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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bridge Builders Leadership Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831339739
MS · NTEE O50
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lauretha Bellinder, Executive Director / CEO ($67,082) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 413 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lauretha Bellinder — reported title “Director of Program”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

413 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 413 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,681 $67,082
$10,19710th
$25,09325th
$46,599Median
$64,26975th
$84,98690th
$67,082This org · 78th
p10$10,197
p25$25,093
p50$46,599
p75$64,269
p90$84,986
$67,082

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 MS 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
Hope Afield AL$224,444 Ceo $37,500 $37,337 2024
Girls On The Run Riverside CA$224,544 Executive Director $65,068 $50,448 2025
Partnerships For Permanence MN$224,015 Founder And Ceo $74,309 $69,670 2023
Thunderbird Football Club AZ$224,691 President $37,950 $34,631 2023
Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program CO$225,892 Executive Dir. $52,052 $46,000 2024
Mahogany Youth Corporation FL$226,016 Director $32,434 $30,096 2022
Ruff Wilson Youth Organization Inc AL$222,606 Executive Director $46,930 $46,727 2024
Love Grow Live Center Inc OK$222,393 Founder And Executive Director $6,934 $7,542 2022
Restorative Resources CA$222,393 Executive Dir. $46,600 $37,085 2024
Wonder Woods Nfp IL$226,438 Executive Director $52,678 $49,140 2023
Women Of The Dream Inc NJ$221,744 Founder/ceo $34,634 $29,340 2023
Academy Project CA$221,677 Exeuctive Director/president $24,709 $19,664 2024
Yellow Crawfish Learning Center LA$221,614 President $22,221 $22,551 2024
Youth Empowered To Prosper Inc FL$227,499 Executive Dir. $86,772 $75,127 2024
Casino Road Ministries WA$227,550 Executive Director $66,036 $56,098 2023
Popup Tennis Kids Inc NY$220,966 President $124,437 $103,631 2024
D2l Revolution Inc AZ$227,753 Executive Director, Ceo $154,207 $136,681 2024
Impactdmv Inc MD$227,856 Executive Director $24,960 $21,506 2024
Radical Arts Academy Of Denver CO$220,241 Co-executive Director $19,278 $17,036 2024
Brookline After School Program Inc NH$228,458 President $89,334 $78,268 2023
Sunbeam Kids International CA$220,055 Secretary $12,000 $10,235 2022
Hills To Climb MD$219,232 Executive Director $53,175 $45,817 2024
Mountains 2 Sea CA$219,066 Executive Director And Field Instructor $78,747 $61,053 2025
Adelante Hispanic Achievers Inc KY$229,721 Executive Director $37,524 $37,155 2024
Aspire Movement Inc AL$229,983 Executive Di $91,250 $90,854 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Lauretha Bellinder) 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 413 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,082 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.