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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Teen Challenge Of Greater Cleveland

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341081503
OH · NTEE O55Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rev Murray Brown Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($44,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rev Murray Brown Jr — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,098 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,758 $44,600
$20,08910th
$34,83725th
$61,477Median
$85,54475th
$121,87090th
$44,600This org · 34th
p10$20,089
p25$34,837
p50$61,477
p75$85,544
p90$121,870
$44,600

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 OH 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 $36,396 2023
Bridge Of Topeka Inc KS$429,346 Executive Di $63,573 $63,173 2025
Youth With A Mission WA$420,895 Secretary $33,582 $29,226 2023
The Midian Leadership Project Inc WV$414,561 President $29,501 $30,158 2024
Youth For Christ Incorporated Sw Mi MI$408,041 Treasurer $3,179 $3,098 2024
Hillel At Dartmouth College NH$459,567 Executive Direrector $21,538 $19,331 2023
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $82,363 2023
Chattanooga Youth Network TN$481,009 Executive Director $152,915 $151,758 2024
Urban Youth Legacy Foundation Inc FL$485,715 President $140,020 $124,192 2024
Virtue House Ministries Inc IL$489,146 President $45,000 $41,769 2024
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $41,926 2025
The Light Foundation MO$490,959 Executive Director $84,876 $84,876 2024
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $62,497 2025
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $59,411 2025
World Wide Youth Camps Inc GA$509,135 President $150,000 $146,606 2023
Launch Ministries Inc ID$356,706 Executive Di $76,230 $76,564 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $60,457 2024
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $26,906 2023
Lifecamp Usa Inc WI$529,358 Secretary And Treasurer $6,972 $7,078 2023
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $71,821 2025
Clemson Area Classical Academy SC$323,720 Executive Director $12,585 $12,077 2025
Salt N Light Youth Ministry PA$322,609 Director - Creative Arts $53,400 $50,278 2024
Youth For Christ Usa Inc So Calif CA$312,741 Board Member $62,803 $49,882 2025
Cowboy At The Cross Ministries CO$309,220 Pres/lead Pasto $54,788 $48,323 2025
Youth For Christ Usa Inc WY$557,393 Executive Director $70,747 $69,682 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Rev Murray Brown Jr) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,600 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.