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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Centers For Children Of Africa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264106675
WI · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Unverzagt, Executive Director / CEO ($38,001) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 102 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

102 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 102 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$284 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,461 $38,001
$6,01010th
$22,88025th
$40,873Median
$59,88675th
$79,23090th
$38,001This org · 47th
p10$6,010
p25$22,880
p50$40,873
p75$59,886
p90$79,230
$38,001

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 WI 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 5ive Pillars Organization CA$181,873 Executive Dir. $19,000 $15,259 2024
Waggies By Maggie And Friends Inc DE$183,586 President $4,747 $4,323 2024
Operation Red White And Brave Foundation AR$184,455 Chairman Of The Board $44,000 $47,357 2023
Inside Out Thrift Ministries Inc IL$173,631 President $3,780 $3,558 2023
Rosemarys Wish Kids Inc RI$170,748 Secretarytreasurer $31,200 $27,824 2024
A Second Wish By Demetrius Inc FL$187,840 Executive Director / Ceo $26,000 $22,716 2024
Samaritan Works Inc OH$170,065 Executive Di $50,000 $50,708 2023
Esteem Total Transformation NC$188,177 Owner $54,000 $51,894 2024
The Fuqua Foundation IL$190,580 Director $13,447 $11,979 2025
Hearts Of Empowerment Inc VA$192,110 Ceo $33,275 $30,764 2023
Four Winds American Indian Council CO$165,663 Exec Dir Chair $48,000 $42,807 2024
Hagars Heart TX$165,357 Executive Dir. $33,875 $31,515 2024
Pilipino Senior Resource Center CA$193,011 Executive Dir. $24,950 $20,037 2024
The Bridge Of West Tennessee Inc TN$196,990 Treasurer $17,752 $17,355 2024
Friends Of The Ulyssess S Grant NY$197,672 Executive Di $19,862 $17,185 2023
Servantworks Inc IL$197,794 Asian Ministries Director $75,600 $69,125 2024
The Charlotte Center For The Humanities Inc NC$198,268 Executive Director $60,250 $56,407 2025
Ma Hilas Heart Project Foundation TX$159,688 President & Ceo $180,000 $167,461 2024
Tears ND$199,121 President $3,790 $3,868 2024
Tipton County Council On Aging Inc IN$199,940 Executive Di $37,500 $36,780 2024
The Seven Project Inc FL$156,972 Chief Executive Officer $17,800 $16,011 2023
Communities Of Belonging WA$156,768 Executive Director $65,000 $54,124 2024
Marriage Missionaries CO$202,713 President $69,185 $61,699 2024
Tri County Community Health Fund WA$154,307 Director $57,970 $48,271 2024
Love Not Lost Inc GA$203,992 Executive Director $45,000 $43,325 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Jonathan Unverzagt) 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 102 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,001 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.