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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Crossroads Youth Works

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841525795
CO · NTEE O55
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bryce Lee, Executive Director / CEO ($53,268) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,497 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,557 $53,268
$24,10210th
$40,16325th
$49,364Median
$76,23075th
$101,52190th
$53,268This org · 55th
p10$24,102
p25$40,163
p50$49,364
p75$76,230
p90$101,521
$53,268

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 CO 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
Luke Project Inc GA$177,539 President $72,500 $76,024 2023
Franklin Fellows TN$178,492 Executive Director $93,333 $99,377 2024
Celebrate Ministries Inc MI$189,084 President $67,613 $70,693 2024
Youth With A Mission West Virginia WV$194,181 President $47,482 $50,735 2025
Base Camp Urban Outreach MI$141,067 Executive Di $44,584 $47,992 2023
Released Time Christian Education CA$139,984 Executive Dir. $12,000 $10,497 2024
All Consuming Fire Ministries Inc TX$139,569 President $42,000 $43,815 2023
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc Of Schuylkill County PA$200,490 Director $42,310 $44,002 2023
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Nh Inc NH$203,030 Secretary $32,234 $31,040 2023
Platte Valley Area Youth For Christ NE$210,193 Executive Di $65,000 $68,992 2025
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc KS$212,981 State Director Employee $110,400 $120,816 2024
Kids First Family Fellowship Inc GA$213,285 Director $23,867 $24,309 2024
Portal Houston Inc TX$115,890 President $50,000 $58,647 2021
East Michigan Youth For Christ MI$225,951 Executive Dir $73,500 $76,848 2024
Mountain Fountain Creations CO$228,864 President $43,965 $42,704 2024
Haven On The Rock WY$230,495 Executive Director $30,000 $32,541 2024
Seal Team Ministries Inc GA$230,727 Executive Director $122,293 $124,557 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Ches PA$239,760 Director $77,416 $80,513 2023
Kansas Bible Camp Inc KS$243,192 Director $20,860 $22,239 2025
Lighthouse Community Center WA$248,689 President $46,123 $43,065 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Bryce Lee) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,268 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.