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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Partnership For Excellence

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341882492
OH · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margot Hoffman, Executive Director / CEO ($152,192) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 336 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

336 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 336 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$174 total compensation of comparable organizations → $255,253 $152,192
$9,07610th
$24,14225th
$44,724Median
$67,61675th
$90,95190th
$152,192This org · 99th
p10$9,076
p25$24,142
p50$44,724
p75$67,616
p90$90,951
$152,192

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 OH 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
Wikitongues Inc NY$230,663 Executive Director $59,796 $51,016 2023
Lifewerks Inc PA$229,096 President $3,000 $2,744 2024
Michigan Leagues Of Academic Games MI$228,852 Executive Director $3,000 $2,924 2023
Vehicle For Change Inc OH$231,281 Executive Di $20,000 $19,426 2024
Little Lobbyists Family Alliance MD$231,498 Executive Director $80,000 $68,590 2024
Everybody Wins Atlanta Inc GA$227,915 Executive Director $68,245 $64,787 2023
Christian Learning Center Inc MS$227,592 Executive Director $8,000 $8,412 2023
Bluegrass Institute For Public Policy So KY$232,293 President $64,834 $62,232 2025
Youthlaunch Inc TX$232,340 Executive Director $108,333 $96,818 2025
Jandernoa Entrepreneurial Mentoring MI$227,525 Executive Di $132,515 $129,139 2023
New Beginnings Pregnancy Services Inc AR$232,407 Director $42,414 $43,721 2024
Regina Inc SC$227,382 Executive Di $45,000 $43,052 2024
Theo Inc ND$226,676 Executive Director $54,718 $55,068 2024
Hip Hop Congress Inc CA$226,661 Executive Director $2,500 $2,038 2023
New York State Science Olympiad Inc NY$233,412 Treasurer $13,500 $10,899 2025
Noshami Institute NH$226,447 Executive Director $60,020 $52,325 2023
City Youth Matrix MD$226,278 Executive Director $18,000 $15,433 2024
Teachers Association Of Lee County FL$233,694 Vice President $2,099 $1,809 2024
Grand Valley Equine Assisted CO$233,800 President $17,769 $15,625 2024
Journalism And Women Symposium MI$233,838 Executive Director $54,667 $53,274 2023
Corner Post Media UT$225,664 Executive Director $27,840 $26,130 2024
Urban Bike Project Of Wilmington Inc DE$225,415 Executive Director $45,000 $41,601 2023
Washington Association Of Educators For Talented And Gifted WA$225,296 Executive Director $47,386 $38,907 2024
Rising River Corporation OH$234,698 Manager $44,950 $43,660 2024
The Mehta Foundation Inc VA$225,050 President $280,000 $255,253 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Margot Hoffman) 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 336 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $152,192 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.