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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Memphis Public Interest Law Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454099031
TN · NTEE I83
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jamie Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($107,040) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 454 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

454 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 454 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9 total compensation of comparable organizations → $387,038 $107,040
$20,15810th
$37,86825th
$55,873Median
$74,25375th
$94,01490th
$107,040This org · 94th
p10$20,158
p25$37,868
p50$55,873
p75$74,253
p90$94,014
$107,040

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 TN 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
Center For Creative Justice IA$260,473 Executive Dir. $67,053 $69,847 2024
Hananiah House TN$260,823 Executive Director And Chair Of The Board $12,000 $12,000 2024
Caja Friends Inc AL$260,241 Executive Di $70,351 $72,305 2024
Windham County Safe Place Child Advocacy VT$259,817 Executive Director And Int $76,927 $73,662 2024
Ft Worth Police Benevolent Assoc TX$259,780 Secretary/treasurer $5,000 $4,635 2025
Clicc Inc CT$259,741 Executive Dir. $80,000 $71,360 2024
San Joaquin Fair Housing Foundation Inc CA$261,677 Executive Dir. $60,375 $51,062 2023
Phoenix Legal Action Network AZ$261,916 Executive Director $81,222 $76,508 2023
Family Nurturing Center Of Florida FL$259,042 Executive Di $87,307 $80,333 2023
Chilton County Court Services Inc AL$262,175 Executive Di $46,949 $48,253 2024
Mary Alices House Incorporated OH$258,643 Director $55,019 $57,076 2023
Peace And Justice Law Center CA$262,696 Co-executive Director $109,999 $90,363 2024
Great Lakes Expungement Network MI$258,107 Executive Director $40,516 $39,785 2024
Treatment Accountability For Safer NY$263,175 Executive Di $70,643 $60,729 2024
Massachusetts Appleseed Center For Law And Justice MA$257,906 Officer $128,878 $110,178 2024
Yolo Conflict Resolution Center CA$263,331 Executive Director $78,134 $66,082 2023
Oregon Health Justice Center OR$263,336 Attorney/partner $105,769 $93,444 2024
Chebar Ministries Inc GA$263,486 President $5,000 $4,924 2023
Dekalb County Childrens Policy Council Inc AL$257,583 Member $20,080 $20,638 2024
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation DC$257,339 Managing Dir $132,000 $110,199 2024
St Croix Valley Restorative WI$264,006 Executive Di $71,784 $73,428 2023
Safe Harbor A Children's Justice Center WY$256,887 Executive Director $48,591 $49,501 2024
Anderson Counseling And Education Inc CA$264,359 President $88,000 $77,478 2022
Generative Somatics CA$256,615 Executive Dir. $83,377 $68,494 2024
El Centro Hispanoamericano NJ$264,706 Executive Director $49,660 $42,181 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Jamie Johnson) 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 454 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $107,040 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.