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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lhes Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453680782
HI · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Natalie Ropa, Executive Director / CEO ($19,740) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 172 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: Natalie Ropa — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

172 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 172 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$840 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,049 $19,740
$7,82210th
$24,05825th
$44,787Median
$67,08575th
$102,56490th
$19,740This org · 20th
p10$7,822
p25$24,058
p50$44,787
p75$67,085
p90$102,564
$19,740

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 HI 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
Coach Sam's Inner Circle Foundation OH$194,583 Executive Di $68,056 $76,186 2025
Fans For The Cure NY$194,522 Founder & Cao $33,068 $33,375 2023
Congenital Heart Defect Coalition NJ$193,986 Office Manager $6,811 $6,792 2023
Pray For Gray ND$195,654 Executive Director $44,239 $52,670 2024
Center For Life Management Foundation NH$193,790 President Ceo $23,045 $23,085 2024
Equality And Inclusion In Hospitality Inc CA$196,022 President/director $100,000 $93,681 2024
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc FL$196,570 President/ceo $6,665 $6,793 2024
Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation NY$191,973 Executive Director $23,833 $24,054 2023
Sbam Foundation MI$191,780 President $7,678 $8,598 2024
Million Kids CA$197,798 Director Ceo $42,000 $39,346 2024
E Kneale Dockstader Foundation PA$191,524 Foundation M $38,048 $40,103 2025
The Unity Foundation MN$190,402 Executive Director $62,263 $66,746 2024
Hillsborough Consortium For Technology And Education Inc FL$199,659 Executive Director $24,240 $24,705 2024
Metro Area Youth Foundation NE$189,673 Secretary $6,479 $7,783 2023
Anthony F Cordeiro Charitable MA$201,258 Director $6,000 $6,022 2023
Good Neighbor Network OR$188,192 Board Member $11,667 $11,754 2024
United Way Of Rockingham County NC$186,647 Executive Di $77,112 $86,441 2024
The Community Foundation For St CT$186,361 Director $2,083 $2,119 2024
Sam Foundation Inc AL$203,483 Executive Di $40,000 $46,881 2024
Gulf Coast Cares Inc FL$203,803 President/ceo $24,866 $26,091 2023
Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc FL$185,200 President/ceo $35,289 $35,966 2024
The Maqasid Institute TN$185,144 President $84,716 $96,608 2024
American Charitable Trust Inc AZ$204,431 Director And Chief Financial Officer $2,595 $2,638 2025
Eaton Rapids Medical Center Foundation MI$184,658 President $19,871 $22,909 2023
The Fatherhood Comission Inc AL$184,615 Executive Di $72,000 $86,880 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Natalie Ropa) 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 172 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,740 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.