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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lezah Stenger Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431872019
MO · NTEE T113
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Winter Kinne, Executive Director / CEO ($35,676) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Winter Kinne — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$977 total compensation of comparable organizations → $65,815 $35,676
$7,70310th
$8,39325th
$9,364Median
$35,49875th
$54,78690th
$35,676This org · 74th
p10$7,703
p25$8,393
p50$9,364
p75$35,498
p90$54,786
$35,676

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 MO 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
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$42,944 Trustee $8,363 $7,305 2023
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$42,445 Trustee $9,197 $7,803 2024
Vogt Family Affiliated Fund Of The Okc OK$46,138 Secretary $25,864 $27,683 2023
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$46,636 Trustee $9,296 $7,887 2024
Dentaquest Care Group Inc MA$39,146 President/director [7/20/2024 - 12/31/2024] $62,202 $52,774 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$49,309 Trustee $9,499 $8,059 2024
Ritter Charitable Trust NV$35,779 Director $44,453 $43,313 2023
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$52,285 Trustee $10,643 $9,030 2024
Wisdom Wonder Project CA$33,551 President/executive Direct $1,164 $977 2023
Tyler County Hospital Foundation TX$32,741 President $18,081 $17,581 2023
The Intercommunity Foundation Inc CT$32,046 Incorporator/director $74,347 $65,815 2024
Heritage Fund Supporting Foundation Inc IN$31,427 President & Ceo $12,204 $12,151 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$55,065 Trustee $10,969 $9,306 2024
Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation CA$31,188 Secretary $53,882 $45,227 2023
Blue Water Land Fund Inc MI$30,371 President/ceo $64,477 $62,834 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$58,126 Trustee $11,037 $9,364 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$58,341 Trustee $11,015 $9,345 2024
Lyn Stacie Getz Foundation Inc MD$59,459 President & Public Director $12,125 $10,703 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$59,543 Trustee $9,991 $8,727 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
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 (Winter Kinne) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,676 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.