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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mentor North

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825321850
MN · NTEE O30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jill Hinners, Executive Director / CEO ($60,322) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jill Hinners — reported title “EXEC DIRECTO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16,914 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,938 $60,322
$36,50610th
$62,27725th
$80,898Median
$115,31375th
$138,27590th
$60,322This org · 23rd
p10$36,506
p25$62,277
p50$80,898
p75$115,313
p90$138,275
$60,322

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
Arkbuilders Inc OH$465,811 Ceo $62,400 $66,886 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Greater OH$468,912 President & Ceo $89,769 $99,066 2023
Athletes For Kids WA$438,031 Executive Director $81,020 $75,579 2023
Friends Of The Children Tacoma WA$487,003 Executive Director $129,419 $120,728 2023
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Information Center Of La LA$428,589 Contractor $23,180 $25,831 2024
The Hampton's Academy Inc IN$418,758 Ceo $33,229 $35,463 2024
16-10 Now & Then Inc TN$519,644 Executive Director $75,641 $82,842 2023
The Mentoring Partnership Of Sw Pa PA$403,179 Executive Director $139,996 $141,288 2024
Mentoring Partnership Of New York Inc NY$522,567 Ceo $141,152 $129,083 2024
Speakhire Inc NY$398,262 Exe. Director $140,275 $132,070 2023
Mentor Greater Milwaukee Inc WI$547,622 Executive Director $131,479 $138,964 2024
Great Life Mentoring OR$373,727 Executive Director $99,781 $93,777 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The Upstate SC$362,983 Ceo $63,844 $67,406 2024
Chicago Lawndale Amachi Mentoring Program IL$562,178 Executive Director $17,000 $16,914 2024
Trusted Mentors Inc IN$360,676 Executive Director $45,972 $50,513 2023
Marietta Mentoring For Leadership Program GA$570,626 Executive Director $68,218 $67,628 2025
Joshua And Caleb Leadership Centre OH$344,929 President $73,658 $78,954 2024
House Of Shiloh Family Services Inc TX$342,758 Director $60,000 $60,741 2024
You Can Mentor Inc TX$331,294 Executive Dir. $157,000 $158,938 2024
San Miguel Mentoring Program CO$329,675 Executive Di $93,170 $90,413 2024
Volunteers For Youth Inc NC$321,949 Executive Dir. $43,885 $45,890 2024
Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors Inc KS$658,382 Ceo/secretary & Treasurer $85,080 $93,021 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 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 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Jill Hinners) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,322 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.