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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Texas Youth Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922294574
TX · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christian Collins, Executive Director / CEO ($52,768) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christian Collins — reported title “FOUNDER & PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,421 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,110 $52,768
$20,58010th
$37,36625th
$62,700Median
$77,26075th
$101,70990th
$52,768This org · 44th
p10$20,580
p25$37,366
p50$62,700
p75$77,260
p90$101,709
$52,768

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 TX 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
Youthlaunch Inc TX$232,340 Executive Director $108,333 $105,541 2025
Career Gear Houston TX$240,960 Executive Director $20,050 $20,642 2023
Byrne Institute TX$249,283 Executive Director $70,000 $72,068 2023
Association Of Paroling Authorities TX$251,327 Executive Director $19,900 $20,488 2023
Cedar Hall Classical Academy TX$253,308 President $7,617 $7,421 2025
Corsicana Artist And Writer TX$218,446 Executive Di $33,800 $34,798 2023
Wholly Informed Sex Ed TX$217,462 Executive Director $75,018 $75,018 2024
Swan Impact Network Inc TX$262,320 Executive Director $23,000 $23,000 2024
Millennium Research Inc TX$207,758 President $16,474 $16,474 2024
Annunciation Austin TX$205,036 Director Of Education $48,105 $48,105 2024
Winners Inc TX$271,992 President/director $100,000 $100,000 2024
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $74,950 2023
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $33,050 2024
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $75,000 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $104,272 2023
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $62,700 2024
Literacy Lubbock TX$178,019 Executive Director $75,328 $75,328 2024
Church Leadership Development TX$175,460 President $76,920 $79,192 2023
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $41,825 2023
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $54,535 2025
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum TX$320,020 Executive Dir. $40,080 $41,264 2023
Tarrant Literacy Coalition TX$320,903 Executive Di $67,500 $67,500 2024
Childrens' Disabilities Information TX$325,779 President $45,000 $46,329 2023
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $96,409 2023
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $39,933 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Christian Collins) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,768 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.