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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ruths House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834522165
CT · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeanne Korman, Executive Director / CEO ($13,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 127 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jeanne Korman — reported title “Founder/Pres.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

127 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 127 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$326 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,037 $13,200
$12,77110th
$29,12425th
$49,781Median
$73,03175th
$94,26890th
$13,200This org · 11th
p10$12,771
p25$29,124
p50$49,781
p75$73,031
p90$94,268
$13,200

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 CT 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
Fit And Faithful Living Inc TX$214,407 Cofounding Vice President $28,800 $30,726 2024
Senior Veterans Inc CO$213,990 Ceo/president $50,500 $51,645 2024
Project Prosper Inc FL$213,822 Executive Director $103,726 $103,926 2024
Inner Court Family Center OR$216,046 Executive Dir. $4,200 $4,283 2023
Hope Fostered Inc KS$216,642 Ceo $68,153 $78,527 2024
Armour Inc MD$216,900 Executive Director $156,000 $155,550 2024
Daily Ascension Partners Program CA$217,434 Executive Director $48,423 $45,913 2023
Gift Of Surrogacy Foundation Inc GA$217,828 Treasurer $29,176 $31,288 2024
Riseup Networks WA$211,636 Treasurer $13,202 $12,979 2023
Our Daily Bread Foundation NC$218,978 Executive Dir. $9,996 $11,016 2024
Webster Hope Inc NY$219,053 Director $54,183 $52,219 2024
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren FL$209,556 Executive Di $36,550 $36,621 2024
Victoria's Friends Inc GA$220,055 Ceo/president $55,071 $59,058 2024
Warren County Small Business Development OH$209,273 Exec Director $80,496 $90,931 2024
Your Hometown Heroes Inc IN$220,770 President $95,271 $110,319 2023
Music Therapy Of The Rockies CO$208,047 Executive Director $60,000 $61,361 2024
Guardian Friend Associates Inc WI$206,489 Executive Dir. $76,412 $85,112 2024
Santa Fe Community Yoga Center NM$223,444 Executive Director $42,151 $49,781 2023
Victory Hill Therapeutic Horsmanship Inc NY$223,843 Director $850 $843 2023
Clothe Your Neighbor As Yourself In FL$223,988 President / $60,019 $61,911 2023
Little Wish Foundation Inc IN$224,381 President/ce $77,896 $90,200 2023
The Common Good Soup Kitchen Community ME$224,422 Executive Director $45,000 $48,059 2024
Ride For Joy ID$224,899 Executive Dir. $62,969 $71,443 2024
Valverde Inc CA$204,608 President/ceo $4,050 $3,840 2023
Youth And Family Advocacy Services SC$204,508 Case Manager $38,862 $43,240 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Jeanne Korman) 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 127 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,200 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.