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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Destiny Of Hope

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412057537
MO · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lonnie Lockhart Bey, Executive Director / CEO ($20,833) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 190 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Lonnie Lockhart Bey — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

190 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 190 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$747 total compensation of comparable organizations → $521,859 $20,833
$10,90410th
$30,57625th
$56,153Median
$74,86975th
$94,76190th
$20,833This org · 17th
p10$10,904
p25$30,576
p50$56,153
p75$74,869
p90$94,761
$20,833

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 MO 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
Connections Ministry Inc LA$296,729 President $78,997 $82,128 2024
Newbirth Outreach Center AL$297,290 Director $15,960 $16,760 2023
Moco Pride Center Inc MD$297,753 Ceo $80,000 $70,615 2024
Elder Orphan Care NC$292,680 Executive Director $59,208 $59,467 2023
Greater Boston Real Estate Board MA$291,834 Ceo $39,071 $34,128 2023
Dry Dock Corporation CA$290,465 Executive Director And Treasurer $59,700 $50,109 2023
Gold Star Peak Inc AK$300,450 President $80,000 $74,345 2023
Darke County Pregnancy Help Center OH$301,642 Board Member $28,473 $28,473 2024
One Heart One Mind UT$303,231 Assistant Director $22,720 $22,603 2023
Children's Advocacy Centers ND$303,604 Executive Di $109,105 $113,046 2024
Senior Charity Care Foundation UT$284,718 Executive Di $22,965 $22,191 2024
Soteni Inc OH$283,526 Operations Manager $44,769 $43,615 2025
Femergy OH$308,518 Director $43,542 $43,542 2024
Sisters Of Grace Inc GA$308,824 President $61,250 $58,146 2024
Birth Companions Community Center CA$281,781 Director $21,600 $17,610 2024
The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation OH$281,386 President And Ceo $94,700 $94,700 2024
Moving Waters TX$280,705 Exec Directo $42,969 $40,582 2024
Carleton-willard At Home Inc MA$310,206 President & Ceo $60,724 $51,520 2024
Pohaku Pelemaka HI$280,366 Executive Di $84,728 $71,621 2024
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc KY$310,813 Nhn Director $54,573 $56,992 2023
Girls Helping Girls Period NJ$311,382 Executive Director $75,000 $65,090 2023
Evergreen Life Services Of Florida Inc LA$312,332 President/ceo $21,418 $22,267 2024
Nuestra Alianza De Willits CA$277,613 Exec. Director $11,274 $9,463 2023
Loveone OR$276,616 Executive Director $21,287 $19,216 2023
Aging Together Corporation VA$275,643 Executive Dir. $90,932 $80,758 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Lonnie Lockhart Bey) 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 190 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,833 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.