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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Israel Lives Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831727601
PA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Zito, Executive Director / CEO ($83,995) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 266 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeff Zito — reported title “EXEUCTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

266 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 266 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$883 total compensation of comparable organizations → $215,433 $83,995
$14,92510th
$27,89125th
$47,481Median
$73,20175th
$99,86890th
$83,995This org · 83rd
p10$14,925
p25$27,891
p50$47,481
p75$73,201
p90$99,868
$83,995

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 PA 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
Love Of Christ Foundation Inc MD$250,000 Director $47,688 $44,708 2024
The Last Harvest Intl Evangelical Ministry Inc FL$250,484 President $28,905 $28,034 2023
Treasuring Christ Together Network MN$250,648 Director $99,000 $98,095 2024
My House Ministry MI$250,710 Executive Director $31,140 $32,231 2024
The Collective Thread MO$250,749 Treasurer $52,000 $55,229 2024
Chosen Vessels Inc GA$246,903 Executive Director $21,250 $22,059 2023
True Life Inc MD$246,603 Ceo $90,642 $87,487 2023
Focal Point Ministries IL$246,362 President $42,344 $41,745 2024
Dare To Believe MN$246,040 Executive Dir. $24,000 $24,483 2023
Faith Commons TX$252,796 Founderpresident $90,000 $90,278 2024
American Faith & Family Ministries TX$245,075 President $39,195 $39,316 2024
Core Ministries Inc TX$245,025 President $77,400 $77,639 2024
Conviction For Christ Ministries NM$253,252 President $49,205 $54,637 2023
The Urban History Association Inc PA$253,354 Executive Director (Began June) $25,029 $25,768 2023
Oakwood Center Inc IN$253,382 Director $15,013 $15,876 2024
Walnut Ridge Christian Camp Inc IN$253,497 Executive Director $16,708 $18,191 2023
The Masters Workshop AR$244,679 President $43,170 $50,097 2023
Morton Bustard Ministries Inc LA$253,735 President $27,900 $31,717 2023
Global Pastor Training TX$254,200 President $71,000 $73,323 2023
Side By Side WA$243,686 Executive Director $66,457 $61,427 2023
Temple Of Light WA$243,057 Founder $31,700 $28,460 2024
Emmaus Spirituality Center TX$255,248 Executie Dir $39,000 $39,120 2024
By Our Love AL$242,487 Director & President $65,400 $70,850 2024
Judah Ministries International Worship PA$255,812 Director $50,000 $48,711 2025
Resourcing Now Ministries IA$242,197 Executive Di $67,200 $75,963 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Jeff Zito) 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 266 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,995 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.