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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Better Life Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841213411
CO · NTEE X99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles G Burton, Executive Director / CEO ($17,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 252 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Charles G Burton — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

252 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 252 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$919 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,050 $17,700
$14,26210th
$28,20325th
$48,356Median
$76,17775th
$104,23690th
$17,700This org · 15th
p10$14,262
p25$28,203
p50$48,356
p75$76,177
p90$104,236
$17,700

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 CO 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
R3stored OR$226,478 President $4,490 $4,477 2023
Reformed Communion TX$224,399 Vida House $78,000 $83,774 2023
Love Inc Of Metro Tampa Inc FL$224,289 Executive Director $49,400 $49,827 2023
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Fdn NE$226,962 Executive Director/treasurer $13,909 $15,601 2024
Zions Bridge GA$227,221 President $18,000 $18,875 2024
Walk On Water Ministries Of Central Florida Inc FL$227,335 Director $27,850 $27,285 2024
Mastery Foundation CA$227,716 Exec Dir & Vp $94,965 $85,519 2024
Roc Recovery Center Inc OR$227,794 President $60,000 $58,109 2024
Msaada Architects Inc OH$223,172 Executive Director $55,000 $60,752 2024
Powerhouse Ministries Inc TN$222,929 President & $14,296 $16,134 2023
The Waterboyz For Jesus Inc MD$228,432 President & Ceo $68,673 $66,956 2024
Lydia's Place Inc PA$228,673 Executive Vice President $45,523 $47,344 2024
Inspired Life Inc IA$228,783 President $51,906 $59,271 2024
Tend CA$221,560 President & $115,118 $106,729 2023
Christians For Impact Usa Inc DE$229,724 President $75,000 $78,848 2023
Prayvine FL$221,250 President $96,667 $97,503 2023
San Gabriel Valley Budhistic Assoc Inc CA$221,218 Ceo $14,400 $12,968 2024
Prayer Power Ministries Inc TX$220,263 Executive Director $61,400 $65,945 2023
Kainos AR$219,923 Sec/treas. $80,000 $93,780 2024
Mens Discipleship Network Inc NY$219,295 President & Ceo $54,600 $51,454 2024
Christ In The Rockies CO$219,139 Executive Director $13,797 $14,205 2023
Chris Mcdaniel Ministries Inc GA$219,060 Treasurer $2,555 $2,758 2023
Christian Witness To Israel Inc AR$219,019 Director Of Ministry $100,604 $121,417 2023
The Sabbath Life Corp OK$232,762 Executive Director And Pastor $68,000 $78,088 2024
Red River Institute Of History Inc OK$218,152 President $100,000 $114,836 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Charles G Burton) 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 252 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,700 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.