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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Salt N Light Youth Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232915763
PA · NTEE O55
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christie Holliday, Executive Director / CEO ($53,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,290 total compensation of comparable organizations → $161,181 $53,400
$21,57110th
$32,73125th
$52,902Median
$75,11275th
$88,77990th
$53,400This org · 53rd
p10$21,571
p25$32,731
p50$52,902
p75$75,112
p90$88,779
$53,400

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 PA 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
Clemson Area Classical Academy SC$323,720 Executive Director $12,585 $12,827 2025
Youth For Christ Usa Inc So Calif CA$312,741 Board Member $62,803 $52,979 2025
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $76,281 2025
Cowboy At The Cross Ministries CO$309,220 Pres/lead Pasto $54,788 $51,323 2025
Brilla Soccer Ministries Inc MS$304,918 Executive Director $70,833 $79,109 2024
Metro Atlanta Youth For Christ Inc GA$302,522 Executive Director $94,662 $92,985 2025
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $28,576 2023
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $64,211 2024
Stars Sports Club SC$290,193 Executive Di $90,090 $91,817 2025
Launch Ministries Inc ID$356,706 Executive Di $76,230 $81,318 2024
Next Generation Ministries Inc LA$283,541 Ceo, Director $60,360 $66,649 2024
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $63,100 2025
E2ten Mission CA$279,547 President $27,242 $23,589 2024
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $66,378 2025
Generation Life PA$275,422 Director $15,440 $15,440 2024
Twin Peaks Bible Camp CO$272,620 Executive Director $58,999 $58,406 2023
Anhar Institute GA$271,596 Executive Director $34,000 $34,281 2024
Kings Kids El Paso Inc TX$269,908 Outreach $72,000 $72,222 2024
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $44,529 2025
Arizona Urban Youth Ministries AZ$256,762 Program Manager $64,604 $62,304 2024
Urban Church Advocates IL$255,801 President $55,000 $52,824 2025
Anglican Youth Ministry NC$255,273 Acting Director $44,084 $45,677 2024
Lighthouse Community Center WA$248,689 President $46,123 $42,632 2023
Kansas Bible Camp Inc KS$243,192 Director $20,860 $22,016 2025
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $87,477 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Christie Holliday) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,400 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.