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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grit And Grace Girls Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871892897
TX · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen Jenkins, Executive Director / CEO ($31,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 116 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Karen Jenkins — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

116 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 116 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,418 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,321 $31,500
$4,98910th
$10,84925th
$34,053Median
$61,01475th
$78,66590th
$31,500This org · 44th
p10$4,989
p25$10,849
p50$34,053
p75$61,014
p90$78,665
$31,500

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 TX 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
Juneteenth Ri RI$206,595 Board President $4,500 $4,190 2024
German American Cultural Society RI$206,873 Treasurer $4,761 $4,432 2024
Pcs Educational Foundation Inc PA$204,162 Principal $4,696 $4,547 2024
Minnesota African American Hertiage MN$203,977 Treasurer $48,057 $46,109 2024
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential DC$202,746 Chief Operating Officer $77,826 $66,314 2024
Arte Noir WA$202,525 Executive Dir. $25,079 $21,802 2024
Southwest Seminars Inc NM$202,430 President $31,409 $33,772 2023
Massachusetts Center For Native American Awareness Inc MA$210,887 President $37,000 $31,453 2025
More Than A Single Story Inc MN$211,860 Artistic/executive Director $30,000 $29,634 2023
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle WA$212,357 Executive Director $81,644 $70,977 2024
Alliance Francaise & Language Ctr RI$199,404 Former Direc $11,600 $10,522 2025
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $25,242 2025
Independent Jewish World Cinema Inc CA$214,196 Secretary $47,500 $39,827 2024
Ariel Rivka Dance Inc NJ$215,092 Managing Direct $60,000 $52,018 2024
Russian Educational Center OH$215,205 Member, Board Of Directors $27,000 $28,588 2023
Irish Fest Of The Fox Cities Inc WI$196,596 Director $10,000 $10,141 2024
Sicc Inc NY$216,722 Executive Director $43,500 $38,168 2024
Three Aksha PA$217,443 Artistic Director $60,000 $58,100 2024
The Avenue Blackbox Inc NY$218,958 Ceo $64,267 $58,055 2023
Aloha Kuamo'o' Aina HI$219,335 Admin Assistant $37,958 $33,973 2023
Chinese Center On Long Island Inc NY$219,451 Director $6,532 $5,732 2024
Seattle Out And Proud Inc WA$219,787 Executive Director $145,525 $126,512 2024
Hispanic Women Of Springfield IL$219,920 Vice-president $33,930 $32,390 2024
Creative China Center Inc NY$220,119 President $12,000 $10,529 2024
Kooyrigs Inc MI$220,726 Executive Director $22,540 $23,258 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Karen Jenkins) 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 116 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,500 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.