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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sarah Jane Bentley Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852803935
PA · NTEE L41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Herman Bentley, Executive Director / CEO ($100,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Herman Bentley — reported title “Executive Dir”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,796 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,985 $100,300
$24,83110th
$50,16425th
$67,407Median
$77,62075th
$87,67090th
$100,300This org · 93rd
p10$24,831
p25$50,164
p50$67,407
p75$77,620
p90$87,670
$100,300

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 PA 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
Moravian Open Door Inc NY$438,968 Executive Director $74,865 $67,838 2024
Inner City Night Shelter Inc GA$440,932 Executive Di $86,590 $87,306 2024
Gracebound Inc CA$433,413 President $48,156 $41,698 2024
Catalyst Rescue Mission Inc IN$432,694 Board Member $16,800 $18,290 2023
Nashville Launch Pad Inc TN$445,645 Executive Di $62,115 $67,407 2023
Albany Rescue Mission GA$446,601 Ceo $63,950 $64,479 2024
Family Promise Of Shenandoah County Inc VA$429,921 Executive Director $72,088 $69,797 2024
Hope Haven Ministries Inc TN$429,651 Executive Director $50,000 $52,703 2024
Opportunity Place Inc FL$448,000 Executive Director $63,649 $58,413 2025
Leavenworth Interfaith Community Of Hope KS$424,624 Executive Director $66,000 $71,500 2024
At Jacobs Well Inc MD$458,285 Executive Dir. $57,829 $54,215 2024
Calvary Refuge Inc GA$461,266 Executive Dir. $84,706 $85,407 2024
La Roca Ministries Inc CA$466,366 Cfo $48,000 $41,563 2024
Phoenix Recovery Institute OK$409,370 Program Director $61,659 $68,083 2024
Unseen Faces Foundation Inc CA$467,811 President $45,000 $40,116 2023
Family Promise Of Greene Co Oh OH$406,099 Facility Director $65,975 $72,142 2023
Home Alliance Inc SC$404,404 Executive Director And Sec $74,250 $79,970 2023
Tyson's Community Development Inc FL$404,069 Director $31,850 $30,004 2024
Compassionate Hands Inc TN$475,540 Executive Director $69,520 $73,278 2024
Ministerial Association Temporary TN$476,869 Executive Director $49,585 $50,918 2025
Community Supportive Living Systems IL$478,532 President/ce $74,733 $75,851 2023
Loaves And Fishes Ministry GA$481,111 Executive Director $61,837 $64,190 2023
Hope Avenue Twin Cities MN$481,886 Board Member $6,000 $5,945 2024
Brunswick Partnership For Housing Inc NC$393,222 Executive Director $45,621 $46,051 2025
Access House Inc NY$483,315 Treasurer $25,733 $23,318 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Herman Bentley) 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 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,300 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.