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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arts And Healing Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261485541
CA · NTEE E70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ping Ho, Executive Director / CEO ($119) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 123 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ping Ho — reported title “Executive Direc”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

123 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 123 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$816 total compensation of comparable organizations → $331,050 $119
$16,45010th
$55,48725th
$89,159Median
$114,81075th
$157,42690th
$119This org · 0th
p10$16,450
p25$55,487
p50$89,159
p75$114,810
p90$157,426
$119

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 CA 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
Integrated Center For Group Medical MA$334,755 Director $21,578 $22,455 2024
Playmakers Fitness Foundation Inc MI$333,631 Executive Director $118,046 $141,104 2024
Community Access To Coordinated NE$333,588 Executive Di $61,792 $79,240 2023
Formed Families Forward VA$346,633 Executive Di $85,238 $95,311 2024
Healthy Alliances Matter For All MN$346,830 Executive Director $66,160 $77,943 2023
Trust Chw TX$331,457 Founder $10,935 $12,668 2024
The Patient Revolution Inc MN$348,045 Executive Director $141,440 $161,851 2024
Seven Star Academy Inc LA$348,540 Executive Director & Founder $85,227 $111,891 2023
People Advocating Recovery Inc KY$353,644 President $95,000 $118,199 2024
The Annie Appleseed Project FL$354,438 President $53,000 $56,174 2025
The Fairfield County Medical Association CT$321,696 Executive Director Through 5/1/24 $129,977 $141,132 2024
National Nurse Practitioner Residency CT$356,680 Executive Director $188,381 $210,590 2023
La Casa De La Salud VA$319,985 Officer $43,000 $48,081 2024
November Project Inc MA$319,483 Executive Dir. $110,000 $117,854 2023
Intercultural Center For Health Research And Wellness TX$318,990 President $96,011 $114,508 2023
Carefirst Carolina Foundation SC$359,527 Foundation D $10,500 $13,060 2023
Healthy Community Coalition ME$359,679 Former President $50,167 $58,175 2024
Scch Fitness Center Inc IN$361,128 Director $51,750 $65,067 2023
Confluence Public Health Alliance MT$362,814 Executive Director $93,960 $117,294 2024
Options For Women East MN$363,109 Executive Director $76,498 $90,123 2023
Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution CA$315,045 Director $36,772 $36,772 2024
Wisconsin Northern Highland Ahec Inc WI$314,699 Executive Dir. $100,928 $118,921 2025
Kentucky Health Departments Assn KY$363,838 Executive Director $82,308 $105,432 2023
Breastfeeding Outreach For Our OH$313,880 Executive Di $151,218 $185,481 2024
Montanas Peer Network MT$365,967 Executive Dir. $83,269 $103,948 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Ping Ho) 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 123 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $119 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.