
Awkng Inc FL$486,816 Cpd $21,831 $22,084 2023
Hollywood Prayer Network Inc CA$404,268 Executive Dir. $67,323 $60,804 2024
Church Music Institute TX$506,011 Director & Executive Director $35,000 $36,619 2024
Prime Time Christian Broadcasting Inc TX$506,592 Vice President $72,800 $78,417 2023
Leroy Jenkins Evangelistic FL$510,408 President $130,000 $127,734 2024
Shining Hope International VA$516,480 Secretary/treasurer $1,200 $1,212 2024
365 Islamic Education Network TX$385,927 Director $60,000 $62,776 2024
Hermano Pablo Ministries CA$384,739 Pastoral Counselor $66,480 $60,043 2024
10000 Fathers Inc CO$383,737 Executive Di $46,200 $47,704 2023
Taming Mustangs Inc TX$539,369 President $96,000 $103,407 2023
Kh Institute UT$362,935 President $31,603 $33,830 2024
Catholics Come Home Inc GA$355,689 Founder & President $165,522 $174,074 2024
Pastoral Center CA$347,278 Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer $83,941 $75,813 2024
Jude 3 Project Inc FL$346,391 President $41,980 $41,249 2024
Windows Of Heaven Inc CA$342,582 President $73,522 $66,403 2024
Visual Story International CA$564,582 President $152,324 $137,574 2024
Captive Hearts CA$567,685 Chairman $42,448 $38,337 2024
Orthodox Christian Ministries Inc CA$334,432 Director $30,000 $27,095 2024
Proyecto Fuerte Pregon TX$333,602 Director $34,477 $37,137 2023
Catholic Music Initiative Inc TX$576,076 Board Member $20,000 $20,925 2024
Hope Out Loud VA$577,181 President $91,095 $91,996 2024

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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Cindy Mclean) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,310 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.