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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Community Inc Of White Lake

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320265090
MI · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Martin Woody, Executive Director / CEO ($69,344) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 95 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

95 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 95 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$718 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,923 $69,344
$6,31010th
$18,52925th
$35,508Median
$53,26175th
$68,07790th
$69,344This org · 93rd
p10$6,310
p25$18,529
p50$35,508
p75$53,261
p90$68,077
$69,344

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 MI 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
Women's E-news NY$143,093 Executive Director $82,500 $70,154 2024
East Suburban Citizen Advocacy Inc PA$142,829 Executive Director $65,200 $61,186 2024
Women Are Dreamers Too GA$141,700 Exec Director $13,990 $13,238 2024
Hale Meekins Residence Inc MA$144,639 President & Ceo $14,178 $12,344 2023
Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Services Of FL$141,485 Executive Director $38,000 $34,586 2023
Bontempo Inc MA$145,059 Executive Director $19,712 $16,669 2024
The Lgbtq Center Inc IN$145,929 Executive Director $39,000 $38,703 2024
Womensource Inc GA$139,875 Exec. Direct $44,846 $42,433 2024
Rose Of Sharon Equestrian School Inc MD$147,091 Executive Director $41,600 $37,680 2023
Scenic City Women's Network TN$147,199 Executive Di $25,000 $25,459 2023
Street Bean Espresso WA$147,911 Director Of Operations $78,569 $68,151 2023
Amy's Wish With Wings TX$148,731 President $6,470 $6,090 2024
Plymouth Homes Inc MD$149,279 Treasurer $28,731 $25,277 2024
Beyond The Natural Foundation MD$136,830 Executive Director $38,690 $34,039 2024
Miracle League Of Las Vegas NV$131,748 Executive Director $55,000 $51,880 2024
Colorado Black Caucus CO$154,950 Executive Director $32,000 $28,875 2024
Life Styles Foundation Inc AR$155,173 Executive Director $10,246 $10,559 2025
Center For Wisdoms Women ME$130,877 Executive Director $72,127 $67,966 2024
Lowcountry Alliance For Model Communitie SC$155,380 Co-executive Director $21,692 $21,296 2024
Mount Vernon At Home Inc VA$155,539 Exective Director $39,692 $37,130 2023
Methow Valley Riding Unlimited WA$130,663 Program Director $31,733 $26,736 2024
Lutheran Housing Services 12 Inc OH$155,726 President/ce $54,426 $54,247 2024
Meridian Place Development OH$159,011 Ceo $5,477 $5,620 2023
Gods Heart Ministry CA$159,130 Director $18,175 $15,205 2023
Academy For Grassroots Organizations CA$159,606 President & Ceo $80,624 $65,514 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Martin Woody) 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 95 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,344 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.