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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cool Ground Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274464297
VT · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Will Hurd, Executive Director / CEO ($68,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 945 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

945 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 945 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$322 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,870 $68,000
$12,35510th
$26,28425th
$47,577Median
$70,67475th
$94,87890th
$68,000This org · 71st
p10$12,355
p25$26,284
p50$47,577
p75$70,674
p90$94,878
$68,000

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 VT 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
Ahec's For A Healthy Louisiana Inc LA$257,222 Ceo Southeeast La Ahec $36,000 $40,426 2024
Transformation Project Inc SD$256,695 Executive Director $5,407 $5,929 2025
Love Inc Of Washington County ID$257,282 Exec. Director $32,230 $34,965 2024
Threads Of Hope Inc WI$256,408 Executive Director $58,000 $63,597 2023
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network CA$256,376 Executive Director $90,000 $79,254 2024
Berkshire Missions Inc MA$256,337 Execdirector $18,200 $16,679 2024
And Then A New Day TX$257,633 Executive Dir. $65,000 $68,267 2023
Fremont Youth & Community Outreach IN$255,884 Executive Director $54,000 $59,789 2023
Citystep Org Inc NY$255,832 Director $85,000 $78,329 2024
Corwyns Cause Inc ID$258,402 President - Ceo $87,554 $94,984 2024
Dial In Ministries Inc TN$255,422 President $2,596 $2,783 2024
Coats Street Housing Development Fund NY$255,158 President $34,167 $30,674 2025
Neighborhood Allies OH$255,099 Presidentceo $54,079 $60,137 2023
Restore Recovery MN$258,857 Ceo $58,692 $59,143 2024
In Ky Oh Regional Council Of IN$254,844 President $93,836 $103,896 2023
Rebuilding Together Spartanburg Inc SC$259,238 Executive Director $40,000 $42,556 2024
Senior Volunteer Services CA$259,241 Executive Dir. $32,068 $29,074 2023
Kingdom Of Heaven Ministries LA$254,608 President $30,700 $36,948 2022
Families First Community Center ME$259,412 Executive Director $59,640 $62,701 2023
Helping Hands For Freedom AZ$254,431 Executive Director $60,000 $58,847 2024
La Promesa Honduras Inc GA$254,414 President $27,736 $29,281 2023
S A Heals TX$259,654 President $30,000 $31,507 2023
Charlottes Community Outreach MO$253,986 Executive Director $123,482 $133,376 2024
Bridge Of Hope Harrisburg Area PA$259,996 Executive Director $81,743 $80,988 2025
Sustainable Livelihoods Relief ME$260,136 Executive Di $2,338 $2,458 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT cost of living and 2025 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 VT 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Will Hurd) 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 945 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,000 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.