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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Spiritual Life Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872266733
OH · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alison Zuba, Executive Director / CEO ($27,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 292 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

292 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 292 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$897 total compensation of comparable organizations → $202,838 $27,000
$14,76110th
$29,17925th
$49,741Median
$76,70075th
$103,67690th
$27,000This org · 24th
p10$14,761
p25$29,179
p50$49,741
p75$76,700
p90$103,676
$27,000

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 OH 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
Equip 2 Serve Inc AL$309,848 President $71,125 $74,691 2023
Fam International Inc AL$310,189 President $13,567 $13,838 2024
Seek & Find Ministries IL$310,410 President $63,086 $60,286 2023
Excelling Leaders MI$311,136 President $69,000 $67,242 2024
Mosaic Sanctuary Inc OK$305,658 President $7,750 $8,295 2023
Little Sprouts Ministries Corp IN$313,129 Executive Director $40,133 $41,139 2023
Grunewald Ministries Inc OK$305,290 President $158,994 $170,178 2023
All For Jesus Inc FL$305,226 Morris $102,692 $91,083 2024
Faith For Today Inc CA$313,736 Vice President $32,449 $26,455 2024
Inspearnations Inc AZ$313,818 Co-founder $42,167 $38,288 2024
Brethren Leadership Foundation CO$303,869 Treasurer $1,992 $1,803 2024
Healing Door Ministries CO$303,616 Mohr $15,000 $13,981 2023
Poimen Ministries CA$303,501 President $61,118 $49,828 2024
Nhntx Inc TX$302,451 Executive Dir. $77,044 $72,764 2024
K-nation Group TX$302,088 Ceo $100,000 $97,234 2023
Right Response Ministries TX$316,802 Treasurer $60,410 $58,739 2023
Indian Ministries Of North America TN$316,897 President $44,800 $44,461 2024
Ldi Foundation Inc GA$317,419 President & Ceo $24,200 $22,381 2025
Hope Academy CA$300,477 Educational $36,000 $30,217 2023
Eleos Ministries Inc MO$318,154 Founder & Secretary $66,100 $66,100 2024
Bsf International Properties Corp TX$300,014 President $19,915 $18,809 2024
Marty Goetz Ministries Inc TN$318,605 President $114,472 $113,606 2024
Grace Haven Biblical Renewal Ministries Inc IN$299,479 Counselor $90,180 $89,789 2024
Ctw Ministries Inc TX$298,945 Director $26,900 $25,406 2024
Celebrating Life Ministries IL$298,915 President $90,000 $86,006 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Alison Zuba) 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 292 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,000 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.