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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hearing Heart Missions

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411983166
MN · NTEE Q330
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lee Anne Risk, Executive Director / CEO ($12,579) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$409 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,531 $12,579
$9,86010th
$21,21825th
$37,095Median
$56,59975th
$95,50290th
$12,579This org · 20th
p10$9,860
p25$21,218
p50$37,095
p75$56,599
p90$95,502
$12,579

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 MN 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
Missioneer International Inc GA$151,701 Executive Director & Trust $16,000 $16,281 2024
Puentes De Esperanza IN$154,306 President $50,000 $54,939 2023
Fs Home Owners Foundation Inc CT$149,575 Secretarytreasurer $431 $409 2024
Missoula Medical Aid MT$154,927 Executive Director $9,300 $10,145 2024
His Hands Mission International AL$155,305 Executive Di $127,620 $139,531 2024
China Passage Inc PA$156,771 President/director $79,200 $79,931 2024
Codespa America DC$144,538 Executive Director $128,057 $113,726 2024
Global Vision Outreach Inc FL$159,908 Director $7,906 $7,739 2023
Focus Builders International TX$143,877 President $27,000 $26,629 2025
Parish Twinning Program Of The Americas IN$160,994 Executive Director $100,000 $109,877 2023
Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation Inc NY$142,751 President $20,351 $18,131 2025
Barnabas Ministries Inc PA$162,050 Executive Di $36,000 $36,332 2024
The Small-scale Sustainable Infra- MA$163,039 Treasurer $24,750 $23,173 2023
Children Up IL$163,314 Executive Director $46,388 $44,964 2025
Open Arms Foundation Inc WV$139,946 Board Chair $50,350 $55,172 2024
Economic Development And Empowerment Through Mentoring MA$139,080 Excecutive Director $11,450 $10,413 2024
Mountaintop International DC$138,462 Ceo $40,999 $37,486 2023
Christian Dominican Medical Mission TX$165,638 Intern Director $5,616 $5,685 2024
Heart Of Christ-corazon De Cristo Inc AL$165,779 President $11,300 $12,355 2024
Partners For Cancer Care And MD$166,465 Executive Director $61,500 $59,908 2023
Pace Universal CA$136,954 Founder $57,450 $51,688 2023
The Tia Foundation Inc AZ$136,226 President Ceo $71,433 $69,525 2024
Shoulder To Shoulder Ministries Inc FL$135,560 President $73,240 $69,631 2024
Raising Hope Inc PA$171,014 President $21,140 $21,335 2024
Overseas Tribal Services Inc Ots CO$131,089 Employee $39,328 $38,164 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Lee Anne Risk) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,579 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.