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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hcso Charities Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201895808
FL · NTEE P12
FY ending 2022-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas St John, Executive Director / CEO ($51,968) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Thomas St John — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$552 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,619 $51,968
$11,76110th
$30,63825th
$62,477Median
$91,89175th
$119,46490th
$51,968This org · 43rd
p10$11,761
p25$30,638
p50$62,477
p75$91,891
p90$119,464
$51,968

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 FL 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
Strike Force 421 Inc FL$426,176 Program Director $18,750 $17,495 2024
Soar Special Needs KS$430,497 Executive Director $500 $552 2023
Georgia's Own Foundation Inc GA$431,364 Executive $30,785 $30,744 2024
Staffserve PA$415,353 Executive Director $18,430 $18,254 2024
El Portal De Belen Foundation NY$440,877 Treasurer $16,350 $15,108 2023
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc MA$406,582 President/director $5,000 $4,594 2023
Saturate WA$445,270 Executive D $210,396 $192,619 2023
Operation Hope Inc NY$446,019 Executive Director $40,916 $36,722 2024
Freedom House Housing Development Fund NY$448,117 Cpo Through 12/22 Ceo Effective 1/23 $33,041 $30,531 2023
De Frente Al Alzheimer Inc PR$448,603 Executive Director $56,600 $52,811 2024
Hoh Share Inc WV$401,586 Executive Di $32,000 $34,413 2024
Scott J Beigel Memorial Fund Inc NY$453,343 Secretary $25,000 $22,437 2024
Flockfest Events Inc FL$394,952 President $65,000 $60,649 2024
Foundation For Essential Needs MN$456,604 Executive Director $91,843 $90,137 2024
Texas Pride Impact Funds TX$387,795 Executive Director $117,127 $119,807 2023
F3 Foundation Inc NC$465,968 Executive Di $176,277 $180,906 2024
Fuse Project AL$471,929 Executive Director $67,500 $72,428 2024
Chicago Foundlings Home IL$473,561 Program Director $12,000 $12,063 2023
Jeremy Wilson Foundation The OR$370,966 Executive Dir. $73,000 $67,332 2024
Just Heart Foundation Inc GA$483,662 President $75,528 $77,655 2023
New Freedom Project AZ$361,674 President $96,154 $91,847 2024
Inspired Hearts And Hands Inc PA$489,376 President $56,100 $57,207 2023
Wayne County Children's Advocacy OH$489,972 Executive Director $73,028 $76,823 2024
Village2village Project Inc IN$505,317 Executive Director $99,090 $103,788 2024
God's Vision For Haiti MI$342,156 Executive Di $23,845 $24,446 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2022 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 FL 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Thomas St John) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,968 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.