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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Red River Institute Of History Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832497600
OK · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John J Dwyer, Executive Director / CEO ($100,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 243 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

243 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 243 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$800 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,105 $100,000
$12,95710th
$24,52725th
$42,766Median
$66,35975th
$89,77290th
$100,000This org · 93rd
p10$12,957
p25$24,527
p50$42,766
p75$66,359
p90$89,772
$100,000

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 OK 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
Chance Walters Ministries Inc NC$217,793 President $93,200 $90,039 2023
Iglesia Pentecostal Rajem NY$217,379 President $110,708 $90,851 2024
Christian Witness To Israel Inc AR$219,019 Director Of Ministry $100,604 $105,731 2023
Chris Mcdaniel Ministries Inc GA$219,060 Treasurer $2,555 $2,402 2023
Christ In The Rockies CO$219,139 Executive Director $13,797 $12,370 2023
Mens Discipleship Network Inc NY$219,295 President & Ceo $54,600 $44,807 2024
Kainos AR$219,923 Sec/treas. $80,000 $81,665 2024
Prayer Power Ministries Inc TX$220,263 Executive Director $61,400 $57,426 2023
San Gabriel Valley Budhistic Assoc Inc CA$221,218 Ceo $14,400 $11,292 2024
Prayvine FL$221,250 President $96,667 $84,906 2023
Tend CA$221,560 President & $115,118 $92,941 2023
The Interfaith Center Inc AR$214,385 Executive Dir. $39,999 $42,037 2023
The Agape Puppets Inc GA$213,813 Executive Di $54,450 $51,188 2023
Powerhouse Ministries Inc TN$222,929 President & $14,296 $14,050 2023
Score Ministries MI$213,258 President $112,650 $105,594 2024
Terry Tripp Ministries TN$213,220 President $60,000 $57,276 2024
Msaada Architects Inc OH$223,172 Executive Director $55,000 $52,903 2024
Kindred Life Ministries Inc IL$213,011 Director $27,875 $24,887 2024
Maritime Ministries Inc NC$212,780 Treasurer $15,439 $14,487 2024
Kavod Vnichum NJ$212,206 Executive Dir. $56,500 $47,165 2023
Love Inc Of Metro Tampa Inc FL$224,289 Executive Director $49,400 $43,390 2023
Reformed Communion TX$224,399 Vida House $78,000 $72,951 2023
Better Life Ministries CO$225,551 Executive Director $17,700 $15,413 2024
Faith At Work Inc IA$210,587 Executive Director $114,490 $117,208 2023
R3stored OR$226,478 President $4,490 $3,899 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (John J Dwyer) 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 243 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,000 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.