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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helping Hands Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810504570
MT · NTEE L99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Rolfsness, Executive Director / CEO ($26,209) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,347 total compensation of comparable organizations → $181,281 $26,209
$10,53110th
$20,74625th
$47,665Median
$71,66075th
$101,80090th
$26,209This org · 28th
p10$10,531
p25$20,746
p50$47,665
p75$71,660
p90$101,800
$26,209

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 MT 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
St Croix Family Resource Center MN$442,046 Executive Director $76,879 $68,656 2025
Asbury Arms North Inc FL$445,308 Ceo/presiden $36,488 $32,739 2023
Los Sures 101 South 3rd Housing NY$434,107 Executive Director $17,573 $15,166 2023
Helping The Homeless Inc VA$450,933 Chief Executive Officer $40,050 $35,874 2024
Hrpheavensreliefprograminc TX$458,000 Project Manager $2,150 $2,055 2023
Potter's House Mission Inc PA$424,203 President $73,455 $69,963 2023
Jacksonville Community Land Trust Inc FL$424,173 Executive Director $137,461 $123,335 2023
Car Housing Affordability Fund CA$420,324 Treasurer $47,274 $38,988 2023
Pacific Housing Oahu Corporation HI$464,084 Executive Director/asst Secretary $12,712 $10,558 2024
Miracles Happen Recovery Residence GA$416,035 Executive Di $45,000 $43,215 2023
Harmony Village Senior Nonprofit Housing Corp MI$415,474 Administrator $48,655 $46,589 2024
Urban League Of Southern Ct Inc CT$479,013 Ceo $164,438 $143,031 2024
Coronado Interfaith Housing Corporation CA$402,681 President $12,848 $10,292 2024
Pilgrim Terrace Cooperative Homes CA$480,355 Executive Director $87,574 $72,225 2023
Bleeding Disorders Association SC$401,157 Director $75,000 $74,730 2023
Usvets - Arizona CA$399,672 President & Ceo $18,095 $14,923 2023
Public Safety Academy Housing Inc FL$484,047 Vice Chair $119,094 $101,115 2025
Faith And Fostering LA$488,494 Executive Director $57,320 $58,553 2024
Hosts For Hospitals PA$490,010 Coordinator $68,000 $61,287 2025
Breaking The Cycle ME$490,021 Exec Director $71,395 $66,322 2024
Architectural Salvage Warehouse Of MI$389,144 Executive Di $76,648 $73,393 2024
Hope House Of St Croix Valley MN$495,154 Executive Di $122,841 $115,930 2023
Lytton Iv Housing Corporation CA$503,562 Ceo $47,706 $38,216 2024
Been There TX$505,942 Executive Director $92,813 $86,129 2024
Benet Place MN$509,435 President And Ceo $41,871 $38,382 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
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 (Jennifer Rolfsness) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,209 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.