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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Octet Collaborative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844881059
MA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nathan Barczi, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 849 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nathan Barczi — reported title “SENIOR THEOLOGIAN”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

849 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 849 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$60 total compensation of comparable organizations → $511,561 $60,000
$14,89110th
$29,02825th
$53,676Median
$89,52175th
$126,07590th
$60,000This org · 56th
p10$14,891
p25$29,028
p50$53,676
p75$89,521
p90$126,075
$60,000

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 MA 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
Lux Digital Church PA$217,753 Chairman And Temporary Treasurer $57,544 $63,859 2023
International Love Ministries Inc OK$217,498 President $81,720 $100,137 2023
Peter & Jill Mehl Ministries ND$217,345 President $28,000 $33,213 2024
Calvary Way Ministries Inc CA$218,215 President $142,761 $133,246 2024
Grow Churches Inc OH$218,456 President $10,500 $12,021 2024
Ronnie Smith Ministries Inc GA$216,843 President $118,000 $128,246 2024
Men Of Valor Inc VA$218,543 President $45,000 $46,964 2024
Kyampisi Childcare Ministries Inc IN$218,604 Admin Asst/c $10,000 $11,399 2024
Truth Matters Trust NC$216,637 President $84,000 $93,815 2024
In Christ Ministries Inc CO$216,536 President $73,242 $78,154 2023
Eternal Vision Ministries Inc TN$219,089 President $22,300 $26,085 2023
International Leadership Coalition TN$216,164 Executive Director $56,000 $63,625 2024
Worcester Kidist Kidane Meheret Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church MA$219,394 President $27,572 $27,572 2023
Harvest Of Life Inc FL$215,899 Chairman $32,500 $33,002 2024
Trellis Churches Inc KS$219,474 President $32,250 $37,660 2024
Promise Housing Plus KY$219,504 President $33,654 $39,081 2024
Church Trainer Inc TN$215,720 President $105,600 $119,979 2024
Intentional Intimacy International Inc TN$215,698 Secretary $4,500 $5,113 2024
Mir Ministries TX$215,688 Secretary/treasurer $76,404 $85,051 2023
Jimmy Jack Ministries Inc NY$219,646 President $1,700 $1,709 2023
Hope Forest Inc ND$219,737 President $25,000 $30,530 2023
Shema Center For Christian Formation CA$215,497 Ceo $104,400 $97,442 2024
Ezekiel Academy Inc AL$215,409 Ex-officio $23,598 $27,556 2024
Alpha Omega Ministries MT$215,159 Executive Di $38,941 $45,372 2024
Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Hispana De Salisbury Inc MD$215,151 President $20,000 $20,808 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Nathan Barczi) 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 849 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.