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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Serenity Homes

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861788498
MN · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Jennings, Executive Director / CEO ($22,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,651 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,805 $22,000
$18,43610th
$37,78925th
$55,188Median
$71,02275th
$86,79190th
$22,000This org · 14th
p10$18,436
p25$37,789
p50$55,188
p75$71,022
p90$86,791
$22,000

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 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
Help Right Here TN$328,137 Co-executive Director $53,428 $56,836 2023
Sisters Of Solace MO$327,391 Executive Di $33,348 $34,720 2024
The Open Door Community (Presbyteri MD$324,893 Former Direc $18,915 $17,383 2024
Water Drop CA$334,061 Co-president $6,479 $5,499 2024
The Widows Mite NV$321,504 Board Member, Community Member $24,419 $24,060 2024
Street Ministries Inc OH$319,760 President/executive Director $4,420 $4,738 2023
Isaiah 55 Inc OH$319,550 Founder/ceo $12,000 $12,494 2024
Women's Medical Respite MO$318,497 Executive Director $8,545 $8,897 2024
Together Helping Others Inc NY$341,620 Chairman $60,000 $54,870 2023
Kinsman Redeemer Homeless Ministry TN$343,282 Executive Director $16,155 $16,693 2024
People Helping People In Hernando County Inc FL$307,245 Executive Director $39,814 $37,852 2023
Every Avenue TX$350,028 Ceo $100,000 $98,330 2024
Boxes Of Love For The Homeless NH$302,994 President (1 $23,400 $21,867 2023
Growgood Inc CA$353,609 Executive Director $97,146 $84,895 2023
Little Birthday Angels Inc FL$356,626 Executive Di $51,201 $47,281 2024
Friends Of The Carpenter WA$357,085 Executive Director $53,371 $46,971 2024
New Beginning Center CA$296,616 Ceo $66,738 $56,648 2024
Gather Make Shelter OR$296,091 Executive Dir. $55,000 $51,691 2023
Oregon Trail Of Hope OR$360,635 Director Of Development $56,660 $51,722 2024
Residency CA$293,428 Ceo $52,367 $44,450 2024
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition AZ$365,915 Executive Dir. $58,462 $55,268 2024
A New Beginning For Women And Children KY$289,579 Director $40,000 $43,492 2023
Family Promise Of Mid Michigan MI$288,472 Executive Director $56,160 $58,664 2023
Hands For Homeless Inc FL$367,506 Ceo $30,200 $28,712 2023
Shoreline Community Services CA$369,173 Executive Director $66,008 $57,684 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Brian Jennings) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,000 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.