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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hang Tough Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472388059
FL · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Howard, Executive Director / CEO ($61,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 214 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Danielle Howard — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

214 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 214 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$800 total compensation of comparable organizations → $306,382 $61,077
$9,96410th
$24,52725th
$44,661Median
$73,39575th
$98,76590th
$61,077This org · 65th
p10$9,964
p25$24,527
p50$44,661
p75$73,395
p90$98,765
$61,077

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 FL 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
Nailba Charitable Foundation DC$270,940 Chief Executive Officer $34,979 $31,737 2024
Affinity Federal Credit Union Foundation NJ$271,214 Executive Dir. $22,602 $20,865 2024
Sunsar Maya Inc CA$270,320 Executive Director $70,000 $64,343 2023
Heros For Heros TX$271,508 President & Ceo $95,000 $98,255 2024
Focal Point Corporation MO$270,130 President $750 $800 2025
The Andersons Fund Supporting OH$271,579 Secretary/treasurer Thru August 2024 $61,652 $67,515 2024
Rahima Aziz Foundation Corp NY$269,470 Secretary $45,500 $42,511 2024
C P Center Foundation Of Orange NY$269,306 Director, Ceo $23,626 $22,726 2023
American Society Of Retina IL$272,520 Executive Vice President $61,263 $64,112 2023
Admin Hub CA$273,229 President/ceo $72,996 $67,097 2023
The All Souls' Foundation TX$268,275 Founder $26,000 $26,891 2024
Unity Healthcare Foundation IA$274,033 Exec Director $44,087 $49,911 2024
Sms Research Foundation Inc CT$267,378 Board Member $100,000 $96,944 2024
Project Prakash Foundation Inc MA$267,302 Program Mana $33,750 $31,358 2024
Storyline TX$266,526 Executive Director $117,600 $121,630 2024
His Love Extended FL$276,114 President $120,000 $120,000 2023
Hope Outreach Center Inc FL$276,285 Executive Di $65,762 $63,875 2024
San Luis Valley Health Foundation CO$276,551 Ceo $35,491 $35,187 2024
Live 4 Evan Inc MA$263,457 Executive Director/preside $31,954 $29,689 2024
Millers Foundation Inc MA$260,924 Secretary $12,848 $11,937 2024
Yx Gives TN$280,872 Vice Preside $10,000 $10,868 2024
Barb Food Mart Nfp IL$259,966 Associate Di $56,328 $55,781 2025
United Way Of Parker County TX$259,941 Former Exec. $65,417 $65,914 2025
Odeh Inc NY$282,013 President $14,683 $13,719 2024
Boca Raton Police Foundation Inc FL$259,639 Executive Director $119,878 $119,878 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Danielle Howard) 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 214 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,077 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.