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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Empower Me

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820643191
MO · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-02-28
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kaleta Crisp, Executive Director / CEO ($76,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,594 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,903 $76,500
$14,60310th
$22,93225th
$34,649Median
$64,46375th
$101,50990th
$76,500This org · 82nd
p10$14,603
p25$22,932
p50$34,649
p75$64,463
p90$101,509
$76,500

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 MO cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Finding The FamilyMO $195,422$48,987 990
Dixon Area Caring Center IncMO $227,614$19,667 990
Mama NyumbaMO $183,513$20,803 990
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help IncMO $182,366$6,594 990
Porch InitiativeMO $180,235$84,683 990
Lazarus Ministries KcMO $235,818$64,463 990
Good Journey Development FoundationMO $236,159$70,217 990
Birthstone CorporationMO $179,523$29,554 990
David Woods Kemper Veterans FoundationMO $176,768$140,903 990
Awl FoundationMO $174,601$34,649 990
Crusaders For The CrossMO $244,850$7,006 990
Troy Dream Center IncMO $167,207$46,191 990
Charlottes Community OutreachMO $253,986$126,749 990
Rk MissionsMO $284,515$28,433 990
Dads Against Crime IncMO $294,829$34,215 990
Springs Of Living WaterMO $300,744$50,000 990
Whosoever Mv IncMO $310,329$22,932 990

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 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Kaleta Crisp) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + MO + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,500 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.