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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Seeds Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 650911582
FL · NTEE Q193
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Balsbaugh, Executive Director / CEO ($66,950) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 618 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

618 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 618 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$692 total compensation of comparable organizations → $352,497 $66,950
$10,86310th
$26,72625th
$51,758Median
$80,26675th
$109,59590th
$66,950This org · 66th
p10$10,863
p25$26,726
p50$51,758
p75$80,266
p90$109,595
$66,950

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
She Is More Than Inc FL$315,034 Executive Director $40,354 $40,354 2023
Adopt A Family Foundation CA$314,408 Ceo/chair $6,000 $5,357 2024
Media For Development International WA$314,036 President $28,000 $25,920 2024
Abrahams Tent Inc NY$313,586 Director $22,500 $21,643 2023
Medreach Inc AL$316,399 Sec/treasure $2,203 $2,533 2023
Beyond The Orphanage Foundation Inc VT$316,581 Chief Executive Officer $29,621 $30,826 2024
Long Way Home Inc OR$317,075 Executive Director $3,500 $3,361 2024
Design For Life MI$312,900 Executive Director $245,966 $262,496 2024
Agricorps Inc TX$312,305 Executive Director $73,125 $73,681 2025
Hope Water International MI$317,957 Executive Director/preside $53,333 $58,598 2023
Deep Time Journey Network NJ$318,272 President $65,000 $60,004 2024
Hope Filled Hearts 4 Africa Inc CA$318,590 President $12,000 $10,714 2024
Ccm Evangelical Ministries TX$319,102 President $67,000 $69,296 2024
Partners In Progress PA$319,434 Executive Direc $42,306 $44,909 2023
Junior Achievement Of The Ocoee Region TN$310,470 President $93,593 $99,097 2025
Edens Rose Foundation NY$310,108 Executive Director $68,312 $63,824 2024
Two Bridges Football Club Inc NY$320,107 Ceo/executive Director $36,000 $33,635 2024
Gathering Hearts For Honduras OK$309,467 President $42,000 $47,817 2024
Global Jothoor Foundation VA$320,739 Ceo $85,785 $88,170 2023
Champions In Action Inc TX$309,045 Board Chairm $10,000 $10,343 2024
Inventions For Good Inc NC$309,009 Executive Director $13,500 $14,423 2024
Field Of Hope IA$308,965 Executive Director $66,500 $77,508 2023
Action For Post-soviet Jewry Inc MA$308,617 Executive Director $106,000 $98,487 2024
World Affairs Council Of New Hampshire NH$321,406 Executive Director $97,060 $95,401 2023
Guatemala Deaf Ministries CA$321,509 Vice President $32,875 $29,351 2024

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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (David Balsbaugh) 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 618 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,950 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.