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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Equi-kids Therapeutic Riding Program

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541693046
VA · NTEE E50Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Hornby, Executive Director / CEO ($23,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$267 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,458 $23,750
$14,11610th
$22,77025th
$57,555Median
$69,90275th
$81,70090th
$23,750This org · 26th
p10$14,116
p25$22,770
p50$57,555
p75$69,902
p90$81,700
$23,750

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 VA 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
Therapies For Hope Inc CO$344,783 Executive Di $5,600 $5,561 2023
Therapy And Counseling Services PA$346,088 Treasurer/clinical Director $41,769 $41,903 2024
Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project UT$347,236 Executive Dir. $62,500 $64,349 2024
Voices Of Hope For Aphasia Inc FL$341,264 Executive Director $58,920 $55,682 2024
The Arc Of Whatcom County WA$357,296 Executive Director $63,711 $59,076 2023
Windhorse Equine Learning MT$358,139 Executive Director $55,000 $59,641 2024
Hopelife Regeneration Inc NC$329,601 President $23,088 $24,707 2023
Easter Seals Southwest Florida FL$361,813 President & Ceo $15,453 $14,604 2024
Ahead With Horses Inc CA$327,152 Executive Dir. $64,480 $56,011 2024
Pure Living Recovery And Rehabilitation IL$324,689 Cfo $10,908 $10,788 2024
Community Supported Acupuncture KY$323,981 Executive Director $74,150 $80,141 2024
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy TX$320,848 Executive Dir. $36,279 $35,566 2025
Carrusel En La Sebastiana Corp PR$369,010 Executive Director $41,900 $41,900 2023
Two Bear Therapeutic Riding Center Inc MT$317,556 Executive Dir. $55,000 $61,402 2023
Berkeley Acupuncture Project Of Ca CA$316,423 President $54,937 $47,722 2024
Form5 Prosthetics Inc OH$314,173 Founder/ Ceo $55,000 $58,601 2024
Hope To Walk Inc VA$376,619 Executive Di $49,718 $48,292 2024
Association Of Occupational And DC$378,399 Executive Director $79,185 $69,902 2024
School Of Service MO$310,410 Executive Director $39,046 $42,832 2023
Arise At Marshall Farms Inc NY$380,033 Ceo $18,310 $17,136 2023
Therapy Dogs International Inc NJ$380,069 President $140,000 $129,458 2023
Leaps And Sounds Pediatric Rehabilitation OH$385,091 Voting Member $66,060 $70,386 2024
Willowind Therapeutic Riding Center Inc ME$303,502 Executive Director $94,308 $94,998 2024
Warrior Ranch Foundation Inc NY$395,902 President $21,650 $19,680 2024
Grow Pediatric Therapy Services MO$291,608 Secretary $250 $267 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Beth Hornby) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,750 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.