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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Minn-iowa Christian Broadcasting

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411699000
MN · NTEE X11
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Hayden Stokes, Executive Director / CEO ($21,580) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$255 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,537 $21,580
$5,05510th
$18,47925th
$39,857Median
$71,47175th
$94,17490th
$21,580This org · 29th
p10$5,055
p25$18,479
p50$39,857
p75$71,471
p90$94,174
$21,580

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
The Genesis Foundation CO$182,458 Treasurer $27,230 $27,123 2024
United Methodist Volunteers In Miss AL$187,916 Exec. Dir. $85,573 $96,035 2024
Gamboa Union Ministries PA$170,755 V. Chairman/treasurer $3,600 $3,839 2023
Cricket Alley Ministries KS$190,966 Executive Di $35,000 $39,279 2024
Kgm Support Corporation MI$195,025 President & $31,457 $33,729 2024
New Leaf Ministries Inc ID$196,207 President $21,000 $23,207 2024
Opoverwatch Inc NY$198,953 Executive Directorboard Memb $42,000 $40,590 2023
Union Foundation OH$203,499 Board Member $8,075 $8,885 2024
The Harriette And Ted Perlman Family IL$154,571 Secretary $66,424 $69,840 2023
Scph Legacy Corporation OH$207,055 President $36,750 $40,434 2024
Mission First Alliance TN$208,566 Executive Di $82,268 $89,831 2024
Dental Community Fellowship SC$209,226 Vice Preside $20,000 $21,116 2025
Velvet Ashes Incorporated PA$210,704 Executive Director $55,327 $57,315 2024
Copeland Family Supporting Organization VA$144,179 Secretary $5,470 $5,487 2024
First Response Ministry Inc TX$220,694 Executive Director $43,946 $47,014 2023
The Irving And Varda Rabin Foundation CA$223,546 Assistant Treasurer (From 12/06/23) $50,736 $45,510 2024
New Life Center Foundation ND$135,797 Secretary $25,948 $30,454 2023
Great Is Thy Faithfulness Cogic MN$133,094 Pastor $10,000 $10,568 2023
Presbyterian Church Camp And Conference Association NC$228,342 Executive Director $69,103 $76,363 2023
Milandila Community Missions Inc PA$232,604 Director $73,810 $78,721 2023
Emmaus Center Inc NY$234,723 Former Executive Director $162,500 $152,537 2024
Chapel Haven Endowment Inc CT$262,002 President $262 $255 2024
Thrive International Missions CA$262,893 President $118,901 $106,656 2024
Roadster Legacy AZ$267,932 Director $4,735 $4,870 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2025 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 Hayden Stokes) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,580 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.