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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Red Hot Organization Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133793884
NY · NTEE T00Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Galkin, Executive Director / CEO ($39,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 723 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

723 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 723 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$109 total compensation of comparable organizations → $828,681 $39,000
$10,01310th
$26,01225th
$47,062Median
$74,91675th
$104,58290th
$39,000This org · 40th
p10$10,013
p25$26,012
p50$47,062
p75$74,916
p90$104,582
$39,000

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 NY 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
The Woody Foundation Inc FL$248,584 Vice President $28,498 $29,627 2024
Maeday Rescue Inc CA$248,382 President $54,184 $51,778 2024
The Lifeshare Foundation OK$248,336 Chief Executive Officer $48,631 $59,260 2024
Kishwaukee United Way IL$249,389 Frmr Exec Dir $70,300 $74,513 2025
Amistad Cristiana Christian Church TX$248,089 Officer $64,308 $71,189 2024
Tibetan Children's Education Foundation MT$249,530 Executive Director $48,000 $58,951 2023
Social Venture Partners Minnesota MN$249,716 Executive Direc $61,000 $66,703 2024
All For Lunch Inc GA$247,690 Executive Director $30,000 $33,382 2024
United Way Of Whitewater Valley Inc IN$247,353 President $73,146 $85,363 2024
Healthy Brighton Title Holding IL$247,279 President $9,452 $10,283 2024
United Way Of Southington Inc CT$247,202 Executive Director $40,000 $42,730 2023
United Way Of Adams County Inc PA$250,888 Executive Dir. $71,169 $78,541 2024
South Carolina Federal Credit Union SC$246,692 Executive Director $58,801 $69,892 2023
Chatham Education Foundation NC$251,114 Executive Director $48,410 $56,990 2023
The Community Chest Of Englewood NJ$246,442 Executive Director $76,300 $75,389 2024
Peter And Julie Stott Foundation OR$251,400 Assistant Treasurer $75,412 $79,789 2023
Tavia And Freda Gordon Family VA$246,121 Secretary (Since 7/15/20) $5,470 $5,845 2024
Donum Dei TX$251,920 Exec Dir & T $34,603 $38,305 2024
Saving Grace K9s NC$245,382 Director $24,000 $28,254 2023
Light Of Life Performing Arts PA$245,294 Board Chair $30,105 $33,224 2024
Love Our Veterans Inc NC$245,116 President $77,662 $91,427 2023
Rochelle Area Community Foundation IL$252,515 Executive Di $92,084 $100,184 2024
Water282 AL$252,689 Ceo $50,833 $60,774 2024
Biletnikoff Foundation CA$244,689 Executive Direc $73,500 $70,236 2024
Edgerton Hospital Capital WI$253,430 President $40,827 $47,186 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Jonathan Galkin) 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 723 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,000 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.