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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Teen Lifeline Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262612477
TX · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chris Robey, Executive Director / CEO ($108,087) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,600 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,277 $108,087
$28,76410th
$47,99725th
$75,487Median
$89,36075th
$105,65090th
$108,087This org · 93rd
p10$28,764
p25$47,997
p50$75,487
p75$89,360
p90$105,650
$108,087

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 TX 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
Education Francaise Greater Houston TX$475,249 Executive Director $65,500 $61,981 2025
Girls Embracing Mothers Inc TX$463,500 Chair And President $89,160 $86,602 2024
Excellent Teen Choice Inc TX$506,855 Executive Director $91,000 $88,389 2024
Challenge Air For Kids And Friends Inc TX$518,864 Ceo $109,303 $106,167 2024
Outloud Dallas TX$522,692 Co-executive Director $88,333 $88,333 2023
Texas Tranquility Estates TX$417,506 President $30,750 $30,750 2023
Men & Ladies Of Honor TX$528,210 Executive Director $69,684 $67,685 2024
Empower 7 Inc TX$408,060 Presidentfounder $36,000 $34,967 2024
Operation Progress Fort Worth TX$537,122 Executive Director $91,997 $89,358 2024
Ignite Mindshift Impact Inc TX$544,073 Executive Director, Secretary $142,361 $138,277 2024
Real Leadership Obedience Victory And Excellence TX$388,000 Direc $71,875 $74,822 2022
Girls On The Run Of Bexar County TX$555,990 Executive Director $80,750 $76,412 2025
Southlake Carroll Lacrosse Assoc TX$381,177 Varsity Coach & Program Di $116,240 $116,240 2023
Christys Safe Haven TX$379,467 President $85,200 $82,756 2024
Standard Of Athletics Association Inc TX$372,444 Executive Dir. $2,600 $2,600 2023
We Can Now Inc TX$369,456 President $73,059 $73,059 2023
Iconoclast Artists TX$363,414 Executive Director $60,000 $60,000 2023
Bridge Lacrosse Dallas Inc TX$578,003 Executive Director $78,400 $76,151 2024
Rsa Of Dance And Performing Arts TX$347,192 Executive Director $48,000 $46,623 2024
Breitling Performing Arts TX$344,458 Board Director, Driver, Set Builder $48,500 $47,109 2024
Creative Kids Inc TX$597,886 Executive Director $102,417 $99,479 2024
Students Of Service Inc TX$629,247 Executive Dir. $98,269 $95,450 2024
Youth Voice Inc TX$630,542 Executive Director $92,000 $89,361 2024
Between The Pages TX$630,559 Executive Director $30,577 $29,700 2024
Girls On The Run Greater Houston TX$636,104 Ceo $108,712 $105,593 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Chris Robey) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,087 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.