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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Thrive City Church

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 934452239
AZ · NTEE X80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gregory, Executive Director / CEO ($60,979) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,979 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,054 $60,979
$18,81710th
$26,32525th
$46,930Median
$65,33475th
$120,89190th
$60,979This org · 68th
p10$18,817
p25$26,325
p50$46,930
p75$65,334
p90$120,891
$60,979

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 AZ 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
Joseph Devineaux International Inc FL$251,175 President $48,050 $48,322 2023
Jehu Ministries International Inc MI$247,811 Pastor - Dir $151,200 $162,275 2024
Take Me To Truth Inc CO$255,335 Director $14,400 $14,357 2024
Center For Cultural Leadership CA$255,946 President $43,861 $39,381 2024
Odyssey Impact Inc NY$246,229 Executive Dir. $175,000 $169,285 2023
Lumenations AR$243,295 Executive Director $46,000 $53,764 2024
Disciple Daily Inc TX$242,576 President/di $23,678 $25,355 2023
Church Prayer Leaders Network Inc IN$260,838 Chairman $46,000 $50,440 2024
Heidelberg Reformation Association CA$236,699 President $10,000 $8,979 2024
Lifegate Inc IN$267,523 President $54,000 $60,962 2023
Unashamed Truth Ministries Inc NC$233,972 Managing Director $60,000 $64,463 2024
Ao Lab MI$269,464 Executive Director $12,000 $12,547 2025
Two Guys And A Bible Inc MO$270,791 President $21,554 $24,439 2023
Creative Media Ministries Inc CA$272,426 President $68,173 $61,210 2024
Archangel Gabriel Enterprises Inc OH$227,715 Secretary/tr $59,119 $65,108 2024
Friends Of The Bridegroom MO$275,560 Chairman $18,000 $19,313 2025
Highway 19 Ministries WA$277,333 President $25,200 $23,460 2024
Lineage Journey Inc CA$218,856 Ceo $26,927 $24,177 2024
Northwest Energy Supply Cooperative OR$217,866 Chief Exec O $28,000 $27,037 2024
Vietnamese Outreach International VA$291,604 President $49,432 $49,628 2024
The Fig Tree WA$206,620 Editor Publisher $42,000 $40,255 2023
Brenda Walsh Ministries TN$206,263 President $30,352 $34,154 2023
Christianity Engaged AZ$202,861 President And Ceo $96,000 $96,000 2024
Impact Television Network CA$303,990 Chernyetsky $15,600 $14,007 2024
Revival Plan Association CA$189,096 President $54,808 $50,664 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Gregory) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,979 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.