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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Zions Bridge

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815343918
GA · NTEE X99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Coleman, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 253 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

253 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 253 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$876 total compensation of comparable organizations → $213,665 $18,000
$13,65610th
$26,93125th
$46,193Median
$72,72175th
$99,31590th
$18,000This org · 16th
p10$13,656
p25$26,931
p50$46,193
p75$72,721
p90$99,315
$18,000

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 GA 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
Walk On Water Ministries Of Central Florida Inc FL$227,335 Director $27,850 $26,020 2024
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Fdn NE$226,962 Executive Director/treasurer $13,909 $14,878 2024
Mastery Foundation CA$227,716 Exec Dir & Vp $94,965 $81,555 2024
Roc Recovery Center Inc OR$227,794 President $60,000 $55,415 2024
R3stored OR$226,478 President $4,490 $4,270 2023
The Waterboyz For Jesus Inc MD$228,432 President & Ceo $68,673 $63,853 2024
Lydia's Place Inc PA$228,673 Executive Vice President $45,523 $45,149 2024
Inspired Life Inc IA$228,783 President $51,906 $56,524 2024
Better Life Ministries CO$225,551 Executive Director $17,700 $16,880 2024
Christians For Impact Usa Inc DE$229,724 President $75,000 $75,193 2023
Reformed Communion TX$224,399 Vida House $78,000 $79,891 2023
Love Inc Of Metro Tampa Inc FL$224,289 Executive Director $49,400 $47,518 2023
Msaada Architects Inc OH$223,172 Executive Director $55,000 $57,936 2024
Powerhouse Ministries Inc TN$222,929 President & $14,296 $15,386 2023
The Sabbath Life Corp OK$232,762 Executive Director And Pastor $68,000 $74,469 2024
Tend CA$221,560 President & $115,118 $101,782 2023
Reach South Texas TX$232,997 Chairman $12,000 $11,938 2024
Harvest Seminary Inc CA$233,013 Trustee $48,009 $41,230 2024
Prayvine FL$221,250 President $96,667 $92,983 2023
San Gabriel Valley Budhistic Assoc Inc CA$221,218 Ceo $14,400 $12,367 2024
Stepping Stone Ministry Inc TX$233,265 House Manager $36,000 $36,872 2023
Local Church Evangelism Inc ME$233,486 President $40,000 $41,011 2023
Prayer Power Ministries Inc TX$220,263 Executive Director $61,400 $62,889 2023
Network Of Iowa Christian Home Educators IA$234,317 Executive Dir. $36,000 $39,203 2024
Kainos AR$219,923 Sec/treas. $80,000 $89,434 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 Coleman) 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 253 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.