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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Free To Be Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824003611
OH · NTEE P46
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leigh-ann Brisbin, Executive Director / CEO ($34,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Leigh-ann Brisbin — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,896 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,157 $34,077
$11,60110th
$26,63125th
$42,160Median
$77,94775th
$104,52990th
$34,077This org · 43rd
p10$11,601
p25$26,631
p50$42,160
p75$77,947
p90$104,529
$34,077

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
Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute NC$262,503 Director $27,298 $26,631 2023
Hope Matters Marriage Ministries TX$263,644 President $114,367 $108,013 2023
Someone To Tell It To Inc PA$265,573 Co-ceo $82,127 $77,326 2023
Teen Hope Of Idaho Inc ID$265,688 Executive Director (June-dec) $11,550 $11,601 2023
Shalveh Inc NY$269,717 Director $3,000 $2,486 2024
Siloam PA$271,663 Executive Di $123,735 $113,159 2024
Dovehouse Ministries TN$251,533 Founding Dir $62,956 $62,480 2023
Restore Ministries Inc MO$273,193 Minister $28,196 $27,387 2024
Mobilepreacherorg Inc FL$249,166 President & Ceo $90,600 $78,053 2024
Christian Psychological Services Of KS$275,098 Executive Dir. $30,637 $30,353 2024
Bridge To Life Ministries MI$278,387 President $64,062 $62,430 2023
Equipping Network LA$278,874 President $30,142 $31,337 2023
Freedom That Lasts Ministries SC$279,515 Executive Director $81,473 $77,947 2024
Illinois Mental Health Counselors Assoc IL$240,710 Executive Director $35,100 $30,830 2025
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Usa CA$239,704 Office Manager $74,845 $59,269 2024
Pastoral Counseling For Denver Inc CO$284,132 Administrative Director $31,034 $27,290 2024
Newton Pregnancy Resource Center GA$284,362 Executive $59,900 $56,865 2023
Community Counseling Center Inc CA$287,160 Executive Director $54,648 $42,160 2025
Ste Genevieve Area Center For Life MO$288,158 Executive Di $53,321 $53,321 2023
One Voice One Community PA$288,166 Vice Preside $35,000 $32,954 2023
Fuller Life Institute TX$288,769 Board Member $30,995 $28,433 2024
Living Well Inc OK$289,602 Executive Director $24,000 $23,611 2025
Empowered And Dedicated To Edify The MA$231,724 Ceo And Exec Director $100,000 $82,409 2024
Camp Koala PA$292,269 President; Exec Director $50,000 $47,077 2023
Community Grief Support Service AL$230,846 Executive Director - Part Year $45,536 $45,115 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Leigh-ann Brisbin) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,077 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.