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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bridge Inter Faith Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843911449
NJ · NTEE F60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandra Mcgarvey, Executive Director / CEO ($57,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sandra Mcgarvey — reported title “CHAIRMAN”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,780 total compensation of comparable organizations → $215,229 $57,600
$18,16310th
$32,61425th
$58,028Median
$82,04475th
$99,07990th
$57,600This org · 49th
p10$18,163
p25$32,614
p50$58,028
p75$82,044
p90$99,079
$57,600

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 NJ 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
Community Counseling Institute Inc WA$206,388 Director $48,269 $48,402 2024
The Open Table CA$205,254 Executive Dir. $91,420 $88,416 2024
Dream Big Wellness WA$204,927 President $81,582 $81,807 2024
The Good Death Foundation CA$204,787 Ceo $4,800 $4,780 2023
Chicago Veterans IL$204,484 Executive Director $84,761 $93,331 2024
The Four Health Family Resource Center MI$209,414 Executive Director $12,864 $14,488 2025
Check Your Compass MA$209,497 President $133,960 $134,827 2024
Angels Of Mercy Inc NY$200,555 President $48,925 $49,516 2024
Baptist Counseling Center NC$213,339 Executive Direc $100,298 $116,073 2024
The Childrens Treehouse Foundation CO$196,554 Executive Director $100,000 $107,396 2024
Centerpeace Inc TX$218,839 Executive Di $21,000 $23,528 2024
Brothers On A Road Less Traveled Inc VA$219,548 Executive Director $74,571 $83,026 2023
Nueva Luz Foundation TX$220,353 Clinical Director And Board Vp $41,667 $48,062 2023
Narrative Initiatives San Diego CA$223,255 Director $21,014 $20,323 2024
One Recovery CA$226,696 President $62,500 $60,446 2024
Changing Lanes Ministries Inc OK$226,786 Executive Direc $104,041 $128,313 2024
Counseling Center Of Highlands NC$227,552 Executive Director $35,299 $40,851 2024
Childrens Grief Center Of The MI$184,323 Executive Dir. $67,000 $79,743 2023
Serenity Life Resource Center Inc MO$179,638 Executive Director $70,920 $84,131 2024
On Our Own Of Anne Arundel County MD$179,302 Executive Di $56,780 $61,211 2023
Heart Tones Inc TX$232,702 President $71,334 $82,281 2023
Counselors Obediently Preventing Substance Abuse MO$175,949 Exeuctive Director $21,675 $26,472 2023
Nami Of Washington County Inc WI$236,311 Executive Di $65,000 $76,031 2024
Path Of Life WA$239,938 Executive Di $67,725 $67,912 2024
Authentic Hope Center For Peace & OR$240,216 Executive Dir. $72,327 $77,450 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Sandra Mcgarvey) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,600 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.