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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Distinctly His Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844144555
TX · NTEE O52
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lee Jackson, Executive Director / CEO ($62,146) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 832 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lee Jackson — reported title “PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

832 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 832 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $163,000 $62,146
$10,78610th
$27,57425th
$50,219Median
$68,44975th
$86,74290th
$62,146This org · 65th
p10$10,786
p25$27,574
p50$50,219
p75$68,449
p90$86,742
$62,146

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 TX 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
Pico Youth & Family Center CA$259,755 Executive Director $20,000 $16,769 2024
Memphis 13 Foundation TN$259,279 Exec Director $25,150 $26,428 2023
The Undefeated Foundation Inc CA$259,000 Director $50,000 $43,162 2023
Youth World Education Project Inc AZ$260,580 Chairman Of The Brd Of Dir $77,903 $72,749 2024
Movie Institute TX$258,885 Coo $55,715 $54,117 2024
Camp Riva-lake Inc CA$258,373 Camp Director $25,000 $21,581 2023
Teens To Trails ME$258,322 Executive Director $64,059 $62,285 2024
Boys And Girls Club Of Gallup NM$258,180 Executive Dir. $83,514 $89,796 2023
Pathway 2 Success Inc FL$261,629 President $110,222 $103,513 2023
Team Takeover Inc MD$257,750 President $14,073 $13,153 2023
North Georgia Soccer Academy Inc GA$262,026 President $76,000 $74,202 2024
Creative Academy GA$257,500 Executive Director $15,000 $14,645 2024
Allegheny Youth Development PA$262,279 Executive Director $40,687 $39,398 2024
Roots Teen Center Inc MA$262,352 Executive Director [Thru 7/22] $31,441 $28,245 2023
Advantage Lancaster PA$256,885 Executive Director $29,080 $28,991 2023
Arizona Urban Youth Ministries AZ$256,762 Program Manager $64,604 $60,330 2024
Young Urban Christians & Artists Inc NY$262,956 Executive Director $75,000 $67,751 2023
Lincoln Independent Business Association NE$263,224 Executive Director $150,678 $157,364 2024
Lights Camera Discover AZ$263,314 Executive Di $10,726 $10,312 2023
Michigan High School Football MI$256,164 President $1,194 $1,232 2023
Girls On The Run Memphis TN$263,476 Executive Dir. $62,843 $62,489 2025
Project Whitefish Kids Inc MT$263,601 Executive Dir. $15,000 $15,701 2024
New Creative Solutions Youth KY$263,731 Executive Di $59,003 $63,371 2023
Urban Church Advocates IL$255,801 President $55,000 $51,150 2025
Worthy Beyond Purpose Inc CA$263,745 Executive Director $61,007 $51,153 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2023 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 TX 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Lee Jackson) 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 832 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,146 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.