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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Camp Dreamcatcher

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232980323
PA · NTEE G81
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patricia Hillkirk, Executive Director / CEO ($102,180) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,148 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,868 $102,180
$7,56210th
$37,82525th
$61,421Median
$75,46675th
$121,25490th
$102,180This org · 83rd
p10$7,562
p25$37,825
p50$61,421
p75$75,466
p90$121,254
$102,180

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 PA 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
Allies Linked For The Prevention Of Hiv ID$407,074 Executive Dir. $32,927 $35,125 2024
Being Alive San Diego CA$410,750 Executive Director $105,833 $89,278 2025
Corporacion El Punto En La Montana PR$422,445 Velez $46,080 $46,080 2024
Beautiful Gate Outreach Center Inc DE$423,891 Program Director $66,083 $66,802 2023
The Lazarus House A Center For Wellness TX$368,650 Executive Director $45,784 $45,925 2024
Childrens Aid Foundation AL$367,325 Ceo $20,800 $22,533 2024
Fxb Usa Inc NY$346,549 Program Strategy & Innovation $120,000 $108,736 2024
Telluride Aids Benefit Inc CO$472,865 Executive Director $79,050 $74,050 2025
Hope In View Inc IN$298,684 Coordinator $62,000 $65,564 2024
Damien Center Real Estate Holding Inc IN$519,836 President/ceo $43,821 $46,340 2024
Imani And Unidad IN$531,128 Executive Director $69,750 $75,938 2023
P A C T A Inc PR$548,473 Director $8,576 $8,576 2024
First Founders Assurance Company NJ$562,255 Director $4,500 $4,148 2023
Housing4humanity CA$591,297 President/ceo $6,000 $5,195 2024
Aids Assistance Program CA$598,097 Executive Dir. $198,400 $176,868 2023
Cherish A Child Usa TX$601,864 President $150,000 $150,463 2024
Hiv-hcv Resource Center Inc NH$604,702 Ex. Director $72,498 $67,128 2024
Aids Project Of Southern Vermont VT$605,796 Executive Director $55,120 $57,277 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Patricia Hillkirk) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $102,180 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.