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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Finm Solutions

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852248065
MI · NTEE S02
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shaniece Bennett, Executive Director / CEO ($31,821) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 753 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shaniece Bennett — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

753 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 753 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $307,891 $31,821
$8,75810th
$20,52325th
$46,926Median
$69,95275th
$93,12490th
$31,821This org · 34th
p10$8,758
p25$20,523
p50$46,926
p75$69,952
p90$93,124
$31,821

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 MI 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
Serverie PA$151,244 Chariman $94,567 $88,745 2024
Clarinda Economic Development Corp IA$151,058 Executive Director $80,504 $80,812 2025
Laborers District Council Of Mn & Nd MN$151,260 President/business Manager $114,694 $106,648 2024
The Partnership Homeless Facilities NY$151,284 President & Ceo $36,286 $30,856 2024
Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc OH$150,982 Executive Director $72,536 $72,297 2024
Citizens Against Strada Verde CA$151,656 Secretary $11,426 $9,284 2024
Austin Community Growth Ventures MN$151,725 Executive Director - Dca $3,941 $3,665 2024
Desour Valley Edc Inc ND$151,738 Secretary $5,000 $5,316 2023
Racine Revitalization Partnership Inc WI$151,925 Executive Director $74,045 $74,920 2023
Grand Rapids New Car Dealers Association MI$150,255 Management $27,500 $26,711 2024
Share A Smile MI$150,079 Executive Di $12,000 $11,355 2025
Dpcr Holding Corporation OH$150,000 Secretary $10,739 $11,020 2023
Mechanical Contractors Association Of IA$149,982 Executive Director $99,418 $105,464 2023
Our Town Frederiksted Inc VI$149,892 Consultant $29,184 $28,347 2024
American Civil Liberties Union Of OK$149,798 Executive Di $19,648 $20,359 2024
Downtown Mebane Development Corporation NC$152,611 Executive Director $38,020 $36,015 2025
Roosevelt County Community NM$149,702 Executive Dire $57,579 $58,278 2024
Bensalem Economic Development PA$152,640 Board Of Director $78,766 $73,917 2024
Association Of Professional Futurists DC$149,638 Award Facilitator $6,600 $5,611 2023
The Foundation Of The Economic PA$149,605 President $23,734 $22,273 2024
Aqus Community Foundation CA$152,866 Ceo $36,667 $30,675 2023
Cincinnati Computer Reuse OH$149,413 Executive Director $10,000 $9,967 2024
The Advance Community Outreach Center Inc FL$152,939 Executive Director $3,530 $3,121 2024
Southern Eagle Basketball Officials GA$149,164 President $1,500 $1,419 2024
Piedmont Triad Film Commission NC$153,193 Executive Director $84,498 $82,161 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Shaniece Bennett) 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 753 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,821 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.