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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Charities Review Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 410652474
MN · NTEE T50Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kris Kewitsch, Executive Director / CEO ($118,241) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,327 total compensation of comparable organizations → $386,957 $118,241
$17,06110th
$31,23425th
$61,524Median
$96,08575th
$131,20290th
$118,241This org · 87th
p10$17,061
p25$31,234
p50$61,524
p75$96,085
p90$131,202
$118,241

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 MN 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
American Jewish Medical Association VA$405,355 Ceo $112,500 $106,776 2024
Downtown Boulder Community Initiatives CO$404,871 Ceo $166,294 $156,744 2024
Foundation For Christian Schools MT$404,628 Director $48,000 $52,364 2023
Philanthropy Missouri MO$409,262 Ceo $117,594 $126,048 2023
Thanksgiving Heroes Foundation UT$410,440 $78,000 $80,792 2023
St Philips On The Park Housing NY$411,256 Maintenance $110,342 $98,012 2024
Life Santa UT$416,897 Executive Director $22,000 $22,134 2024
Sport Innovators CA$395,359 Executive Director $125,000 $106,102 2024
A Moment Of Magic Inc PA$394,891 Employee $100,800 $98,812 2024
100 Humanitarians International UT$418,726 Programs Director $10,533 $10,597 2024
International Friendship Ministries Inc GA$393,364 President $24,185 $24,610 2023
Philanthropy Miami Inc FL$390,196 Executive Director $63,510 $58,648 2024
Kyiv Mohyla Foundation Of America IL$424,013 President $60,000 $57,984 2024
Manhattan Community Health Foundation KS$424,828 Executive Director $14,568 $15,471 2024
Jewish Charity Review Inc NJ$424,877 Treasurer $22,320 $20,168 2023
Ohio Coalition On Black Civic Participation OH$429,183 President And Treasurer - Board Member $31,000 $32,276 2024
Sauls Light Foundation LA$382,838 Executive Direc $38,462 $42,861 2023
Eugene And Jeanne Savage Scholarship Fund MD$431,246 Trustee $14,412 $13,245 2024
Planting Seeds International IL$432,813 Executive Director $30,165 $29,152 2024
Forward Giving Inc TN$379,656 President $6,674 $6,897 2024
Wisconsin Masonic Center Foundation Inc WI$378,424 Executive Director $61,538 $65,041 2023
Gay Mens Chorus Of Charlotte NC$370,855 Managing Artistic Director $60,000 $60,942 2024
Ministry Office MN$367,575 Coo $2,400 $2,331 2024
Altar Fly Fishing IL$445,834 President $107,500 $106,957 2023
Magnify Mentoring DC$361,566 Mrs. $86,107 $74,277 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Kris Kewitsch) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $118,241 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.