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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Way Of Coles County Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 370764215
IL · NTEE T70Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Keller, Executive Director / CEO ($41,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Keller — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,924 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,191 $41,600
$16,84210th
$31,01025th
$42,569Median
$60,19775th
$75,13790th
$41,600This org · 48th
p10$16,842
p25$31,010
p50$42,569
p75$60,197
p90$75,137
$41,600

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 IL 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
United Way Of Franklin County TN$195,004 Executive Director $35,375 $38,940 2023
Calumet Area Community Health Foundation Inc WI$195,451 President $20,700 $21,990 2024
Matagorda County United Way TX$194,072 Executive Director $58,110 $59,126 2024
United Way Of Northeast Michigan MI$196,067 Executive Di $36,000 $38,912 2023
United Way Of The Coalfield Inc KY$193,734 Executive Di $49,423 $55,606 2023
United Way Of Fulton County OH$193,032 Administrato $63,000 $69,877 2023
Rhea County United Way TN$197,461 Executive Director $40,000 $42,768 2024
Callaway County United Way MO$198,210 Executive Director $39,991 $43,084 2024
Mennen Environmental Foundation CA$191,557 Executive Dir. $40,000 $36,171 2023
The Luxury Education Foundation NY$191,252 Employee $130,000 $123,018 2023
Vernacular Video Mission International Inc MN$190,832 Executive Director $62,640 $62,958 2024
United Way Of Rockbridge Inc VA$190,380 Executive Director $38,000 $38,423 2023
Equality Illinois IL$190,104 Secretary/ Ceo $147,094 $151,439 2023
Breast Cancer Eradication Initiative Inc TN$200,539 Executive Director $12,000 $12,830 2024
Atchison United Way Board KS$200,949 Executive Director $8,620 $9,228 2025
United Way Of Whitman County WA$188,519 Executive Director $51,624 $47,013 2024
United Way Of Dodge County Inc WI$201,720 Executive Director $18,375 $19,016 2025
Pennsylvania Hunt Cup Committee PA$187,672 Race Directo $31,000 $30,635 2025
Jamestown United Way ND$187,625 Executive Director $23,850 $26,623 2024
United Way Of Dodge City Inc KS$187,579 Executive Director $52,530 $57,725 2024
Stearns Electric Association Trust MN$202,713 Ceo - Stearns Electric Association $116,317 $116,908 2024
United Way Of Western Crawford County PA$186,732 Executive Director $66,950 $67,911 2024
Gleaners Of South Lake County Inc IN$185,696 Dir/treas. $17,865 $19,730 2023
Angels On The Bay Inc NY$205,028 Vp $34,692 $31,887 2024
Insaan Group NY$210,885 Chief Executive Officer $31,681 $29,119 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
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 (Jennifer Keller) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,600 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.