Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lead Dsm

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411780575
IA · NTEE W70
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Jennings, Executive Director / CEO ($96,689) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,112 total compensation of comparable organizations → $126,695 $96,689
$9,95410th
$32,97725th
$72,756Median
$89,85675th
$104,94990th
$96,689This org · 83rd
p10$9,954
p25$32,977
p50$72,756
p75$89,856
p90$104,949
$96,689

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 IA 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
Leadership Lincoln Inc NE$307,779 Executive Director $87,388 $85,841 2023
Leadership Geauga County OH$308,035 Executive Director $79,845 $75,020 2024
Leadership Lake County Inc OH$308,970 President/ceo $83,000 $75,974 2025
Severn Leadership Group Inc MD$294,110 President $116,192 $96,363 2024
Leadership Seminole Inc FL$310,996 President $108,659 $88,217 2025
Wyoming Congressional Award WY$311,093 Executive Director $102,771 $97,624 2024
Center For Democracy And Development In The Americas Inc DC$289,679 President (Ceo) $54,167 $43,412 2023
Economic Justice Alliance Of Michigan MI$316,749 Executive Director $98,367 $90,068 2024
Barbara Jean Brown Foundation WA$286,334 Secretary $1,400 $1,112 2024
Skills Usa Council PA$320,725 Executive Director $87,883 $77,745 2024
The Michiana Leadership Center Inc IN$281,067 Executive Director $75,542 $72,756 2023
Leadership New Hampshire NH$325,615 Executive Director $91,640 $75,063 2024
Center For Compassionate Leadership Inc NY$333,753 Chair $41,000 $32,866 2024
Board Development Systems Inc TX$267,973 President/ce $87,729 $77,848 2024
Public Health Fund Inc MO$340,221 Administrator $15,817 $14,861 2024
Leadership Oakland MI$260,741 Executive Director $82,000 $75,081 2024
Ventura County Leadership Academy CA$258,726 Executive Director $136,277 $101,698 2025
The Jackson Institute Inc GA$256,657 Chairman $142,041 $126,695 2024
Black Leadership & Legacies Inc IN$256,064 President $61,500 $57,533 2024
Leadership Ashtabula County Inc OH$252,148 Executive Director $63,059 $60,998 2023
Women Of Color Roar Media CA$249,608 President $65,000 $49,790 2024
Leadership Training International VA$247,977 President/ce $81,292 $69,629 2024
Purposequest International Inc PA$242,579 President/chairman $10,428 $9,498 2023
Leadership Birmingham Inc AL$361,810 Executive Director $112,500 $111,000 2023
The Serving Way PA$240,190 President $10,667 $9,715 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Amy Jennings) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,689 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.