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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Psychological Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043094979
MA · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andrew Sonnekalb, Executive Director / CEO ($64,073) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 154 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

154 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 154 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$23 total compensation of comparable organizations → $289,496 $64,073
$13,24610th
$26,25725th
$56,332Median
$79,70575th
$102,28590th
$64,073This org · 58th
p10$13,246
p25$26,257
p50$56,332
p75$79,705
p90$102,285
$64,073

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 MA 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
Daniel James Mccarthy Memorial Fund Inc MA$211,759 Executive Director $21,856 $22,434 2024
Rabun County Family Connection GA$212,340 Executive Director $40,656 $46,695 2024
Key Of David Christian Church ID$212,720 President $58,453 $73,126 2023
Young Fathers Of Central Floridainc FL$213,359 Executive Director $86,017 $92,302 2024
Friends Of The Forest Preserve NY$215,332 Partner $71,624 $73,929 2024
The Delaware Company Inc NY$215,400 Executive Dir. $25,494 $26,315 2024
Waves Of Wilmington Inc NC$207,241 Ceo - Head Coach $127,632 $150,639 2024
Gateway Business Health Coalition MO$216,284 President & Ceo $12,062 $14,593 2024
Medical Staff Of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital CA$206,945 Chief Of Staff-santa Barbara $96,300 $94,985 2024
Houston Eye Associates Foundation TX$206,917 Executive Director $100,000 $117,637 2023
Higher Education Consortium Of Central MA$206,714 Executive Director $126,525 $133,709 2023
Earth Images Foundation CA$216,823 President And Video Producer $58,387 $57,590 2024
Facilities Inc ME$217,375 President $2,650 $3,031 2024
Wheat Inc CT$217,382 Executive Director $52,308 $57,677 2023
Health Career Collaborative Inc CA$217,900 Ceo $186,168 $183,627 2024
Eagles Wings Ministries CA$204,597 Executive Director And Chairm $42,500 $43,158 2023
Community Reach MO$220,236 Executive Director $17,810 $22,183 2023
Love Inc Sacramento CA$202,859 Director $75,920 $77,096 2023
The Rl Mace Universal Design Institute NC$202,585 Executive Dir. $60,000 $70,816 2024
Kindervision Foundation Inc FL$221,322 Director $61,900 $66,423 2024
Called To Rescue WA$202,101 President $19,000 $19,431 2024
Journey Pregnancy & Life Hub IL$200,823 President $29,119 $31,857 2025
Institute For Fisheries Resources CA$200,747 Executive Director $17,500 $17,261 2024
Selden Fire Department Emergency Unit NY$200,727 Recording Secretary $600 $619 2024
Arc San Diego Foundation CA$200,387 Ceo $28,869 $28,475 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2025 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 MA 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
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 (Andrew Sonnekalb) 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 154 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,073 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.