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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Houston Lighthouse Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 741618607
TX · NTEE G41Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jenna Dhayer, Executive Director / CEO ($24,213) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,431 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,127 $24,213
$23,05410th
$33,13825th
$63,171Median
$87,58475th
$110,77590th
$24,213This org · 20th
p10$23,054
p25$33,138
p50$63,171
p75$87,584
p90$110,775
$24,213

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 TX 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
Blindsight Delaware Inc DE$205,368 Executive Di $84,187 $82,407 2023
Community Services For Sight PA$218,609 President/ceo $49,930 $49,776 2023
Mission Vision Inc PA$219,644 Board Member $25,000 $24,208 2024
Enrichment Center For The Blind And Visually Impaired NJ$223,055 Director $25,704 $22,285 2024
American Society Of Ophthalmic Plastic FL$227,357 Exec Director $35,000 $32,870 2023
Vision Resource Center NC$229,796 Executive Director $62,962 $63,171 2024
Hull Foundation And Learning OR$231,509 Executive Di $52,500 $47,341 2024
Federation Center Of The Blind SC$183,953 Executive Director $32,031 $33,406 2023
Cedar Springs Vision Inc TX$236,404 President/director $67,308 $65,377 2024
Maine Society Of Eye ME$171,786 Mseps Exec. $2,500 $2,431 2024
Lifesight SD$259,141 Executive Director $98,182 $105,215 2024
Community Center For The Blind CA$276,926 Exec Director $75,246 $64,955 2023
Visual Compassion Inc TX$283,424 Ceo $135,000 $131,127 2024
Vision Outreach International Inc MI$303,002 Executive Director $89,898 $92,761 2023
Charity Of The Eye Care Network CA$311,331 Ceo/president $132,619 $114,481 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Jenna Dhayer) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,213 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.