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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bridge Steps Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462211658
NE · NTEE X20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Langemeier, Executive Director / CEO ($7,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 879 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

879 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 879 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$53 total compensation of comparable organizations → $451,670 $7,000
$13,14810th
$26,09325th
$47,693Median
$79,66475th
$111,31590th
$7,000This org · 5th
p10$13,148
p25$26,093
p50$47,693
p75$79,664
p90$111,315
$7,000

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 NE 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
Faith Victory Ministries International Inc IL$223,495 President $28,970 $27,180 2024
T-n-t Ministries International Inc WV$223,742 Vice-president $40,880 $43,490 2023
Longview Ministries Inc NY$223,864 Trustee $35,616 $30,714 2024
Ignite The World Ministries ID$223,868 Executive Director $27,000 $27,411 2024
Wixim Ministries Inc CA$223,081 President $85,500 $70,459 2024
Relentless Ministries OK$223,928 President $73,880 $77,639 2024
Rpm Ministries Inc GA$222,916 Ceo And Director $30,000 $29,638 2023
Bonhoeffer Haus Inc VA$224,152 Executive Director $85,750 $79,016 2024
Loving And Leading Others CA$222,844 Executive Director $45,000 $37,084 2024
Habit Missions Ministry Inc NC$222,839 Ministry Director $63,567 $64,535 2023
Inner-city Movement Inc PA$222,799 Chair $41,000 $40,173 2023
Patriarch Tikhon Russian-american Music FL$222,754 Ceo $50,000 $44,827 2024
Hope For The Home Ministries TX$222,545 President $49,225 $46,992 2024
Risen Jesus Inc GA$224,523 President & Ceo $90,783 $89,687 2023
Reach Ministries Of Corpus Christi TX$224,648 Ceo $70,708 $69,495 2023
Restore Ministries Inc NJ$224,792 Trustee $24,522 $21,512 2023
Training The Nationals NY$222,208 President $27,600 $23,801 2024
The Faith Place Inc WI$224,874 Pastor $36,806 $37,768 2023
Asian American Christian Collaborative IL$225,193 Cfo $17,500 $16,905 2023
Canyon Pathways TX$221,774 Executive Director $117,217 $111,901 2024
Als Family Of Faith AZ$221,726 Director $27,001 $24,782 2024
Women In Ministry Conference Inc GA$221,684 Executive Director $6,000 $5,758 2024
Gary Crowl International Ministries Inc OK$225,344 President $38,250 $40,196 2024
Footsteps Experience Inc CO$221,637 President $75,000 $68,633 2024
Katartismos Global Inc VA$221,541 Office Manager $12,000 $11,058 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Scott Langemeier) 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 879 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.