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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Public Safety Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475625865
MN · NTEE I21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jenifer Odette, Executive Director / CEO ($31,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,250 total compensation of comparable organizations → $338,891 $31,500
$27,82410th
$44,72325th
$68,725Median
$88,40975th
$100,83890th
$31,500This org · 13th
p10$27,824
p25$44,723
p50$68,725
p75$88,409
p90$100,838
$31,500

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Aliive Roberts County IncSD $322,713$338,891 990
Johnston County Youth Services IncNC $320,372$59,245 990
Good Kids Mad City - EnglewoodIL $327,251$66,330 990
E3 Education Excellence & EquityCA $329,664$53,982 990
The Brothers Redefining Opportunity Experience Fdn IncNY $335,308$36,932 990
Changing The Health Of Adolescents Impacting The Nation Reaction IncCA $308,759$18,357 990
Skillful Living Center IncTX $300,351$86,049 990
The Free Root Operation IncIL $347,806$60,557 990
Rivington Housing Development FundNY $281,793$56,582 990
Heroes Academy IncKS $366,125$75,114 990
Roosevelt Park Ministries IncMI $280,833$84,692 990
Virginia Mentoring PartnershipVA $275,801$79,248 990
Granite Falls Community Coalition & FoodWA $271,359$47,948 990
Reimagine Justice IllinoisIL $378,213$94,782 990
SaveoneTN $379,989$98,327 990
Childrens Rescue Center IncOH $381,142$41,498 990
Wilmington Youth Rowing AssociationDE $383,901$34,526 990
Collective ClimbPA $388,511$70,357 990
A Vision Of Change IncorporatedOH $254,025$88,726 990
Asservo Project IncPA $393,666$121,108 990
Peacemaker ResourcesMN $395,842$62,465 990
New Vision IncTN $250,643$54,253 990
1614-1622 Jonquil TerraceIL $249,733$19,679 990
Restorative Justice Partners IncCA $399,233$72,677 990
Unmask Youth ProgramPA $402,893$103,904 990

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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Jenifer Odette) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,500 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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). 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.