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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Zestos Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264163280
IA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jayne Hofmeyer, Executive Director / CEO ($34,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 859 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jayne Hofmeyer — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

859 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 859 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$267 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,115 $34,500
$10,77810th
$22,65425th
$40,884Median
$61,46875th
$83,81490th
$34,500This org · 41st
p10$10,778
p25$22,654
p50$40,884
p75$61,468
p90$83,814
$34,500

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 IA 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
Parentzwork CA$233,497 Ceo $32,400 $24,893 2025
Bainbridge Island Special Needs WA$233,396 Executive Dir. $58,735 $48,026 2024
Healing Hands Resource Center IL$233,625 Therapist. $29,225 $27,015 2023
Life Solutions Of Hamlin Inc NY$233,981 Director $1,500 $1,238 2024
Black Abolition Movement For The Mind Inc Nfp IL$234,160 President/ceo $9,165 $8,472 2023
Arewa Aid Inc TN$232,759 President $36,000 $35,580 2023
Community Advance Inc OK$232,757 Executive Director $74,252 $74,672 2024
Fish For Change CO$232,757 Vice Chair And Secretary $15,000 $13,136 2024
Olmalaika Inc MI$234,333 Director And Co/founder Of The Trust $13,200 $12,811 2023
Michael Dukakis Institute Inc MA$232,616 Treasurer $26,000 $21,338 2024
Kurtzman Family Foundation CA$234,417 Assistant Secretary $35,872 $29,126 2023
Northeastern Area Social Service Center Of York Co PA$234,654 Executive Director $47,459 $44,501 2023
Mvillage MI$234,677 President $11,000 $10,369 2024
13thtribeorg CA$232,203 President $75,000 $60,894 2023
Silicon Valley Security Group CA$232,166 President $5,330 $4,203 2024
Continue Mission UT$232,022 Executive Director $55,132 $53,056 2023
Turkic Foundation Of Brooklyn Inc NY$231,866 President $77,723 $66,038 2023
Mom Starts Here Inc NY$235,254 Former Vice Chair/executiv $76,576 $63,197 2024
Positive Directions Inc KS$231,723 Executive Director $45,077 $44,476 2024
Your New Best Friend Dog Rescue Inc NJ$231,713 President $10,000 $8,395 2023
The Arc Eau Claire Inc WI$231,652 Executive Di $74,375 $73,035 2023
Ishimwe Center CA$231,617 President & Ceo $21,888 $17,772 2023
Oracles Of Truth CA$235,446 Secretary $71,000 $57,647 2023
New Life For A New Generation TX$235,533 President & $24,000 $22,574 2023
Peace Through Action Usa DC$231,415 Director, Secretary, Chief Executive Officer $48,500 $40,019 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Jayne Hofmeyer) 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 859 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,500 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.