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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vineyard Community Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461443346
MN · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian M Geraty, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Brian M Geraty — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,428 total compensation of comparable organizations → $128,213 $12,000
$15,17910th
$45,38225th
$56,569Median
$62,39675th
$74,40990th
$12,000This org · 5th
p10$15,179
p25$45,382
p50$56,569
p75$62,396
p90$74,409
$12,000

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
Uptown Association Inc MN$204,192 Executive Dir. $70,000 $67,992 2024
Global Village Connect MN$212,206 Executive Di $62,708 $60,909 2024
Conexiones MN$215,685 Executive Di $46,722 $45,382 2024
Community Resource Center MN$221,304 Executive Director $64,954 $63,090 2024
All In Ministries MN$184,039 Chairman/president $103,907 $103,907 2023
Practical Rep Payee Services Inc MN$182,731 Vice President $132,000 $128,213 2024
Life Mower County MN$224,891 Executive Dir. $52,917 $51,399 2024
Legacy Family Center1099 MN$228,283 Executive Dir. $76,607 $74,409 2024
Eshara MN$236,213 Executive Director $42,000 $40,795 2024
Ministry For Orphans And Widows MN$238,480 Ceo/director $46,000 $43,529 2025
Holy Family Adoption Agency MN$242,350 Executive Di $58,240 $56,569 2024
American Heroes Outdoors MN$243,227 Gall $62,396 $62,396 2023
More MN$244,818 Executive Dir. $62,154 $60,371 2024
Mudcastle MN$154,581 President $13,500 $15,179 2021
Restore Recovery MN$258,857 Ceo $58,692 $57,008 2024
Koochiching Aging Options MN$141,676 Excutive Dir $64,177 $62,336 2024
Twin Cities Ministries MN$139,539 Program Director $48,104 $46,724 2024
White Bear Lake Basketball Association MN$269,489 Tournament Director $2,500 $2,428 2024
Love In The Name Of Christ - Big Wo MN$272,036 Executive Di $48,000 $45,421 2025
Bread Of Life Ministries Of Minnesota MN$287,826 President/treas $14,800 $14,375 2024
Midwest Outdoors Unlimited Inc MN$295,577 President $49,500 $48,080 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Brian M Geraty) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + MN + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.