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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clemson Area Classical Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825326926
SC · NTEE O55
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kimberly Bedingfield, Executive Director / CEO ($12,585) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,228 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,149 $12,585
$22,68210th
$34,71025th
$52,190Median
$73,69975th
$87,10990th
$12,585This org · 3rd
p10$22,682
p25$34,710
p50$52,190
p75$73,699
p90$87,109
$12,585

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 SC 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
Salt N Light Youth Ministry PA$322,609 Director - Creative Arts $53,400 $52,396 2024
Youth For Christ Usa Inc So Calif CA$312,741 Board Member $62,803 $51,983 2025
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $74,846 2025
Cowboy At The Cross Ministries CO$309,220 Pres/lead Pasto $54,788 $50,357 2025
Brilla Soccer Ministries Inc MS$304,918 Executive Director $70,833 $77,621 2024
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $28,038 2023
Metro Atlanta Youth For Christ Inc GA$302,522 Executive Director $94,662 $91,236 2025
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $63,003 2024
Launch Ministries Inc ID$356,706 Executive Di $76,230 $79,788 2024
Stars Sports Club SC$290,193 Executive Di $90,090 $90,090 2025
Next Generation Ministries Inc LA$283,541 Ceo, Director $60,360 $65,395 2024
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $61,913 2025
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $65,129 2025
E2ten Mission CA$279,547 President $27,242 $23,145 2024
Generation Life PA$275,422 Director $15,440 $15,150 2024
Twin Peaks Bible Camp CO$272,620 Executive Director $58,999 $57,307 2023
Anhar Institute GA$271,596 Executive Director $34,000 $33,637 2024
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $43,692 2025
Kings Kids El Paso Inc TX$269,908 Outreach $72,000 $70,864 2024
Arizona Urban Youth Ministries AZ$256,762 Program Manager $64,604 $61,131 2024
Urban Church Advocates IL$255,801 President $55,000 $51,830 2025
Anglican Youth Ministry NC$255,273 Acting Director $44,084 $44,817 2024
Lighthouse Community Center WA$248,689 President $46,123 $41,830 2023
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $85,831 2023
Kansas Bible Camp Inc KS$243,192 Director $20,860 $21,602 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Kimberly Bedingfield) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,585 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.