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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pastoral Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921222675
CA · NTEE X80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul J Canavese, Executive Director / CEO ($83,941) 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 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paul J Canavese — reported title “Executive director & Chief Financial Officer”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO 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

$1,342 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,738 $83,941
$16,54310th
$31,86525th
$55,726Median
$83,49975th
$139,50190th
$83,941This org · 74th
p10$16,543
p25$31,865
p50$55,726
p75$83,499
p90$139,501
$83,941

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 CA 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
Jude 3 Project Inc FL$346,391 President $41,980 $45,671 2024
Windows Of Heaven Inc CA$342,582 President $73,522 $73,522 2024
Catholics Come Home Inc GA$355,689 Founder & President $165,522 $192,738 2024
Orthodox Christian Ministries Inc CA$334,432 Director $30,000 $30,000 2024
Proyecto Fuerte Pregon TX$333,602 Director $34,477 $41,119 2023
Kh Institute UT$362,935 President $31,603 $37,458 2024
Mission Delafe Inc MD$321,742 President $45,500 $50,718 2023
The Roys Report Nfp IL$319,095 President $76,561 $89,741 2023
Sheryl Brady Ministries Inc TX$318,319 President $138,483 $165,162 2023
10000 Fathers Inc CO$383,737 Executive Di $46,200 $52,819 2023
Hermano Pablo Ministries CA$384,739 Pastoral Counselor $66,480 $66,480 2024
365 Islamic Education Network TX$385,927 Director $60,000 $69,506 2024
Impact Television Network CA$303,990 Chernyetsky $15,600 $15,600 2024
Vietnamese Outreach International VA$291,604 President $49,432 $55,274 2024
Hollywood Prayer Network Inc CA$404,268 Executive Dir. $67,323 $67,323 2024
Highway 19 Ministries WA$277,333 President $25,200 $26,128 2024
Friends Of The Bridegroom MO$275,560 Chairman $18,000 $21,509 2025
Creative Media Ministries Inc CA$272,426 President $68,173 $68,173 2024
Two Guys And A Bible Inc MO$270,791 President $21,554 $27,219 2023
Ao Lab MI$269,464 Executive Director $12,000 $13,975 2025
Lifegate Inc IN$267,523 President $54,000 $67,896 2023
Church Prayer Leaders Network Inc IN$260,838 Chairman $46,000 $56,178 2024
Center For Cultural Leadership CA$255,946 President $43,861 $43,861 2024
Take Me To Truth Inc CO$255,335 Director $14,400 $15,991 2024
Little Brothers Friends Of The Elderly OH$442,402 Executive Director $71,000 $87,087 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Paul J Canavese) 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 (X80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,941 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.