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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Land In Between Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873558597
VA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David O'brien, Executive Director / CEO ($57,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,847 $57,300
$93610th
$4,76625th
$12,852Median
$23,99475th
$37,29390th
$57,300This org · 98th
p10$936
p25$4,766
p50$12,852
p75$23,994
p90$37,293
$57,300

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 VA 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
The Living Truth Holiness Church Of God Inc NJ$37,873 President $3,500 $3,236 2024
John C Vaughn Evangelistic SC$39,105 Director $4,150 $4,484 2024
Philadelphia Bible Institute College & Seminary In MD$39,200 President $500 $484 2024
Angel Rock Charities LA$37,662 President $27,500 $32,288 2023
Jesus Is Enough Corp ID$39,825 Secretary $8,732 $9,620 2024
Apostle Born Ministries Inc TX$39,874 President $102,168 $105,847 2024
Rex And Lois Burgher Ministries Inc PA$40,158 President $14,950 $15,897 2023
House Of Hope Church CA$36,386 Ceo $1 $1 2024
New Mexico Family Action Foundation NM$36,067 Executive Dir. $36,000 $40,102 2024
Livingwaterinme Ministries CA$41,270 Secretary $1,000 $921 2023
Dueitt Ministries Inc TX$41,571 President $18,000 $18,648 2024
New Generation Apostolic Holiness FL$34,782 President $13,570 $13,203 2024
Amazing Vision Gospel Ministry CA$42,256 Ceo $42,000 $37,561 2024
Le Rucher Mercy Ministries WA$42,380 Secretary $30,721 $29,327 2023
Compass Coach And Consulting SC$43,628 Director $46,800 $52,059 2023
Institute For Christian Renewal NH$32,774 Executive Director $21,000 $20,083 2024
Fruit Bearing Ministries Of Durham NC$44,247 President/se $5,000 $5,351 2024
Masters Harvest TX$44,687 President $22,770 $24,287 2023
The Genevan Institute For Reformed Studies Inc FL$31,588 Ceo $8,000 $7,784 2024
The Edge Ministries Inc IL$45,523 Manager $7,090 $7,219 2024
Kings Way Center For World Mission Inc TX$31,342 Secretary $18,000 $19,199 2023
Calvary Chapel Santa Paula CA$45,689 President $29,400 $26,293 2024
At The Well Ministries Inc TN$30,915 Treasurer/secretary $170 $191 2023
Greater Tree Of Life Missionary Baptist Church MI$46,385 Pastor $17,650 $19,425 2023
Bozrah International Ministries Inc CT$46,666 Executive Director $1,020 $1,020 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (David O'brien) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,300 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.