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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Safety & Health Council Of Greater Weste

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 440545291
MO · NTEE R30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathleen S Zents, Executive Director / CEO ($84,011) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,677 total compensation of comparable organizations → $206,287 $84,011
$33,03810th
$52,88225th
$80,045Median
$105,56775th
$130,39790th
$84,011This org · 56th
p10$33,038
p25$52,882
p50$80,045
p75$105,567
p90$130,397
$84,011

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
American Cntr For Religious Liberty & Tolerance Inc NJ$393,348 Director $237,692 $206,287 2023
Dimensions Educational Consulting MA$404,449 Ceo And Executive Director $200,000 $174,697 2023
Flourish Collective CA$363,704 Ceo $158,990 $129,621 2024
Community Mediation Center TN$411,118 Executive Di $54,013 $52,223 2025
The Network For Social Justice Inc MA$360,734 Executive Director $86,248 $75,337 2023
Louisville Youth Group Inc KY$417,596 Executive Director $77,783 $78,900 2024
Im From Driftwood NY$343,628 Executive Dir. $95,825 $81,754 2024
Patrol Stories Inc TX$339,693 President $116,654 $110,173 2024
Mccj Inc FL$333,608 Executive Director $112,000 $99,339 2024
Communities United For People OR$445,780 Co-director $79,576 $71,832 2023
White Awake MD$325,386 Executive Di $147,824 $130,483 2024
American Arab Civil Rights League MI$323,637 Exective Dir $100,000 $97,452 2024
World Trust Educational Services Inc CA$452,232 Co-exec Dir $105,703 $88,722 2023
Colage RI$452,357 Executive Director $89,680 $81,190 2024
Richmonders Involved To Strengthen Our Communities VA$320,782 Lead Organizer $80,000 $75,084 2023
The Witness Institute MD$316,052 Executive Director $192,859 $170,235 2024
Arab Film And Media Institute CA$307,253 Executive Director $50,000 $40,764 2024
100 Black Men Of West Georgia Inc GA$301,440 Coo $47,593 $46,516 2023
Mancos Valley Resources CO$294,061 Administrator $35,544 $32,179 2024
Utah Center For Legal Inclusion UT$281,041 Executive Director $93,692 $90,536 2024
Intercommunity Justice & Peace Cent OH$278,990 Executive Di $75,000 $75,000 2024
Ohio Immigrant Alliance OH$276,851 President $8,820 $8,820 2024
Be Present Inc GA$268,392 Co-leader Of Transformative Action/ceo $18,750 $18,326 2023
Multicultural Coalition NE$508,132 Exec Direct $72,307 $73,427 2024
Main Street Hanover Inc PA$261,517 Executive Di $4,008 $3,677 2025

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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Kathleen S Zents) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,011 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.