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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helping Horse Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581852114
NC · NTEE E86Z
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jackie Saxton, Executive Director / CEO ($37,362) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 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: Jackie Saxton — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,571 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,482 $37,362
$16,94310th
$37,81425th
$53,405Median
$71,07175th
$93,80190th
$37,362This org · 26th
p10$16,943
p25$37,814
p50$53,405
p75$71,071
p90$93,801
$37,362

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 NC 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
Josh Provides Epilepsy Assistance FL$302,293 Ceo $82,500 $75,007 2024
Wellness Within Corporation CA$302,747 Former Exec $81,917 $68,458 2024
Fisher House Of Grt Cleveland Inc OH$300,450 Secretary And Executive Director $33,654 $35,516 2023
Abundant Life AR$299,851 Executive Director $46,661 $50,761 2024
Puulu Lapaau HI$307,256 Executive Di $46,200 $40,031 2024
American Pregnancy Association TX$296,882 Executive Director $36,000 $34,852 2024
East Texas Cancer Alliance Of Hope TX$307,959 Founder/ceo $61,539 $59,576 2024
West Texas Gifts Of Hope Inc TX$294,869 Executive Director $96,320 $93,248 2024
Light Collective WA$310,471 Executive Director $99,605 $86,306 2024
Team Tony Cancer Foundation Inc FL$292,794 Executive Director $55,846 $52,274 2023
Martha's Vineyard Foundation Inc FL$289,248 President $34,579 $31,438 2024
Matthew House Inc NY$322,055 Executive Director $73,509 $64,286 2024
Guardians Of Tomorrow Inc WI$281,706 Pres/treas $31,000 $31,333 2024
Canandaigua Comfort Care Home Inc NY$326,213 Executive Director $72,000 $62,967 2024
Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation Inc NY$277,074 Executive Director $60,671 $53,059 2024
Therapeutic Riding Of Tri-cities WA$276,533 Founder/executive Director $56,914 $50,772 2023
You Can Be My Angel Foundation IL$275,904 President/chairman $30,078 $28,618 2024
305 Pink Pack Inc FL$329,849 Executive Director $52,604 $47,826 2024
South Texas Juvenile Diabetes TX$267,888 Executive Dir. $24,961 $24,878 2023
With Courage OR$262,558 Executive Dir. $66,500 $58,227 2025
Momcares MD$343,012 Executive Director $142,046 $128,524 2024
The Journey Fund WA$343,051 Treasurer $45,500 $39,425 2024
Live-evermore Inc DC$257,816 Executive Director $60,000 $50,957 2024
Rx Compassion Inc NY$257,553 Executive Director $101,562 $91,443 2023
Our Promise Cancer Resources AR$348,767 Executive Director $60,000 $65,272 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Jackie Saxton) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E86), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,362 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.