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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hallstrom Homeschool Workshops Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453542971
IL · NTEE X20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kelly Ramos, Executive Director / CEO ($750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 260 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kelly Ramos — reported title “ATHLETICS DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

260 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 260 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $494,140 $750
$6,12910th
$19,25025th
$37,734Median
$64,98275th
$99,14990th
$750This org · 1st
p10$6,129
p25$19,250
p50$37,734
p75$64,982
p90$99,149
$750

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 IL 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
Bethlehem Baptist Church MI$124,248 President $41,001 $45,491 2023
Sola Network Inc CA$125,608 Cfo $2,371 $2,138 2024
Knowing Jesus Ministries VA$125,837 President $25,020 $25,968 2023
Vital Families Inc TN$126,266 President $100,009 $106,929 2025
Disciples Of The Way TX$123,448 Office Coordinator $30,551 $31,907 2024
Metro Ministries Of Fort Worth TX$123,383 Executive Director $22,656 $23,662 2024
Harvest Mission Brazil Incorporated AL$122,556 Member $93,693 $105,682 2024
Living Loved Project CO$122,365 President $54,000 $54,062 2024
Tandem Spirituality NC$127,979 President $93,203 $100,549 2024
Harvest Home Farmsinc WI$121,598 Treasurer $34,792 $39,058 2023
Gifting Grace Project Inc LA$128,483 Director $36,038 $42,656 2023
Capilla De Gracia CA$128,712 President $600 $557 2023
Community Church Of Praise SC$121,024 Pastor $34,485 $40,257 2022
Neshama Center CO$129,519 Executive Director $199,331 $205,455 2023
Global Opportunities For Christinc VA$129,833 President $6,000 $6,049 2024
Off The Chain Ministries Inc FL$130,564 Director/president $30,000 $31,536 2022
Kingdom Strategies International CA$119,229 President And Executive Director $52,000 $46,882 2024
North Fryeburg Community Chapel ME$130,643 Director/minister $23,400 $24,464 2024
Danny Forshee Evangelistic TX$131,143 Chairman $37,492 $40,314 2023
Congregacion Maranatha Inc MA$118,535 President $6,000 $5,630 2024
Empty Tomb Ministries CO$131,438 Director $114,000 $111,189 2025
Shalam Ministries Ltd MO$118,306 President And Director $26,220 $28,996 2024
Arts And Entertainment Ministries CA$131,574 President $71,190 $64,183 2024
Abide In Him Ministries Inc NC$117,818 Chairman $71,500 $77,136 2024
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc FL$132,813 President $54,000 $54,530 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2025 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 IL 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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 (Kelly Ramos) 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 260 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $750 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.