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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helping Hands Caring Hearts Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204751490
AR · NTEE K31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janet I Wilson, Executive Director / CEO ($29,280) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$487 total compensation of comparable organizations → $115,626 $29,280
$9,88610th
$19,76525th
$37,527Median
$57,40775th
$69,40990th
$29,280This org · 37th
p10$9,886
p25$19,765
p50$37,527
p75$57,407
p90$69,409
$29,280

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 AR 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
Storehouse Food Pantry TN$403,881 Treasurer $5,900 $5,680 2023
Charity Series Of Poker NV$388,171 President $67,333 $61,818 2023
South Corvallis Food Bank OR$388,150 Exectutive Director $33,959 $28,056 2024
Porch-hillsborough NC$383,696 Director $15,280 $14,460 2023
Gatesville Care Center TX$410,582 Co-director $20,400 $18,154 2024
Bushels Of Blessings NJ$382,269 Executive Director $15,217 $12,087 2024
Hardwick Area Food Pantry Inc VT$380,838 Executive Director $16,566 $14,834 2024
The Good Shepherd Food Pantry Of Bertie County Nc Inc NC$379,382 Executive Director $48,640 $46,033 2023
Illinois Valley Food Pantry IL$378,887 Executive Dir. $44,792 $38,166 2025
Guardians Of Hope Inc MT$373,796 Secretary $22,752 $21,819 2024
Murphysboro Food Pantry Inc IL$373,004 Exec Director $72,937 $63,792 2024
New Life Ministries - Indiana Inc IN$372,659 President $16,885 $16,309 2023
Feed The Needy TN$424,121 Chairwoman And Ceo $32,196 $30,108 2024
Veggies To Table ME$425,428 Director $42,060 $37,468 2024
Irondequoit Community Cupboard Inc NY$363,688 Executive Director $50,013 $41,393 2023
Appling County Food Bank Inc GA$363,120 Director $16,821 $15,047 2024
Pearland Neighborhood Center TX$432,212 Executive Director $47,544 $43,560 2023
Guilderland Food Pantry Inc NY$358,568 Executive $26,590 $21,376 2024
Tennessee Food On Foot Foundation Inc TN$358,356 President $13,500 $12,624 2024
Food Pantry Of Jeff Davis County Inc TX$352,735 Executive Director $35,614 $31,694 2024
Franklin Area Community Services Inc OH$443,173 Executive Director $25,667 $24,185 2024
The Lovve Project CO$346,015 Executive Di $49,808 $42,489 2024
Caring And Sharing Food Pantry Inc OH$345,976 Executive Di $17,745 $16,721 2024
Pantry 279 Inc IN$342,724 Director $8,573 $8,043 2024
Uproot Colorado CO$450,552 Executive Dir. $64,725 $55,214 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Janet I Wilson) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,280 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.