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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Endeavors

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260502228
LA · NTEE P81
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sister Jane Briseno Rsm, Executive Director / CEO ($19,683) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 147 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sister Jane Briseno Rsm — reported title “Executive Direc”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

147 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 147 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,176 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,557 $19,683
$21,28310th
$33,57925th
$43,712Median
$58,34875th
$71,06290th
$19,683This org · 8th
p10$21,283
p25$33,579
p50$43,712
p75$58,348
p90$71,062
$19,683

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 LA 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
Manhattan Senior Center Inc KS$332,278 Executive Di $51,000 $48,601 2024
Sharecare Of Leelanau Inc MI$331,813 Executive Director $70,326 $64,030 2024
Hamilton House RI$332,674 Executive Di $69,732 $57,461 2025
Swisher County Senior Citizens TX$329,994 Manager $25,796 $23,434 2023
Senior Center Of Sidney-shelby OH$329,046 Executive Di $47,840 $43,544 2025
All Care Home And Community Services Inc WV$327,120 Executive Director $33,681 $33,118 2023
Silver Spring Village Inc MD$327,045 Executive Director $87,188 $71,903 2024
Upper Kittitas County Senior Center WA$337,906 Exec Director $70,487 $55,667 2024
Elder Love Usa CA$338,174 Executive Director $1,500 $1,176 2023
Maps Charities CA$342,310 Administrator $48,346 $37,913 2023
Senior Citizens Center Of Derry PA$321,782 Executive Di $90,300 $79,433 2024
Heart Of Senior Citizen Services MI$342,756 Executive Dir. $53,255 $48,487 2024
Colfax County Senior Center Inc NE$321,619 Manager $17,262 $16,378 2024
Lutheran Services For The Aging Inc NC$343,532 President/ceo $13,158 $11,992 2024
Mid Rogue Foundation OR$343,804 Executive Dir. $21,711 $17,785 2024
Marlboro County Council On Aging SC$320,574 Executive Director $54,128 $49,811 2024
Jefferson Senior Citizens Center Inc FL$320,571 Executive Director $34,300 $29,263 2023
Creative Aging Network - Nc NC$320,568 Executive Director $47,959 $43,712 2024
Cozad Haymaker Grand Generation Center Inc NE$319,976 Executive Director $48,500 $44,828 2025
Clarence Fraim Senior Center Of DE$347,654 Executive Di $62,074 $53,614 2024
White Rose Senior Center Inc PA$351,408 Executive Director $66,949 $57,374 2025
Friendship Community Center Inc MI$353,365 Executive Dir. $60,000 $56,242 2023
Nodaway County Senior Citizens Senate Inc MO$353,643 Administrator $40,074 $36,475 2025
Star Valley Senior Citizens Center WY$354,737 Executive Director $58,992 $57,368 2023
Circle Of Friends Inc PA$309,648 Executive Director $63,964 $56,267 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Sister Jane Briseno Rsm) 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 147 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,683 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.