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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dignity Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384130785
CO · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Kloeppel, Executive Director / CEO ($74,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,934 total compensation of comparable organizations → $104,321 $74,800
$17,26410th
$29,67525th
$53,294Median
$63,17075th
$80,19390th
$74,800This org · 85th
p10$17,264
p25$29,675
p50$53,294
p75$63,170
p90$80,193
$74,800

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 CO 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
Love-a-child Missions CA$261,556 Secretary Treas $5,479 $4,934 2024
Lee County Homeless Coalition Inc FL$266,454 Former Executive Director $70,327 $70,935 2023
Hands And Feet Foundation FL$258,760 President $80,740 $79,102 2024
Blankets Of Hope Inc NY$269,048 President & Ceo $65,385 $61,617 2024
Second Chances Inc MA$255,587 Ceo President $106,575 $99,877 2024
Streetlives Inc NY$273,779 Executive Dir. $70,000 $65,967 2024
Homemade Hope For Homeless Children TX$274,764 Exec. Director $86,536 $92,942 2023
Weaver Foundation WA$250,008 Executive Director $72,324 $69,523 2023
The Samaritan Well Inc IL$248,473 Executive Director $56,661 $56,595 2025
Community On The Rise AL$277,666 Executive Di $86,658 $97,635 2024
Ncompass OR$246,301 Executive Dir. $34,670 $34,569 2023
Canopy Young Adult Community House Inc KY$281,396 Board Chair $50,000 $57,677 2023
Matsu Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network AK$283,770 Executive Director $52,685 $54,081 2023
Family Promise Of Greater Chattanooga TN$240,312 Executive Director (Ended July 2025) $47,572 $52,149 2024
Henderson County Homeless Ministry TX$239,860 Executive Dir. $21,500 $23,091 2023
New Futures Inc AL$237,789 Executive Director $53,700 $60,502 2024
Family Promise Of Mid Michigan MI$288,472 Executive Director $56,160 $62,238 2023
A New Beginning For Women And Children KY$289,579 Director $40,000 $46,141 2023
Residency CA$293,428 Ceo $52,367 $47,158 2024
Shelter Tech CA$231,418 Co - Executive Director $80,000 $72,043 2024
Dandelion House OR$230,189 President $11,470 $11,108 2024
Gather Make Shelter OR$296,091 Executive Dir. $55,000 $54,840 2023
New Beginning Center CA$296,616 Ceo $66,738 $60,100 2024
Wave Project MI$228,420 Executive Director $20,000 $22,165 2023
Brian Gibbons Homeless Outreach Inc CT$224,973 Program Director $78,375 $76,637 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 Kloeppel) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,800 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.