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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Shines Bright Holding Company

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455076176
NV · NTEE S470
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christina Vela, Executive Director / CEO ($5,375) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christina Vela — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,077 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,015 $5,375
$7,04310th
$11,23525th
$27,028Median
$76,73275th
$99,25090th
$5,375This org · 3rd
p10$7,043
p25$11,235
p50$27,028
p75$76,732
p90$99,250
$5,375

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 NV 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
Tech Park Non-profit Holdings Inc WV$0 President/ceo $40,358 $42,343 2024
Dni 4 Inc MA$0 Executive Director $9,597 $8,357 2024
Transformation Holdings Inc OK$0 Chairman $6,600 $7,043 2024
Erf Real Estate Inc TX$0 President $13,815 $13,391 2024
Wlam Property Association WA$0 Executive Di $10,016 $8,690 2024
Erf Real Estate Group TX$0 President $13,815 $13,391 2024
20 First Street Properties CO$0 Chief Executive Officer $16,532 $15,361 2024
Mchc Holdings Inc HI$0 Interim Ceo $12,355 $10,719 2024
Gcm Facilities Corporation FL$0 Chief Executive Officer $12,908 $11,751 2024
Ibew Local Union 15 Building Corporation IL$0 Pres/bus Mgr/fin Sec $7,169 $6,829 2024
Resource Center Title Holding TX$0 President $114,613 $111,096 2024
Wasie Properties Inc MN$0 President/ceo $161,897 $155,015 2024
Cifc Ysf Holding Corp CT$0 President & Ceo $3,387 $3,077 2024
Seiu Local 1991 Holding Corporation FL$0 Executive Di $76,563 $69,696 2024
Day Nursery Building Corp CO$0 Ceo $27,807 $25,837 2024
Msm Realty Inc MA$0 President $109,643 $93,012 2025
Msc Realty Inc RI$0 President $109,643 $99,250 2025
Citizens Advice Bureau Property NY$0 Chief Executive Director $68,192 $61,474 2023
Local 18a Realty Corp NY$0 Business Manager $152,617 $137,582 2023
Xuprop Co-norwood OH$0 President (Start 09/22) $53,071 $56,077 2023
Saint Clare Homes Property Ii Inc NJ$0 Ceo/president $27,757 $24,724 2023
St Mary's Dominican Property Holding Co LA$0 President $17,281 $18,984 2023
551 Main Street Holding Corporation MA$0 President $30,149 $27,028 2023
Imh Realty Inc IN$0 Grand Secretary $33,086 $34,808 2023
Cfh Blondell Housing NY$0 President And Ceo $8,794 $7,928 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Christina Vela) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S47), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,375 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.