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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope For Hie

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464038344
MI · NTEE G96
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Betsy Pilon, Executive Director / CEO ($86,047) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 270 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

270 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 270 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$706 total compensation of comparable organizations → $291,302 $86,047
$12,21210th
$24,32025th
$50,044Median
$71,22275th
$89,79590th
$86,047This org · 88th
p10$12,212
p25$24,320
p50$50,044
p75$71,222
p90$89,795
$86,047

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 MI 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
Enrichment Center For The Blind And Visually Impaired NJ$223,055 Director $25,704 $21,597 2024
Lighthouse For Hope Inc AZ$223,212 Executive Director $64,229 $59,845 2023
Rocky Mountain Hemophilia And MT$222,947 Executive Di $81,953 $83,132 2024
Bexa Equity Alliance CA$221,528 Executive Director $175,000 $142,203 2024
Andrews Gift PA$224,716 Board Member $16,280 $15,278 2024
Simply From The Heart Foundation IL$220,389 Founder $13,200 $12,573 2023
Mission Vision Inc PA$219,644 Board Member $25,000 $23,461 2024
Hunt2heal MI$226,580 Executive Director $56,750 $53,701 2025
American Society Of Ophthalmic Plastic FL$227,357 Exec Director $35,000 $31,855 2023
Asd Adult Achievement Center Inc FL$218,689 President $26,900 $24,483 2023
Community Services For Sight PA$218,609 President/ceo $49,930 $48,240 2023
No Stomach For Cancer Inc WI$227,937 Executive Director $54,174 $51,869 2025
Truth Aid Inc NY$217,468 President $83,918 $82,604 2021
Multicultural Integrated Kidney OR$217,129 Executive Director $87,072 $76,092 2024
Ramsey Keller Memorial MT$216,710 President $51,500 $50,894 2025
Spina Bifida Association Of Kentucky Inc KY$216,564 Executive Director $43,016 $44,775 2023
Vision Resource Center NC$229,796 Executive Director $62,962 $61,221 2024
Atlanta Neuroscience Foundation Inc GA$216,350 Ceo - Ani $23,983 $22,693 2024
Ag For Autism AR$216,270 Assistant $5,000 $5,289 2024
Pandas Networkorg CA$215,894 Executive Director $55,000 $44,692 2024
Madeline Fiadini Lore Foundation NJ$215,532 Executive Director $18,000 $15,570 2023
The Michigan Neonatal Biobank Inc MI$230,836 Executive Di $82,566 $80,197 2024
Asls Incorporated CA$231,051 President $8,899 $7,445 2023
The Annandale Foundation Inc GA$231,169 President/executive Direct $63,193 $61,559 2023
Lost Lake Run Inc AK$231,194 President $46,234 $41,596 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Betsy Pilon) 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 270 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,047 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.