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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Next Step Storm Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 010601182
IN · NTEE S50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Monte Brenneman, Executive Director / CEO ($52,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$771 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,505 $52,200
$19,93210th
$32,01325th
$49,734Median
$93,61675th
$107,62890th
$52,200This org · 53rd
p10$19,932
p25$32,013
p50$49,734
p75$93,616
p90$107,628
$52,200

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 IN 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
Natural High CA$300,687 Executive Director $155,717 $127,505 2024
Meliora Partners Inc IA$296,891 Executive Director $24,000 $26,707 2022
Sdc Services Corp CO$307,574 President Secretary $102,957 $93,616 2024
Central Florida Realty Investors FL$289,984 Executive Director $122,988 $109,560 2024
Leadership Council For Nonprofits OH$313,975 Executive Director $100,000 $103,403 2023
Wls Building Company MN$315,484 School Director $10,128 $9,770 2023
Global Ecolabelling Network Inc MD$275,670 Gen Secretariat $98,089 $89,528 2023
Community Conscience CA$337,609 Executive Di $56,608 $46,352 2024
Metrowest Nonprofit Network Inc MA$248,673 Executive Director (Effective July) $35,313 $30,980 2023
The Center For Social Creativity CO$232,758 Executive Director $51,458 $46,789 2024
Community Healthcare Foundation Inc MO$227,991 Ceo $31,494 $32,565 2023
Peoplecare Center For Nonprofits Inc NJ$383,668 Executive Director $65,838 $55,742 2024
Indian Country Grassroots Support NM$395,484 Executive Di $104,264 $106,340 2024
District 742 Local Education Activities MN$404,292 Executive Director $33,186 $32,013 2023
Advancing The Seed Inc CA$418,755 President/ceo $60,738 $49,734 2024
Maureens Haven Inc NY$429,857 Executive Dir. $78,036 $66,867 2024
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting Inc NY$441,885 Member $900 $771 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Monte Brenneman) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,200 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.