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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Return Ministries Usa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 923339818
MO · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dean Bye, Executive Director / CEO ($19,997) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 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: Dean Bye — reported title “INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,882 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,798 $19,997
$10,17910th
$21,17825th
$34,384Median
$64,10675th
$82,50090th
$19,997This org · 24th
p10$10,179
p25$21,178
p50$34,384
p75$64,106
p90$82,500
$19,997

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 MO 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
Rethink 315 MO$209,964 Executive Director $109,012 $109,012 2023
Mark Drake Ministries Inc MO$208,249 President $29,000 $28,168 2024
Dan Salas Ministries MO$205,828 President $60,000 $58,279 2024
Give Me That Book MO$205,094 President $5,026 $4,882 2024
Refuge Kc Inc MO$213,754 Executive Director $66,000 $64,106 2024
Sports Outreach International Inc MO$204,687 Secretary $124,366 $120,798 2024
Sports Crusaders MO$199,148 Executive Di $40,000 $40,000 2023
My Fathers Reputation MO$228,792 President $58,410 $56,734 2024
Stained Glass Players MO$230,706 Executive Director $31,200 $31,200 2023
Veritas Enrichment Inc MO$232,189 President $16,320 $15,852 2024
Christian Communicators Worldwide Inc MO$234,018 President $39,842 $38,699 2024
Ron Degarde Ministries Inc MO$176,541 President $24,000 $23,311 2024
Messiah Project Inc MO$175,313 President $21,804 $21,178 2024
Future Leadership Foundation MO$167,354 Executive Di $6,490 $6,304 2024
Baptist Student Center Of Southeast MO$163,635 Student Ctr $69,532 $69,532 2023
The Rooted Sisters MO$261,196 Ceo $78,125 $78,125 2023
Kinsmen Initiative MO$264,107 Founder / Chairman $18,000 $18,000 2023
415 Leadership Inc MO$269,197 President $11,000 $10,684 2024
Move Church MO$147,618 President $20,177 $19,598 2024
Creative Ministries Inc MO$276,191 President $23,100 $22,437 2024
God's Mountain Ministries Inc MO$276,981 Director $34,400 $34,400 2023
Fatherhood Foundations MO$277,676 President $35,400 $34,384 2024
Brook Wellness Center Inc MO$290,583 President $30,602 $30,602 2023
Triumphant Ministries Int MO$295,493 President $24,200 $24,200 2023
Philippi Freedom Ministry MO$296,154 President $100,000 $100,000 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Dean Bye) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + MO + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,997 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.