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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Bible Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 362495301
IL · NTEE I43Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kenneth Oliver, Executive Director / CEO ($56,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kenneth Oliver — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$948 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,189 $56,500
$6,60410th
$35,03025th
$46,407Median
$76,55275th
$82,69890th
$56,500This org · 64th
p10$6,604
p25$35,030
p50$46,407
p75$76,552
p90$82,698
$56,500

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 IL 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 Pooch OR$295,316 Executive Director $88,693 $81,376 2024
Freedom Grow WA$294,749 Executive Director $1,000 $948 2022
Human Kindness Foundation NC$292,470 Executive Dir. $74,988 $76,552 2024
Interaction Transition WA$291,073 Executive Director $91,401 $78,765 2025
Bay Area Chaplains CA$290,309 Chaplain $144,072 $122,913 2024
Motherhood Beyond Bars Inc GA$323,309 Executive Di $46,000 $45,697 2024
Ourjourney Co NC$268,885 Executive Director $39,617 $40,443 2024
Harrison County Lifelong Learning IN$343,080 Executive Director $80,218 $83,579 2024
Chebar Ministries Inc GA$263,486 President $5,000 $5,114 2023
Clicc Inc CT$259,741 Executive Dir. $80,000 $74,108 2024
Hope Prison Ministry Inc MA$253,024 President $85,000 $77,694 2023
Hands Of Luke Medical Ministries TX$249,383 Executive Director $4,500 $4,447 2024
Anchor Of Hope International Ministries Inc CA$245,329 Executive Directorboardmember $56,160 $47,912 2024
Horizon Community Engagement OH$369,749 Executive Di $33,252 $34,796 2024
Human Rights Coalition PA$235,535 Executive Dir. $49,284 $48,557 2024
Poetic Justice Inc OK$231,741 Executive Dir. $37,188 $41,652 2023
Second Chance And Reentry Services OK$228,340 Executive Dir. $10,462 $12,198 2022
International Prison Ministry Inc CA$226,747 Asst Director $51,750 $45,454 2023
Frederick Douglass Project For DC$394,369 President $45,292 $39,268 2024
The Verb Kind Inc FL$213,816 President $9,250 $8,839 2023
Native American Reentry Services WA$395,754 Executive Director $60,000 $54,641 2023
Prison Impact Ministries MT$210,665 President $126,000 $134,189 2024
Unite Greensboro Jail Ministry NC$209,528 Chaplain $34,314 $35,030 2024
Open Hearts Open Minds OR$205,384 Executive Director $50,580 $46,407 2024
Free The Ballot Incarcerated Voter Family Network PA$449,333 Executive Director $61,011 $60,112 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Kenneth Oliver) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I43), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,500 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.