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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Creel Family Philanthropies

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921880774
TX · NTEE E12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katherine Jennings, Executive Director / CEO ($8,496) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,266 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,130 $8,496
$14,81010th
$26,81425th
$42,912Median
$61,00475th
$72,81590th
$8,496This org · 3rd
p10$14,810
p25$26,814
p50$42,912
p75$61,004
p90$72,815
$8,496

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
Kansas Children's Foundation KS$181,090 Executive Director $88,083 $95,130 2024
Tsf Incorporated DE$183,778 President $44,200 $44,544 2023
Lancaster Patient Care Center NH$179,000 System Ceo $18,318 $16,909 2024
Noise For Now NM$178,767 Executive Dir. $64,698 $71,619 2023
Tri-county Memorial Foundation Inc WI$178,267 Ceo-bghs $68,728 $71,755 2024
Frank Hadley And Cornelia Root Ginn OH$175,530 Treasurer $46,913 $49,673 2024
Lawndale Christian Supporting IL$194,660 President $17,947 $17,639 2024
Pcc Foundation IL$166,555 Director, Started Oct 2024 $4,456 $4,266 2025
District 7 Hospital Emergency Planning IN$197,219 Non-voting Treasurer/fisca $54,158 $57,095 2024
Van Sciver Corporation NJ$200,632 President & Ceo $59,580 $54,750 2023
Circle Of Hope Inc CA$159,841 Ceo $45,872 $39,598 2024
Upland Hills Health Foundation Inc WI$157,040 President/ceo - Uhh $27,818 $29,043 2024
Cooper Trooper Foundation TN$156,117 Executive Director $36,000 $38,946 2023
Living Organ Donor Assistance Fund CA$155,462 Director/ceo $77,000 $68,432 2023
Medical Staff Of Englewood Hospital NJ$152,463 President $30,000 $27,568 2023
Legacy Connection AZ$147,848 Director/ceo $35,595 $34,222 2024
Stroke Awareness Oregon OR$216,611 Executive Director $44,897 $42,912 2023
Bridge To A Cure Foundation Inc FL$216,743 Executive Director $14,000 $13,148 2024
The Parachute Foundation MN$216,984 President $26,366 $26,814 2023
Adams County Medical Foundation Inc OH$222,998 Exec Director $79,558 $84,238 2024
Brunswick Novant Medical Center NC$139,045 Exec Director $14,316 $15,225 2023
Colorado Safety Net Collaborative CO$138,886 Managing Consultant $50,000 $49,345 2023
Newberry County Hospital Foundation Inc SC$224,812 Vice-chair $9,645 $10,059 2024
Church Home & Hosp Of The City Of MD$132,854 President/director $68,921 $66,318 2023
Hospice Help Foundation NH$230,554 Executive Di $63,748 $58,844 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Katherine 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,496 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.