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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sunstone Education Foundation Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870683974
UT · NTEE X83
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lindsay Hansen Park, Executive Director / CEO ($85,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lindsay Hansen Park — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,146 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,758 $85,000
$11,28510th
$25,26725th
$42,863Median
$70,87075th
$112,98990th
$85,000This org · 78th
p10$11,285
p25$25,267
p50$42,863
p75$70,870
p90$112,989
$85,000

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 UT 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
Lamplighters International MN$393,453 Executive Director $121,957 $114,365 2024
Fa Yuan Inc NY$393,005 President $6,000 $5,146 2024
Christianity Explored Usa TN$401,325 Ceo $151,419 $147,157 2025
Christ Church Media Inc MS$389,384 President $23,219 $25,267 2023
Not By Works Inc CO$404,009 President $50,000 $46,844 2023
International Bible Association MO$385,910 President $65,000 $65,336 2024
China Gospel Depot Inc NJ$384,294 President $17,000 $14,830 2023
Jewfolk Media Inc MN$412,904 Executive Director $116,083 $112,072 2023
Anglican House Media Ministry Inc CA$377,373 Ceo $24,000 $20,249 2023
Inspiration Books East Inc AL$418,389 Dir & President $40,200 $41,216 2024
Contexticon Learning And Research Inc MA$362,393 President $102,000 $86,987 2024
Prayer Stations Inc FL$360,841 President $7,500 $6,687 2024
Alexandrian Forum Inc Dba Watermark Gospel FL$353,356 President $88,800 $79,169 2024
Theology Matters Inc SC$350,248 Admin $40,178 $39,779 2024
Precious Present Truth Inc MD$350,000 President $78,077 $69,274 2024
Step Up To Life NE$345,833 Executive Director $91,500 $93,397 2024
Catholic Action For Faith And Family CA$342,444 President $84,000 $70,870 2023
Hasefer Publications Inc NY$450,263 President $31,500 $27,013 2024
Young Disciple Ministries WA$457,801 President $40,448 $34,368 2024
Dream Mentors International Inc FL$330,206 President $31,200 $27,816 2024
Search For The Truth Ministries MI$327,890 Executive Di $6,497 $6,365 2024
J17 Ministries Inc AZ$325,888 Ceo $72,221 $65,916 2024
Dietrich Von Hildebrand Legacy Project OH$473,173 Trustee, Ceo, And President $164,040 $169,758 2023
Ed Funderburk Ministries Inc TX$477,159 President $108,000 $105,556 2023
Eidos Christian Center CA$312,369 President/treas $75,500 $61,871 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Lindsay Hansen Park) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X83), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,000 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.