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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Urban Ministry Institute Of Colorado

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921369802
CO · NTEE X21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristin Briggs, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) 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 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kristin Briggs — reported title “Dean”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$1,894 total compensation of comparable organizations → $117,162 $12,000
$3,77710th
$6,62825th
$13,163Median
$35,76775th
$88,76790th
$12,000This org · 40th
p10$3,777
p25$6,628
p50$13,163
p75$35,767
p90$88,767
$12,000

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 CO 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
Awaken Ministries MI$30,116 Executive Director $39,934 $42,986 2023
He Will Restore Ministries CO$31,304 President $10,500 $10,500 2023
Fsf Church SC$24,408 Director $12,000 $12,682 2024
Principles Of Kingdom Living Ministries Inc FL$32,410 President $6,500 $6,186 2024
Christ's Servants Abroad FL$33,600 President $24,000 $22,838 2024
Methodist Church Nigeria Usa Inc MD$34,536 Minister In Charge $13,500 $13,163 2023
Discovery Missions International Inc TX$34,820 Director $92,644 $96,647 2023
The Center For Biblical MO$19,423 President $6,400 $7,069 2023
Ross Ministries Inc TX$37,273 President $112,309 $117,162 2023
Sportworks Ministry Inc NC$37,297 Campus Director $3,000 $3,233 2023
Wright Way Ministries Inc FL$38,033 President $30,000 $28,548 2024
Heartcry For Change WA$39,270 President $15,000 $14,006 2023
Tree Of Life Ministries Of Daytona FL$40,059 President $80,860 $76,946 2024
Revivelife Church Inc OK$41,146 Campus Pastor $4,000 $4,593 2023
Divine Temple Of God Ministries Church Inc MD$41,433 Minister $2,000 $1,894 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Kristin Briggs) 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 (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.