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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cottagewood Community Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411926844
MN · NTEE N31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laurie Jenkins, Executive Director / CEO ($54,662) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Laurie Jenkins — reported title “EXEC DIREC,S”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$633 total compensation of comparable organizations → $85,205 $54,662
$5,21410th
$18,30725th
$42,199Median
$58,60375th
$74,96590th
$54,662This org · 64th
p10$5,214
p25$18,307
p50$42,199
p75$58,603
p90$74,965
$54,662

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
Community Building Partners Inc ID$246,827 Executive Director $67,000 $72,131 2024
Friends Of Third Place Commons WA$249,302 Director $43,485 $39,401 2024
The Ledge TN$249,894 President/ Executive Direc $51,105 $54,365 2024
Ballston Area Recreation Commission NY$244,068 Executive Di $79,190 $74,558 2023
Bandon Community Youth Center Inc OR$250,726 Executive Director $18,326 $17,732 2023
Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition VA$233,793 Executive Dir. $56,769 $55,472 2024
Lillian's List Action Fund NC$228,237 Interim Executive Director $72,598 $75,915 2024
Columbus Municipal Golf Association TX$227,487 Manager $37,154 $38,723 2023
Pregnancy And Family Center Inc KS$266,875 Co-director $24,300 $26,568 2024
Hardy County Health And Wellness Center Inc WV$226,985 Executive Director $47,314 $53,377 2023
Vessel Skatepark MA$219,966 President $62,750 $57,067 2024
Youth Advantage Inc MN$282,307 Executive Di $57,750 $57,750 2024
The Community Center Nfp IL$211,419 Director $6,000 $6,146 2023
Santa Barbara House Of Hustle CA$283,416 President $5,900 $5,308 2023
Community Resources For Education And Wellness Inc VA$207,000 Executive Director $4,963 $4,993 2023
Cape Lookout Foundation Inc NC$290,100 Executive Director $40,000 $41,828 2024
Community Center Of Hope WI$203,723 Executive Di $29,897 $32,532 2023
Richland Area Community Center MI$290,350 Executive Di $79,228 $85,205 2023
Chappaquiddick Community Center MA$294,454 Executive Director/director $46,810 $42,570 2024
Chelan Teen Center WA$303,518 Executive Dir. $67,500 $61,160 2024
Pine Hill Community Center Ltd NY$307,367 Executive Director $48,802 $45,947 2023
Pennsylvania Center For Adapted Sports PA$181,109 Executive Director $80,516 $81,259 2024
Ridgelys Run Community Association Inc MD$178,310 President $1,500 $1,419 2024
Northfield Union Of Youth MN$326,613 Executive Director $33,689 $34,684 2023
Ramona Parks & Recreation Assn Inc CA$328,134 President $18,790 $17,598 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Laurie Jenkins) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,662 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.