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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leadership Medina County

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341680195
OH · NTEE S21I
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Bilek, Executive Director / CEO ($78,401) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,726 total compensation of comparable organizations → $204,859 $78,401
$25,15710th
$45,72625th
$71,592Median
$87,33975th
$122,94590th
$78,401This org · 66th
p10$25,157
p25$45,726
p50$71,592
p75$87,339
p90$122,945
$78,401

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 OH cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Gedakina IncVT $386,304$91,562 990
Neighborhood Preservation CoalitionNY $366,005$81,454 990
Okanogan County Community CoalitionWA $364,412$57,971 990
New Haven Rising IncCT $364,117$94,689 990
Frogtown Neighborhood AssociationMN $398,273$75,197 990
Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation AllianceCO $402,621$59,452 990
Pittsburgh CaresPA $351,812$68,052 990
Eastside Jewish CommonsOR $351,225$27,797 990
Community Compassion OutreachCO $413,661$100,548 990
Phoenix Community AllianceAZ $344,617$22,591 990
The Urban Outreach Center Of New York City IncNY $333,938$21,605 990
Family Forward ActionOR $329,802$18,556 990
Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan IncNY $328,381$175,147 990
Sana Roots CoTX $326,496$23,546 990
Scranton TomorrowPA $437,776$76,409 990
Plaza Apartments IncKS $318,423$46,487 990
Columbia-greene Addiction Coalition IncNY $314,537$74,437 990
Center For Rural Outreach AndPA $449,354$77,316 990
Vietnamese American RoundtableCA $450,387$82,558 990
Rebuilding Together Boston IncMA $308,887$87,999 990
Multicultural Coalition IncWI $453,777$68,294 990
Upper Manhattan Together IncNY $307,486$5,726 990
Palm Beach County League Of CitiesFL $458,020$141,356 990
Washington State Coalition Of AfricanWA $299,240$25,336 990
Pinnacle Of Purpose IncKY $298,910$29,241 990

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 OH 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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Jennifer Bilek) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,401 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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). 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.