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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gathering Hearts For Honduras

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352343264
OK · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gary Kuney, Executive Director / CEO ($42,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 214 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

214 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 214 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,662 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,320 $42,000
$8,84810th
$19,25525th
$37,080Median
$56,39175th
$83,13590th
$42,000This org · 56th
p10$8,848
p25$19,255
p50$37,080
p75$56,391
p90$83,135
$42,000

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 OK 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
Champions In Action Inc TX$309,045 Board Chairm $10,000 $9,084 2024
Inventions For Good Inc NC$309,009 Executive Director $13,500 $12,668 2024
Field Of Hope IA$308,965 Executive Director $66,500 $68,079 2023
Edens Rose Foundation NY$310,108 Executive Director $68,312 $56,059 2024
Global Hope TX$308,463 Executive Director $117,034 $106,318 2024
New Hope For Cambodian Children TX$305,993 President $32,075 $28,387 2025
Humanility TN$305,307 President $29,100 $27,779 2024
Aids Orphans And Street Children Inc FL$305,117 Secretary-treasurer $6,000 $5,119 2024
Adopt A Family Foundation CA$314,408 Ceo/chair $6,000 $4,705 2024
She Is More Than Inc FL$315,034 Executive Director $40,354 $35,445 2023
Rural Orphan's And Widows Aids Network CO$303,168 President $14,588 $12,703 2024
Gocare Inc CA$302,675 President $44,000 $35,524 2023
Medreach Inc AL$316,399 Sec/treasure $2,203 $2,225 2023
Beyond The Orphanage Foundation Inc VT$316,581 Chief Executive Officer $29,621 $27,076 2024
Water & Light OR$302,240 President $51,755 $43,648 2024
Restoring Hope International Inc IA$301,869 Director $58,605 $58,275 2024
Deep Time Journey Network NJ$318,272 President $65,000 $52,704 2024
Hope Filled Hearts 4 Africa Inc CA$318,590 President $12,000 $9,410 2024
Pastoralist Child Foundation NJ$299,989 President $6,375 $5,169 2024
Rise Together International Inc NC$299,336 President $16,200 $15,651 2023
Guatemala Deaf Ministries CA$321,509 Vice President $32,875 $25,780 2024
Airline Ambassadors International Inc NY$322,945 Vice Chairman, Secretary $15,000 $12,309 2024
Leaving A Positive Legacy Inc FL$322,984 Executive Director (Former) $65,300 $57,356 2023
Sanitation And Health Rights In India LA$295,850 Founding Dir. $48,500 $48,500 2024
Helping Oppressed People Everywhere TX$323,194 Director $57,313 $53,603 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Gary Kuney) 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 214 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,000 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.