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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Just Heart Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263834850
GA · NTEE P12
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ryan Winters, Executive Director / CEO ($75,528) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$537 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,342 $75,528
$16,93310th
$24,97025th
$58,987Median
$94,86175th
$124,04790th
$75,528This org · 62nd
p10$16,933
p25$24,970
p50$58,987
p75$94,861
p90$124,047
$75,528

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 GA 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
Inspired Hearts And Hands Inc PA$489,376 President $56,100 $55,640 2023
Wayne County Children's Advocacy OH$489,972 Executive Director $73,028 $74,719 2024
Chicago Foundlings Home IL$473,561 Program Director $12,000 $11,733 2023
Fuse Project AL$471,929 Executive Director $67,500 $70,444 2024
F3 Foundation Inc NC$465,968 Executive Di $176,277 $175,951 2024
Village2village Project Inc IN$505,317 Executive Director $99,090 $100,945 2024
Foundation For Essential Needs MN$456,604 Executive Director $91,843 $87,667 2024
Scott J Beigel Memorial Fund Inc NY$453,343 Secretary $25,000 $21,823 2024
De Frente Al Alzheimer Inc PR$448,603 Executive Director $56,600 $54,976 2024
Freedom House Housing Development Fund NY$448,117 Cpo Through 12/22 Ceo Effective 1/23 $33,041 $29,694 2023
Operation Hope Inc NY$446,019 Executive Director $40,916 $35,716 2024
Saturate WA$445,270 Executive D $210,396 $187,342 2023
Bra Couture Kc MO$525,972 Executive Director $90,000 $92,084 2024
El Portal De Belen Foundation NY$440,877 Treasurer $16,350 $14,694 2023
Jack Trottier Foundation Inc MA$535,098 Executive Dir. $70,000 $60,765 2024
Georgia's Own Foundation Inc GA$431,364 Executive $30,785 $29,902 2024
Soar Special Needs KS$430,497 Executive Director $500 $537 2023
Strike Force 421 Inc FL$426,176 Program Director $18,750 $17,015 2024
Hcso Charities Inc FL$425,105 President $51,968 $50,545 2022
True Justice International Inc NC$543,209 Executive Director $87,012 $86,851 2024
Adk Spay And Neuter Corp NY$549,513 Exec Dir / Pres $140,000 $125,818 2023
Staffserve PA$415,353 Executive Director $18,430 $17,754 2024
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc MA$406,582 President/director $5,000 $4,469 2023
Hoh Share Inc WV$401,586 Executive Di $32,000 $33,470 2024
Dignity Grows Inc CT$570,749 Executive Director $71,400 $66,580 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA cost of living and 2023 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 GA 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Ryan Winters) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,528 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.