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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Advance Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832343149
PA · NTEE X19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ajay Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($19,062) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ajay Thomas — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21,823 total compensation of comparable organizations → $256,684 $19,062
$25,56810th
$51,71925th
$63,518Median
$96,46675th
$131,84890th
$19,062This org · 0th
p10$25,568
p25$51,719
p50$63,518
p75$96,466
p90$131,848
$19,062

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 In The Name Of Christ Of OR$465,098 Executive Di $55,056 $51,270 2024
Responder Life OR$465,889 Former Presi $84,742 $81,245 2023
Family Affair Ministries Inc TN$454,451 Ceo $60,480 $63,749 2024
Glocal Mission TX$453,760 President $117,219 $117,581 2024
Lead With Your Life Inc CA$437,847 President $177,666 $153,840 2024
Mission Four18 Inc TN$496,501 Executive Director $62,875 $66,274 2024
El Puente-hispanic Ministry MO$423,167 Executive Di $59,033 $62,698 2024
Field Life TX$416,700 Executive Director $93,843 $94,133 2024
Every Man Ministries Inc CA$513,088 President $120,000 $106,976 2023
Chaplains In Schools Inc WI$410,312 Executive Director $80,216 $97,243 2021
Rugged Cross Ranch Ministries OR$533,189 President $30,000 $28,762 2023
Village To Village Ministries Intern PA$391,019 Admin $63,150 $61,522 2025
Middle East Reformed Fellowship MI$538,572 Ex Officio Mem $58,368 $60,413 2024
Impact Ministries Of Myrtle Beach SC$369,915 Executive Director $65,000 $67,999 2024
Fdm World Inc TX$562,850 President $60,500 $60,687 2024
Great Hunt For God Inc OR$362,328 President/director $61,100 $56,898 2024
Chatham Transitional Ministries Inc GA$357,223 Ministry Coordinator $52,630 $53,065 2024
House Of The Redeemer NY$568,594 Executive Dir. $117,170 $106,172 2024
His Vessel Ministries AL$355,318 President $83,962 $90,959 2024
College & Career Ministries Inc CA$353,936 Exec Director $24,480 $21,823 2023
Living Waters Christian Canoe Camp KS$344,938 Chair $21,900 $23,725 2024
Appointment Congo NC$339,641 President $62,175 $64,421 2024
Connect The World PA$336,428 Minister $249,320 $256,684 2023
Khalsa Family Farms NM$331,370 Director $51,550 $55,599 2024
Nefesh International Inc NY$596,273 Executive Director $165,000 $149,512 2024

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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Ajay Thomas) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,062 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.