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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bridge Of Topeka Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261504474
KS · NTEE O55
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher W Stewart, Executive Director / CEO ($63,573) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christopher W Stewart — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,118 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,719 $63,573
$20,97810th
$36,62725th
$60,840Median
$86,99775th
$120,30590th
$63,573This org · 55th
p10$20,978
p25$36,627
p50$60,840
p75$86,997
p90$120,305
$63,573

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 KS 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
Project Or Haner Inc MD$431,844 Executive Director $40,050 $36,627 2023
Teen Challenge Of Greater Cleveland OH$433,170 Executive Director $44,600 $44,882 2024
Youth With A Mission WA$420,895 Secretary $33,582 $29,411 2023
The Midian Leadership Project Inc WV$414,561 President $29,501 $30,349 2024
Youth For Christ Incorporated Sw Mi MI$408,041 Treasurer $3,179 $3,118 2024
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $82,884 2023
Hillel At Dartmouth College NH$459,567 Executive Direrector $21,538 $19,454 2023
Chattanooga Youth Network TN$481,009 Executive Director $152,915 $152,719 2024
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $42,192 2025
Urban Youth Legacy Foundation Inc FL$485,715 President $140,020 $124,978 2024
Virtue House Ministries Inc IL$489,146 President $45,000 $42,034 2024
The Light Foundation MO$490,959 Executive Director $84,876 $85,414 2024
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $62,893 2025
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $59,788 2025
Launch Ministries Inc ID$356,706 Executive Di $76,230 $77,048 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $60,840 2024
World Wide Youth Camps Inc GA$509,135 President $150,000 $147,534 2023
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $27,075 2023
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $72,276 2025
Lifecamp Usa Inc WI$529,358 Secretary And Treasurer $6,972 $7,123 2023
Clemson Area Classical Academy SC$323,720 Executive Director $12,585 $12,153 2025
Salt N Light Youth Ministry PA$322,609 Director - Creative Arts $53,400 $50,597 2024
Youth For Christ Usa Inc So Calif CA$312,741 Board Member $62,803 $50,198 2025
Cowboy At The Cross Ministries CO$309,220 Pres/lead Pasto $54,788 $48,628 2025
Brilla Soccer Ministries Inc MS$304,918 Executive Director $70,833 $74,956 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS cost of living and 2025 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 KS 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Christopher W Stewart) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,573 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.