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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Transforming Power Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873800736
MI · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bishop Marcia Dinkins, Executive Director / CEO ($56,538) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 167 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

167 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 167 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3 total compensation of comparable organizations → $246,584 $56,538
$6,69210th
$15,77025th
$31,451Median
$53,27775th
$72,76290th
$56,538This org · 77th
p10$6,692
p25$15,770
p50$31,451
p75$53,277
p90$72,762
$56,538

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Heavy Hands Heavy Hearts FoundationCO $92,464$71,732 990
Love Inc Of Eagle RiverAK $91,503$6,642 990
Mahp FoundationMI $95,623$26,287 990
Emotional Health InstituteCA $95,630$3 990
Rainbow Farms IncMS $90,937$29,134 990
Arc Of Wayne Foundation IncNY $96,113$17,249 990
Bishop Joseph Ministries InterSD $89,921$46,235 990
St Marys Outreach IncOR $96,779$3,890 990
Lincoln Road LlcID $89,749$49,021 990
Voices Of Mercy Outreach Ministries IncLA $96,889$16,408 990
Grant Road Holdings IncAZ $96,949$53,600 990
United Way Of Adams County Indiana IncIN $97,834$29,861 990
Common Place IncIL $97,878$4,182 990
Manna Cafe CiVA $88,530$27,641 990
Honor Bound Foundation IncCT $88,313$68,114 990
Girls Health PeriodOH $98,357$45,760 990
Hope For Grieving FamiliesVA $88,080$44,824 990
Selflessservice IncPA $87,194$28,647 990
Juan Diez RancherosIA $86,839$50,428 990
Winchester-frederick-clark FaithVA $86,677$31,451 990
True Community Development CorporationNY $86,648$29,879 990
Assist - Flathead ValleyMT $86,611$40,338 990
Dimock Support CorporationMA $100,000$21,219 990
The Williamsburg InstituteVA $100,000$65,490 990
Black Child Development Institute ColoradoCO $86,471$30,206 990

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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Bishop Marcia Dinkins) 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 167 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,538 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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). 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.