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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Forge Men Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843754032
FL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zach Swee, Executive Director / CEO ($95,450) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 64 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Zach Swee — reported title “CREATIVE DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

64 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 64 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $275,950 $95,450
$16,51810th
$33,98525th
$52,323Median
$74,46475th
$116,73390th
$95,450This org · 84th
p10$16,518
p25$33,985
p50$52,323
p75$74,464
p90$116,733
$95,450

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 FL 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
Iconicity Inc FL$350,745 President/treasurer $174,281 $174,281 2024
Bethel Family Enrichment Center FL$350,000 Project Coordinator $40,000 $40,000 2024
Assembly Of God Pentecostal Fire FL$348,937 President $24,000 $24,000 2024
Destiny Align Ministries Inc FL$353,009 Executive Di $67,115 $69,097 2023
Wings Of Eagles International Inc FL$342,635 Vice Preside $45,500 $45,500 2024
Lx Ministries Inc FL$342,190 President/director $121,748 $121,748 2024
Christ Is The Answer Ministries Inc FL$361,100 President $83,016 $83,016 2024
United Nations For Israel Inc FL$363,888 President $68,900 $68,900 2024
Foundations Of Freedom Inc FL$369,000 President $52,000 $52,000 2024
From The Ground Up Ministries Inc FL$369,257 Vpdirector $12,000 $12,354 2023
One Way Out Ministries Inc FL$329,694 President $45,643 $48,918 2022
Agencia Nexus Internacional Inc FL$329,621 Executive Director $12,200 $12,560 2023
Gods Share Program Inc FL$328,131 President $39,520 $39,520 2024
El Taller Del Maestro Inc FL$374,061 President $28,766 $29,616 2023
One Name Ministry Inc FL$374,984 Vp $45,500 $46,844 2023
Tree Of Life Foundation And FL$378,840 President $79,000 $79,000 2024
American Educational Development Incorporated FL$321,216 Executive Director $96,975 $96,975 2024
Mission International Iglesia Jesucristo FL$380,925 Director $73,680 $75,856 2023
Live Your Mission Incorporated FL$320,800 President $57,011 $57,011 2024
Assembleia De Deus Luz Do Mundo Inc FL$383,143 President $1 $1 2022
S O S Ministries Inc FL$310,658 President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Jesus At The Door Inc FL$391,778 President $38,400 $38,400 2024
Hogue Ministries Inc FL$392,368 President $20,271 $20,870 2023
Church Planting America Inc FL$306,657 President $34,500 $34,500 2024
Ellel Ministries (Usa) Inc FL$395,967 President $69,565 $71,620 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Zach Swee) 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 64 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,450 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.