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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trowbridge Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954536969
AZ · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Helen Trowbridge, Executive Director / CEO ($32,299) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 161 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

161 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 161 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,699 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,121 $32,299
$17,16210th
$25,57525th
$40,377Median
$65,32975th
$90,13190th
$32,299This org · 38th
p10$17,162
p25$25,575
p50$40,377
p75$65,329
p90$90,131
$32,299

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 AZ 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
New Sower Christian Church Cor NY$146,635 Teacher Minist $28,300 $27,376 2023
Friends Church Extension Fund OR$146,565 Treasurer $10,000 $9,656 2024
David Crain New Life Ministries TX$146,736 President $34,054 $35,420 2024
Palisades Church A Nj Nonprofit Cor NJ$146,305 President $40,000 $38,231 2023
Tommy Bates Ministries Inc KY$147,112 President/trus $14,000 $16,102 2023
Restoration Ministries Inc AZ$145,293 Director $55,000 $56,625 2023
Joshua's Way Inc SC$145,119 President $16,500 $17,899 2024
Ministerio Internacional El Gran Yo Soy Inc IN$144,409 Trustees $12,200 $13,772 2023
Biblical Faith Ministries Inc TX$144,092 Office Manager $38,196 $40,902 2023
Ministerio Internacional Evangelio MA$149,224 President $32,600 $30,461 2024
Withhim Church NV$143,842 Pastor $24,000 $25,753 2023
Biblical Nouthetic Ministries NY$149,599 Sec/treas $33,800 $31,758 2024
Campus Christian Fellowship Asu NC$143,336 Sr Campus Minister $62,560 $67,214 2024
Cbs Lebanon Inc TX$150,137 President & Ceo $102,000 $109,226 2023
One Accord Ministries CO$151,007 Office Manager $28,000 $28,742 2023
Messianic Times Inc NY$141,823 Co-executive Director $26,011 $25,161 2023
Ministerio Internasional Puert NJ$151,578 President $41,600 $39,761 2023
Jay Eberly Ministries Inc IA$151,928 Director $57,147 $65,063 2024
Apache Youth Ministries Inc AZ$152,287 Program Coordinator $43,390 $44,672 2023
Blue Ocean Faith CA$152,755 Executive Director $124,669 $115,242 2023
Faith & Philanthropy Institute TX$140,383 President & Ceo $95,794 $99,638 2024
Ministerios Roca De Salvacion Inc NY$137,979 President $21,000 $20,314 2023
Joshua And Caleb Ministries Inc PA$155,349 Chairman $44,791 $47,817 2023
Jewish Center And Federation Of The NY$155,588 Executive Director (Part Year) $18,795 $18,181 2023
City Of Zion Church MD$155,928 Pastor $65,275 $65,329 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Helen Trowbridge) 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 161 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,299 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.