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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Hope Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470682835
NE · NTEE P20Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Veda Keebler, Executive Director / CEO ($71,681) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1065 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,065 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,065 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$248 total compensation of comparable organizations → $304,069 $71,681
$16,16510th
$32,72125th
$53,225Median
$77,07375th
$102,14190th
$71,681This org · 70th
p10$16,165
p25$32,721
p50$53,225
p75$77,073
p90$102,141
$71,681

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 NE 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
Maine Administrators Of Services For ME$402,620 Executive Director $88,506 $82,399 2024
California Immunization Coalition CA$402,482 Executive Dir. $97,376 $78,178 2024
Bertie County Hive House NC$402,250 Ceo $50,500 $48,514 2024
Musical Theatre Academy Of Orange County CA$401,813 Exective Artist $72,000 $56,315 2025
Rebuilding Macon Inc GA$403,421 Executive Di $78,000 $75,072 2023
Leonardo's Basement MN$403,541 Co-executive Director $68,750 $63,161 2024
Lishmor Inc NJ$401,599 President $79,692 $66,154 2024
South Central United CA$404,074 Director $96,000 $79,350 2023
Family Promise Of Carbon County PA$401,063 Executive Director $66,950 $62,075 2024
Angels For Humanity FL$404,123 Founder Coo $144,400 $126,123 2024
Redemptive Faith Inc TX$401,026 President $47,584 $44,255 2024
Women's Wellness Spa(ce) PA$401,009 President $97,500 $90,400 2024
Kossuth Foundation Of The Hungarian Reformed Federation Of America DC$400,873 Director $8,000 $6,527 2024
Faith In Action Northern Com Partner Inc VT$400,788 Ex. Director $26,933 $25,204 2024
The Tyler Clementi Foundation Inc NJ$400,709 Ceo And Vice President $115,927 $99,076 2023
Families For Depression Awareness Inc MA$400,607 Coexec Director $104,939 $87,675 2024
Street Hearts Inc VA$404,590 Founder Executive Director $35,296 $32,622 2023
Furniture Friends ME$400,458 Executive Director $72,438 $69,432 2023
Hunt Motors Inc CA$400,032 Principal Ceo $300 $248 2023
Rts Missions Inc FL$399,914 President $74,867 $65,391 2024
Southeast Alabama Works Inc AL$405,443 Executive Director $87,051 $87,438 2024
Highest Horizon Support Services FL$399,532 Ceo $84,000 $73,368 2024
Safe Passage Inc KY$399,436 Founder & President $57,500 $59,133 2023
The Other Side AR$399,318 President $26,000 $27,172 2024
Ihsan Worldwide OH$406,121 Executive Di $64,777 $65,673 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Veda Keebler) 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 1065 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,681 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.