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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Dove Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541846994
VA · NTEE T20J
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Hayes, Executive Director / CEO ($458) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$282 total compensation of comparable organizations → $68,094 $458
$5,05110th
$10,59625th
$22,715Median
$35,17275th
$50,42890th
$458This org · 5th
p10$5,051
p25$10,596
p50$22,715
p75$35,172
p90$50,428
$458

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
Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation KS$97,738 President & Ceo $16,608 $18,583 2024
Maxwell And Marjorie Jospey MI$94,989 Treasurer $26,189 $27,996 2024
The Mabel Fire Dept Relief Association MN$101,861 Gambling Manager $5,600 $5,731 2024
Pediatric Foundation Of Georgia GA$94,850 Executive Di $21,509 $22,399 2024
Pennsylvania Cable & PA$91,560 Executive Di $47,131 $48,678 2024
Ann Lib And Bernard Kozel NY$91,171 Secretary $30,887 $28,906 2024
Ancor Foundation Inc VA$109,806 Chief Executive Officer $66,140 $68,094 2023
The Langford Family Foundation FL$110,132 Director $5,113 $4,975 2024
Eleanor And Henry Jansen Foundation WA$83,352 Executive Director $4,988 $4,625 2024
The Anne K Raikos Charitable MO$79,645 Trustee $250 $282 2023
Forte For Children CA$75,706 Executive Director $15,000 $13,415 2024
Interfaith Caregivers Inc NY$122,420 Executive Director $57,046 $54,965 2023
Metro Omaha Medical Society Foundation NE$73,307 Executive Director $9,077 $10,111 2024
Mary F Clancy Charities Inc NY$70,177 President $27,009 $25,277 2024
Architectural Woodwork Institute VA$128,460 Secretary $45,856 $45,856 2024
Greenwood Heritage Foundation SC$129,555 President/ceo $45,508 $50,622 2023
Music For All Foundation IN$67,193 President $21,429 $23,405 2024
Crestwood Foundation Incorporation VA$66,002 Board Member $37,260 $37,260 2024
Friends Of Fmc Foundation Inc MT$141,318 Foundation Director $17,481 $19,516 2024
Frank & Kathleen Blair & Christine MD$141,614 President $7,000 $6,778 2024
Education Foundation Of Greenville MI$142,913 Executive Di $11,273 $12,051 2024
Renaissance Newark Foundation Inc NJ$145,804 Past Secretary $24,905 $23,030 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 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 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
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 (Mark Hayes) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $458 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.