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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Starfish Project Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471675433
KS · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joni Moreland, Executive Director / CEO ($6,984) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 750 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

750 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 750 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$262 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,078 $6,984
$10,92910th
$22,47125th
$39,341Median
$59,79875th
$79,97590th
$6,984This org · 7th
p10$10,929
p25$22,471
p50$39,341
p75$59,798
p90$79,975
$6,984

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 KS 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
Live Oak Mental Wellness Project Inc CA$205,144 Ceo $14,368 $11,155 2024
Community Services Of Central Md MD$205,333 President $13,755 $11,903 2023
Thunderzoll Inc KS$204,757 Chairman $15,500 $15,500 2023
The Arc Alliance Guardianship Services PA$205,454 Executive Director $54,094 $49,933 2023
Night Off The Streets Inc NV$204,652 President $60,000 $52,679 2025
The Latino Cancer Institute CA$205,874 Founder/president $36,000 $28,774 2023
Hitha Healing House Inc MI$204,220 President $5,102 $4,613 2025
Tomaros Change DE$205,994 Founder, Therapist & Coach $49,800 $45,136 2023
Uptown Association Inc MN$204,192 Executive Dir. $70,000 $62,188 2024
The Village For Rhode Island Foster RI$206,058 Director $3,340 $2,964 2023
Trinity Community Commons TN$206,215 Executive Director $85,000 $80,330 2024
To Whom It May Concern OH$203,951 Secretarydirector Prison Reentry $47,840 $45,556 2024
Moscow Contemporary Inc ID$203,526 Executive Director $35,027 $34,490 2023
Return To Zero Hope Inc CA$206,705 Executive Director $59,400 $46,116 2024
Huts For Vets CO$203,467 Executive Director/treasurer $60,000 $53,254 2023
Ken Turner Ministries TN$203,360 Board Member $90,800 $88,346 2023
Vineyard Community Services MN$203,346 Executive Director $12,000 $10,976 2023
The Still Place Inc NC$203,343 Executive Di $32,750 $31,323 2023
Hoofbeatz Horses & Humans In Harmony AZ$206,931 Vice President $28,910 $25,736 2023
Main Street Ministries Inc KS$206,949 Secretary $5,750 $5,585 2024
Hospitality Industry Protection Fund MI$206,990 President $40,883 $37,939 2024
Basics In Milwaukee Inc WI$203,191 Executive Director $54,833 $51,487 2024
The Long Short Road Inc PA$207,159 President & Ceo $92,032 $82,516 2024
Southern Door Community Land Trust Inc NY$207,189 Executive Director $70,408 $57,202 2024
Life In Abundance SC$207,262 President, Dir. $48,000 $46,352 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Joni Moreland) 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 750 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,984 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.