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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Horsepower Experiential Learning

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464444309
MO · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Jensen, Executive Director / CEO ($30,156) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 267 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

267 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 267 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,022 $30,156
$6,97010th
$21,22725th
$43,944Median
$63,83375th
$81,12890th
$30,156This org · 35th
p10$6,970
p25$21,227
p50$43,944
p75$63,833
p90$81,128
$30,156

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 MO 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
Girls On The Run Of The Shenandoah VA$168,998 Executive Director $50,885 $45,192 2025
Brookline Teen Outreach PA$168,881 Executive Dir. $25,000 $23,538 2024
My Blind Spot Inc NY$169,551 President/treas $23,425 $19,985 2024
Center For The Study Of Boys And DE$170,224 Executive Director $44,850 $42,687 2023
Young Nation MI$167,748 Executive Director $62,400 $60,810 2024
Latinos Count Inc IN$167,459 Executive Dir. $24,000 $24,602 2023
Go For Yours Foundation CA$171,060 President & Ceo $30,000 $25,181 2023
Wayfinders On The Hudson Corp NY$172,068 President $22,200 $19,500 2023
Hornets Hive MN$165,935 Executive Director $15,080 $14,484 2023
Soul River Inc OR$165,888 President $80,040 $70,178 2024
Girls Rock St Pete Inc FL$165,821 Director $68,083 $60,387 2024
Girls On The Run Of The Flint Hills KS$172,372 Executive Dir. $64,900 $64,492 2025
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Dauphin County Inc PA$164,829 Ministry Director $48,787 $45,935 2024
Rise Above MI$173,456 Executive Di $72,116 $68,467 2025
The Ibelieve Foundation OH$173,515 Executive Director $60,000 $61,772 2023
Cmj Academy Inc FL$173,966 President $63,942 $55,252 2025
Kidnected World UT$163,909 Coo $72,000 $69,575 2024
Activediscovery Club CA$174,549 Executive Director $60,000 $48,917 2024
Baseball For All Inc CA$174,850 President $80,000 $65,222 2024
Sis Circles Inc GA$162,427 Key Employee $63,900 $60,662 2024
Girls On The Run Greater Connecticut CT$161,914 Executive Director $39,334 $33,923 2025
Asun Star Community Outreach Program NJ$176,247 President $35,000 $29,504 2024
Young Women Lead Inc KY$161,844 Executive Director $56,583 $57,396 2024
Shoreline Sports Foundation WA$161,614 Executive Dir. $58,900 $49,788 2024
Inland Circle CA$161,393 Chief Executive Officer $26,550 $21,646 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO cost of living and 2024 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 MO 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Julie Jensen) 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 267 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,156 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.