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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455235845
PA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Rapp Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($62,071) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 82 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Robert Rapp Jr — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

82 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 82 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,694 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,569 $62,071
$21,68010th
$43,21825th
$54,954Median
$71,27475th
$86,53590th
$62,071This org · 63rd
p10$21,680
p25$43,218
p50$54,954
p75$71,274
p90$86,535
$62,071

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
Integrated Recovery Network CA$397,973 Executive Dir $34,694 $29,180 2024
Corpus Christi House Inc ID$398,847 Executive Director $78,135 $80,958 2024
The Bridge Ministry Inc OH$399,230 Secretary Exectuvie Director $53,454 $55,144 2024
Shenandoah Alliance For Shelter VA$386,985 Executive Director $51,853 $47,508 2025
Tourettes' Foundation For Needy Children Inc CA$386,297 Executive Director $29,465 $25,514 2023
Cy-fair Helping Hands TX$384,316 Executive Director $73,900 $74,128 2023
Tioga County Homeless Initiative PA$410,902 Director Ope $44,875 $43,588 2024
The Port Ministries IL$411,460 Executive Director $80,024 $76,628 2024
Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities GA$376,580 Executive Director $48,479 $47,478 2024
Greater Cincinnati Coalition For The Homeless OH$375,871 Executive Director $47,536 $49,039 2024
Encompass Yamhill Valley OR$375,109 Executive Director $60,223 $54,472 2024
Jesus House Odessa Inc TX$415,539 Executive Director $91,900 $89,539 2024
Family Promise Of Baldwin County AL$415,836 Executive Di $61,669 $64,892 2024
Homeless Helping Homeless MN$415,909 Chair Of Board $16,499 $16,348 2023
Shoreline Community Services CA$369,173 Executive Director $66,008 $57,156 2023
Hands For Homeless Inc FL$367,506 Ceo $30,200 $28,449 2023
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition AZ$365,915 Executive Dir. $58,462 $54,763 2024
Texoma Family Shelter TX$423,196 Executive Dir $63,750 $62,112 2024
Community Education Partnerships CA$425,539 Executive Director $87,500 $75,766 2023
Family Promise Of Lawton Incorporated OK$426,003 Executive Director $43,811 $48,376 2023
Oregon Trail Of Hope OR$360,635 Director Of Development $56,660 $51,249 2024
Family Promise Of Augusta Inc GA$428,813 Executive Director $54,157 $53,038 2024
Portsmouth Volunteers For The VA$428,982 Executive Director $69,566 $67,355 2023
Merge Memphis TN$429,848 Board Member $34,560 $36,428 2023
Friends Of The Carpenter WA$357,085 Executive Director $53,371 $46,541 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Robert Rapp 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 82 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,071 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.