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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope For Life

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611806775
WA · NTEE P12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Edward Sumner, Executive Director / CEO ($100,420) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$603 total compensation of comparable organizations → $210,396 $100,420
$12,48410th
$25,60625th
$56,765Median
$83,72775th
$106,53490th
$100,420This org · 86th
p10$12,484
p25$25,606
p50$56,765
p75$83,727
p90$106,534
$100,420

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 WA 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
Morrison Foundation OR$333,311 Chief Executive Officer $7,761 $7,819 2024
Texas Baptist Prisoner Family Ministry TX$331,025 Executive Director $98,167 $106,534 2024
The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc KY$339,524 Executive Director $62,966 $73,392 2024
Adult Care Services Inc AZ$324,907 President & Ed $133,658 $143,573 2023
God's Vision For Haiti MI$342,156 Executive Di $23,845 $26,702 2024
Foster The Love Louisianainc LA$314,688 Executive Director $40,000 $47,784 2024
End Human Trafficking Inc FL$309,320 Executive Di $96,830 $98,686 2024
New Freedom Project AZ$361,674 President $96,154 $100,323 2024
Jeremy Wilson Foundation The OR$370,966 Executive Dir. $73,000 $73,547 2024
My Better Benefits NY$293,590 Officer $12,600 $12,353 2024
Sankofa House Inc GA$290,339 President $39,912 $42,416 2025
Neighbor To Neighbor Massachusetts MA$286,918 Executive Di $1,702 $1,659 2024
Fostering Further OH$283,116 Executive Director $54,708 $62,863 2024
Texas Pride Impact Funds TX$387,795 Executive Director $117,127 $130,864 2023
Flockfest Events Inc FL$394,952 President $65,000 $66,246 2024
Orange County Walk To Remember CA$268,345 Director $89,175 $83,540 2024
L E A D Foundation Inc MI$265,877 Executive Director $50,340 $58,035 2023
The Izzy Foundation RI$265,754 Executive Director $83,019 $86,363 2024
Hoh Share Inc WV$401,586 Executive Di $32,000 $37,589 2024
Mindful Communities Fund TX$263,406 Exec Dir/pres. $93,000 $100,926 2024
Friends Of Ruwenzori Foundation CA$261,956 Executive Di $55,800 $52,274 2024
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc MA$406,582 President/director $5,000 $5,018 2023
The Brandon Tolson Foundation Inc MD$258,987 Executive Dir. $30,000 $30,428 2024
Yoga Gives Back CA$257,095 Executive Dir. $61,508 $59,323 2023
Olive Osmond Hearing Fund Inc UT$251,897 Ceo $18,000 $19,987 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Edward Sumner) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,420 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.