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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vantage Leadership Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872722678
AL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nathan Eldridge, Executive Director / CEO ($113,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Nathan Eldridge — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,246 $113,300
$14,64410th
$25,97925th
$48,388Median
$86,91875th
$100,46890th
$113,300This org · 93rd
p10$14,644
p25$25,979
p50$48,388
p75$86,918
p90$100,468
$113,300

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 AL 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
Nazareth Educational Ministries AL$483,132 President $47,000 $48,388 2023
Aim Moldova AL$474,644 President/ce $86,623 $89,182 2023
New Vision Christian Church AL$449,556 Pastor $142,246 $142,246 2024
Fixed Point Foundation AL$408,720 Executive Director $57,120 $57,120 2024
Mission Driven Ministries Inc AL$565,347 Director Of Accounting $27,866 $28,689 2023
Hope Everlasting Ministry AL$392,943 Pastor $39,938 $41,118 2023
Awaken Inc AL$355,603 President $95,293 $95,293 2024
Hub Community Development Corporation AL$351,943 Executive Director $30,000 $30,886 2023
San Pedro Sula Dream Center Inc AL$345,792 Ceo $5,000 $5,000 2024
Kingdom Bridges Ministries AL$629,865 Executive Director $84,654 $84,654 2024
Stained Glass Ministries Inc AL$337,388 President $78,485 $80,803 2023
Hands Of Hope International AL$333,015 Hunt $22,600 $23,268 2023
Soar Global Inc AL$330,739 Vice Preside $18,000 $18,000 2024
Crossing Ag AL$666,569 Pastor $12,050 $12,406 2023
Next Level Worship International AL$668,563 President $103,918 $103,918 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 Eldridge) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + AL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $113,300 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.