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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Eugene And Jeanne Savage Scholarship Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823762122
MD · NTEE T50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin J Zinkand Sr, Executive Director / CEO ($14,412) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 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: Kevin J Zinkand Sr — reported title “Trustee”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,532 total compensation of comparable organizations → $421,059 $14,412
$20,29710th
$39,99525th
$69,939Median
$106,32175th
$132,11290th
$14,412This org · 5th
p10$20,297
p25$39,995
p50$69,939
p75$106,321
p90$132,112
$14,412

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 MD 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
Planting Seeds International IL$432,813 Executive Director $30,165 $31,721 2024
Ohio Coalition On Black Civic Participation OH$429,183 President And Treasurer - Board Member $31,000 $35,120 2024
Jewish Charity Review Inc NJ$424,877 Treasurer $22,320 $21,945 2023
Manhattan Community Health Foundation KS$424,828 Executive Director $14,568 $16,834 2024
Kyiv Mohyla Foundation Of America IL$424,013 President $60,000 $63,094 2024
100 Humanitarians International UT$418,726 Programs Director $10,533 $11,531 2024
Life Santa UT$416,897 Executive Director $22,000 $24,084 2024
Altar Fly Fishing IL$445,834 President $107,500 $116,382 2023
St Philips On The Park Housing NY$411,256 Maintenance $110,342 $106,650 2024
Thanksgiving Heroes Foundation UT$410,440 $78,000 $87,912 2023
Philanthropy Missouri MO$409,262 Ceo $117,594 $137,157 2023
Soundcheck Prevention Network NC$455,375 Executive Di $96,200 $106,321 2024
The Salvage Yard Inc TX$455,686 President $72,000 $79,313 2023
Charities Review Council MN$406,358 Executive Director $118,241 $128,662 2023
American Jewish Medical Association VA$405,355 Ceo $112,500 $116,187 2024
True Freedom Enterprises OH$457,594 President $65,526 $74,234 2024
Downtown Boulder Community Initiatives CO$404,871 Ceo $166,294 $170,558 2024
Foundation For Christian Schools MT$404,628 Director $48,000 $56,979 2023
Raisedby Us Inc NY$463,543 Executive Director $179,580 $178,698 2023
Childrens Advocacy Center Of AR$465,673 Executive Dir. $55,681 $66,946 2024
Hadassah's Hope Inc FL$466,864 Ceo $65,000 $65,314 2024
Sport Innovators CA$395,359 Executive Director $125,000 $115,453 2024
Fond Du Lac Festivals Inc WI$467,560 Executive Di $79,325 $88,612 2024
A Moment Of Magic Inc PA$394,891 Employee $100,800 $107,520 2024
International Friendship Ministries Inc GA$393,364 President $24,185 $26,779 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Kevin J Zinkand Sr) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,412 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.