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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Los Cabos Missions For Christ

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845186104
WA · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Ruple, Executive Director / CEO ($70,296) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 327 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

327 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 327 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,123 total compensation of comparable organizations → $259,601 $70,296
$17,74510th
$34,72625th
$63,854Median
$96,59875th
$137,08390th
$70,296This org · 54th
p10$17,745
p25$34,726
p50$63,854
p75$96,598
p90$137,083
$70,296

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 WA 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
Gotell Ministries Inc FL$315,139 President $38,095 $39,972 2024
Open Door Church Of God In Christ Detroit MI$314,655 Director $48,000 $56,972 2023
Bonnie Floyd Ministries TX$316,455 President $60,000 $69,017 2023
Brookes Bible College MO$316,565 President $80,000 $94,641 2024
Student Discipleship Ministries TX$317,544 President $169,000 $188,821 2024
Vietnamese Christian Restoration TX$312,230 Vice President $3,000 $3,451 2023
Awab The Association Of Welcoming And Affirming Baptists KY$317,902 Executive Director $72,346 $86,815 2024
Beyond The Reef Foundation Inc FL$312,010 President $96,000 $103,706 2023
Hovsepian Ministries Inc CA$318,293 Executive Director $60,000 $59,578 2023
Calling Ministry Inc FL$311,698 President & $1,200 $1,296 2023
Heartland Christian Broadcasters Inc MN$318,985 Asst Secretary $63,008 $69,539 2024
Church Usa For Christ Corp FL$319,351 D P $31,760 $33,325 2024
Elijah Ministries Inc FL$309,659 President $87,298 $94,306 2023
Cowboy-up International Inc TX$309,598 President/ce $32,800 $36,647 2024
Cedar Cove Inc MN$309,052 Director $85,200 $94,032 2024
Lets Go Fishing Ministries Inc CO$321,924 President $126,345 $135,316 2024
Call Communications Group Inc FL$322,017 President $90,000 $94,435 2024
Liberating Ministries For Christ Int VA$307,897 President $65,199 $72,391 2023
Beauty For Ashes Ministry MO$307,828 Director Of Recovery Center $46,875 $55,453 2024
Logos Leaders Outreach TX$307,823 Executive Director $219,670 $252,683 2023
Desilva Ministries CA$307,526 President $18,000 $17,874 2023
Arukah CA$322,735 President $55,000 $53,046 2024
Q Place IL$307,258 Executive Dir. $65,000 $69,536 2025
Refiners House GA$322,813 President Ceo $41,905 $48,452 2023
Focused Living Ministries SC$322,932 President $83,100 $99,692 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Brian Ruple) 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 327 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,296 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.