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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Ballard House Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453971768
AL · NTEE A80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Majella C Hamiilton, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Majella C Hamiilton — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,482 total compensation of comparable organizations → $227,271 $18,000
$11,82010th
$20,30725th
$35,457Median
$57,11675th
$72,60890th
$18,000This org · 18th
p10$11,820
p25$20,307
p50$35,457
p75$57,116
p90$72,608
$18,000

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 AL 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
The Chicago Club Preservation Foundation IL$141,514 Management Representative $29,859 $26,392 2024
Natl Washington-rochambeau Rev Rt A MD$139,631 Executive Di $32,800 $27,570 2024
National Society Of The Daughters Of The OK$147,152 President $7,500 $7,644 2023
California History Center Foundation CA$135,627 Program Director (Fhda Instructor) $292,740 $227,271 2024
Stockyards Plaza Inc SD$149,752 Executive Director $76,301 $75,710 2024
Craik-patton Inc WV$134,149 Executive Director $40,000 $38,939 2024
Lovell Historical Society ME$151,332 President $19,815 $18,366 2023
T Thomas Fortune Foundation NJ$132,664 Executive Di $34,588 $27,765 2024
The Grand Foundation Inc NE$152,532 Vice President $13,000 $12,571 2024
Ponca City Mainstreet Inc OK$152,974 Executive Di $54,014 $53,474 2024
Capitol Historic Trust Inc DC$131,573 President $25,000 $20,307 2023
Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society PA$130,316 Executive Director $5,000 $4,483 2024
Westerly Armory Restoration Inc RI$155,312 Treasurer $26,250 $22,630 2024
Heritage Alliance Of Ne Tn & Sw Va TN$155,315 Director $45,478 $44,249 2023
Quakertown Alive PA$155,888 Executive Director $67,022 $60,091 2024
Norwalk Historical Society Inc CT$156,068 Executive Dir. $48,000 $40,464 2024
Hidalgo Foundation TX$157,430 Pres./exec. Dir $44,083 $39,646 2024
East Tennessee Historical Society Foundation TN$157,780 President/ceo $13,361 $12,627 2024
San Antonio Conservation Society TX$127,075 Executive Director $13,380 $12,389 2023
Listening Point Foundation MN$126,150 Executive Director $24,960 $22,829 2023
Saint Petersburg Preservation Inc FL$159,952 Executive Director $84,621 $71,472 2024
The Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust Inc IN$161,074 Executive Director $90,789 $86,080 2024
Wilsons Creek National Battlefield Foundation MO$162,963 Executive Director $46,230 $44,024 2024
Spring Grove Area Historical PA$165,010 Executive Di $57,335 $51,406 2024
Sunrise Historic And Prehistoric WY$165,662 Principal In $6,000 $5,777 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
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 (Majella C Hamiilton) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.