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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Giving Hope & Help Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472005923
MO · NTEE P50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Mcclellan, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jessica Mcclellan — reported title “Founder and President (Non-voting)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,169 total compensation of comparable organizations → $170,293 $80,000
$15,84710th
$39,40725th
$53,833Median
$69,94975th
$80,75290th
$80,000This org · 89th
p10$15,847
p25$39,407
p50$53,833
p75$69,949
p90$80,752
$80,000

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
The Treehouse Inc KS$385,103 Executive Director $60,000 $59,445 2024
Personal Guardianship Services OH$387,004 Exec Director $72,500 $70,420 2024
Arica Institute Inc CT$388,540 Manager $80,373 $67,327 2025
Conestoga Valley Christian PA$361,071 Treasurer $12,960 $12,202 2023
Amac Foundation Inc FL$360,833 Executive Director $60,000 $53,217 2023
Healing And Reconciliation Institute CA$360,528 Interim E.d. $35,871 $29,245 2023
Transformed By The Word Inc NC$360,190 Executive Di $80,050 $78,093 2023
Showers Of Blessing Santa Barbara CA$394,982 Executive Dir. $83,019 $67,683 2023
Abundant Hope Pregnancy MA$397,165 Executive Dir. $57,410 $48,708 2023
Neighbours International Inc NJ$348,361 President $18,344 $15,020 2024
Fire Outreach Of Houston TX$403,991 Secretary $17,500 $16,054 2024
The Legacy Center Inc AL$345,033 Executive Director $73,256 $74,721 2023
Scores Reentry NJ$405,730 Chief Executive Officer $63,000 $51,584 2024
Grace And Gratitude Sober Living FL$341,617 President $72,000 $63,861 2023
All Things Possible Medical Fundraising SC$409,441 Director $14,250 $14,036 2023
Bridges For Life Inc IN$409,904 President And Founder $45,652 $44,150 2024
Coastal Communities Consulting Inc LA$333,999 Executive Directorvp $89,443 $90,321 2024
Fresh Air Family Inc AL$416,909 Executive Director $53,460 $52,965 2024
Oakland Catholic Worker CA$332,110 Director $48,000 $38,011 2024
St Joseph Regional Sports Commission Inc MO$331,819 Executive Director $6,062 $5,888 2024
Laundry Workers Center Inc NY$327,588 Co-director $70,000 $58,008 2024
Love Inc Of Boise Community Incorporated ID$326,646 Executive Dir. $50,200 $48,973 2024
Anointed Community Services International Inc FL$324,631 Ceo $31,836 $27,427 2024
National Fund For Foster Children FL$322,825 President $6,000 $5,169 2024
Hello Gorgeous Of Hope Inc IN$322,604 President $50,085 $48,437 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 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 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Jessica Mcclellan) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.