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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Heros For Heros

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205757836
TX · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sherry Whidby, Executive Director / CEO ($95,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 216 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sherry Whidby — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

216 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 216 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$774 total compensation of comparable organizations → $296,231 $95,000
$9,88410th
$23,79325th
$43,241Median
$70,45675th
$95,15190th
$95,000This org · 90th
p10$9,884
p25$23,793
p50$43,241
p75$70,456
p90$95,151
$95,000

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 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
The Andersons Fund Supporting OH$271,579 Secretary/treasurer Thru August 2024 $61,652 $65,279 2024
Affinity Federal Credit Union Foundation NJ$271,214 Executive Dir. $22,602 $20,174 2024
Nailba Charitable Foundation DC$270,940 Chief Executive Officer $34,979 $30,686 2024
Hang Tough Foundation Inc FL$270,846 Executive Di $61,077 $59,053 2023
American Society Of Retina IL$272,520 Executive Vice President $61,263 $61,989 2023
Sunsar Maya Inc CA$270,320 Executive Director $70,000 $62,211 2023
Focal Point Corporation MO$270,130 President $750 $774 2025
Admin Hub CA$273,229 President/ceo $72,996 $64,874 2023
Rahima Aziz Foundation Corp NY$269,470 Secretary $45,500 $41,102 2024
C P Center Foundation Of Orange NY$269,306 Director, Ceo $23,626 $21,973 2023
Unity Healthcare Foundation IA$274,033 Exec Director $44,087 $48,257 2024
The All Souls' Foundation TX$268,275 Founder $26,000 $26,000 2024
Sms Research Foundation Inc CT$267,378 Board Member $100,000 $93,732 2024
Project Prakash Foundation Inc MA$267,302 Program Mana $33,750 $30,319 2024
His Love Extended FL$276,114 President $120,000 $116,024 2023
Hope Outreach Center Inc FL$276,285 Executive Di $65,762 $61,759 2024
Storyline TX$266,526 Executive Director $117,600 $117,600 2024
San Luis Valley Health Foundation CO$276,551 Ceo $35,491 $34,021 2024
Live 4 Evan Inc MA$263,457 Executive Director/preside $31,954 $28,705 2024
Yx Gives TN$280,872 Vice Preside $10,000 $10,508 2024
Odeh Inc NY$282,013 President $14,683 $13,264 2024
Millers Foundation Inc MA$260,924 Secretary $12,848 $11,542 2024
Barb Food Mart Nfp IL$259,966 Associate Di $56,328 $53,933 2025
United Way Of Parker County TX$259,941 Former Exec. $65,417 $63,731 2025
Niles Community Services Inc OH$283,085 Director $38,461 $40,723 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Sherry Whidby) 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 216 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,000 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.