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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kentucky Financial Empowerment

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843265189
KY · NTEE B01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Inman, Executive Director / CEO ($95,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$864 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,049 $95,000
$11,14910th
$23,94725th
$47,319Median
$71,16775th
$93,28190th
$95,000This org · 91st
p10$11,149
p25$23,947
p50$47,319
p75$71,167
p90$93,281
$95,000

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 KY 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
Indiana Urban Schools Assoc Ii Inc IN$201,525 Executive Director $95,750 $91,288 2024
Pde Action VA$205,000 Executive Director $8,876 $7,748 2024
Bli Learning Labs Incorporated FL$205,474 Executive Director $44,978 $37,215 2025
Iowa Association Of Christian Schools IA$205,486 Executive Director $60,000 $57,863 2025
Frontline Policy Action Inc GA$209,827 President $31,106 $29,112 2023
South Carolina First Steps To SC$211,612 Executive Di $62,000 $60,204 2023
Maine Donor Alliance Fund ME$215,743 Executive Director $35,000 $32,621 2023
Es Of Choice GA$216,046 Director $950 $864 2024
Law And Public Safety Education GA$217,301 Treasurer $95,233 $89,127 2023
The American Lyceum VA$218,680 President $167,115 $150,188 2023
South Carolina First Steps To SC$221,612 Executive Di $57,083 $55,429 2023
South Carolina First Steps To SC$227,937 Ed Through 4 $61,759 $59,970 2023
Folk Education Services WA$229,297 Director $21,125 $17,099 2024
Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence DE$166,353 Executive Director $54,444 $48,196 2024
Allison Rose Foundation OH$165,161 Executive Director $25,000 $23,939 2024
Escucha Mi Voz Iowa IA$234,190 Co-director $49,979 $49,474 2024
The Aakoma Project Inc VA$161,468 President $247,500 $216,049 2024
Oshkosh Chamber Of Commerce Foundation WI$159,582 Ceo / Secretary $8,370 $7,903 2024
Native Health In Native Hands CA$157,393 President $31,800 $25,559 2023
South Carolina First Steps To SC$240,260 Executive Di $21,173 $20,560 2023
Our Dyslexic Children Inc OH$156,599 President $10,000 $9,858 2023
Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance TX$155,544 Executive Director $74,888 $69,726 2023
Minnesota Leadership Council On Aging MN$242,300 President $88,000 $76,587 2025
Cyber Texas Foundation Inc TX$243,071 Executive Director/secretary $20,323 $18,379 2024
Massachusetts Assoc Of Regional MA$154,204 Executive Di $24,000 $18,996 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY cost of living and 2023 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 KY 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 Inman) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,000 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.