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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Youth With A Mission

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911104941
WA · NTEE O55Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kit Hackett, Executive Director / CEO ($33,582) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,560 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,380 $33,582
$23,95410th
$47,99625th
$71,813Median
$97,52875th
$137,37090th
$33,582This org · 18th
p10$23,954
p25$47,996
p50$71,813
p75$97,528
p90$137,370
$33,582

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 WA 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
The Midian Leadership Project Inc WV$414,561 President $29,501 $34,654 2024
Bridge Of Topeka Inc KS$429,346 Executive Di $63,573 $72,589 2025
Project Or Haner Inc MD$431,844 Executive Director $40,050 $41,821 2023
Teen Challenge Of Greater Cleveland OH$433,170 Executive Director $44,600 $51,248 2024
Youth For Christ Incorporated Sw Mi MI$408,041 Treasurer $3,179 $3,560 2024
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $94,641 2023
Hillel At Dartmouth College NH$459,567 Executive Direrector $21,538 $22,213 2023
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $48,176 2025
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $71,813 2025
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $68,268 2025
Chattanooga Youth Network TN$481,009 Executive Director $152,915 $174,380 2024
Launch Ministries Inc ID$356,706 Executive Di $76,230 $87,977 2024
Urban Youth Legacy Foundation Inc FL$485,715 President $140,020 $142,705 2024
Virtue House Ministries Inc IL$489,146 President $45,000 $47,996 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $69,469 2024
The Light Foundation MO$490,959 Executive Director $84,876 $97,528 2024
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $30,916 2023
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $82,527 2025
World Wide Youth Camps Inc GA$509,135 President $150,000 $168,459 2023
Clemson Area Classical Academy SC$323,720 Executive Director $12,585 $13,877 2025
Salt N Light Youth Ministry PA$322,609 Director - Creative Arts $53,400 $57,773 2024
Youth For Christ Usa Inc So Calif CA$312,741 Board Member $62,803 $57,318 2025
Lifecamp Usa Inc WI$529,358 Secretary And Treasurer $6,972 $8,133 2023
Cowboy At The Cross Ministries CO$309,220 Pres/lead Pasto $54,788 $55,525 2025
Brilla Soccer Ministries Inc MS$304,918 Executive Director $70,833 $85,587 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Kit Hackett) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,582 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.