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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foundry Training Group

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862914694
MI · NTEE X21
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Branson Parler, Executive Director / CEO ($78,624) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 328 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Branson Parler — reported title “Director of Theological Education”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

328 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 328 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$974 total compensation of comparable organizations → $225,179 $78,624
$15,68010th
$30,09725th
$52,697Median
$81,95875th
$116,61990th
$78,624This org · 73rd
p10$15,680
p25$30,097
p50$52,697
p75$81,958
p90$116,619
$78,624

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 MI 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
Faith Moves Mountains Foundation SC$273,042 Director $8,715 $8,581 2025
New Glory International TX$272,043 President $124,134 $120,303 2024
Heaven To Earth Worship Center Inc FL$275,552 President $74,400 $67,715 2024
Youth Evangelism Strategies Inc WY$271,409 President/tr $59,796 $62,035 2024
Kathy Kinchen Ministries Inc GA$276,523 Treasurer $1,000 $974 2024
Venture Ministries Inc OK$270,690 President $40,364 $43,061 2024
Grace Extended Ministries International OR$276,981 Director, Executive Direct $113,617 $105,242 2023
Mission 1014 GA$277,169 President $93,236 $90,826 2024
Campus House Of Christian Campus Ministry Inc FL$270,177 Campus Minister $64,700 $60,626 2023
Yancy Ministries Inc TN$269,926 President $80,300 $81,776 2024
New Wind Inc NM$269,853 Executive Director $59,000 $61,480 2024
Iglesia Evag Cristo Promesa Fiel MD$269,326 Pastor $42,520 $38,513 2024
Share In Asia WA$278,340 President $57,500 $51,349 2023
Chinese Diaspora Mission IL$269,106 President/missionary $64,695 $63,441 2023
Love Worth Sharing Evangelistic Ministries Inc TX$278,439 President $11,490 $11,135 2024
Panicrev Ministries CA$278,485 President $22,200 $18,572 2024
Spanish Evangelical Church NY$279,045 President $62,400 $54,629 2024
Charismatic Episcopal Church Of North America Inc NY$279,095 Ceo $18,898 $16,545 2024
Massachusetts Congregational Charitable MA$268,328 Secretary $10,000 $8,706 2024
Mount Zion Second Baptist Church GA$279,654 Custodian $15,818 $15,864 2023
Phoenixone AZ$280,198 Director $99,000 $94,968 2023
Reach Ministries WA$281,014 Executive Director $80,840 $72,192 2023
Truth Tabernacle Of Praise Inc GA$282,011 Senior Pastor $96,250 $93,762 2024
Igniting Prayer Action TX$282,020 President $120,000 $116,296 2024
Joyful Word Ministries Inc FL$265,410 President/sec. $71,089 $66,613 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Branson Parler) 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 328 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,624 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.