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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foundation For Community Empowerment

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 752682461
TX · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dorothy Hopkins, Executive Director / CEO ($31,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dorothy Hopkins — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16,616 total compensation of comparable organizations → $186,268 $31,000
$21,36810th
$27,61425th
$71,966Median
$98,98275th
$122,12190th
$31,000This org · 32nd
p10$21,368
p25$27,614
p50$71,966
p75$98,982
p90$122,121
$31,000

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
Family Promise Of Clear Creek TX$375,801 Executive Dir. $82,364 $82,364 2024
Great Southwest Equestrian Foundation TX$328,505 Treasurer/director $23,832 $23,832 2024
Houston Food Bank Endowment Inc TX$404,475 President & Ceo $76,743 $79,010 2023
Vandergrift Lacrosse Booster TX$409,148 Program Director $30,000 $29,227 2025
Houston Marathon Foundation TX$417,366 Executive Director $22,070 $21,501 2025
Brookshire Brothers Charitable TX$417,884 Treasurer $20,236 $20,834 2023
Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation TX$419,884 Executive Director $180,924 $186,268 2023
Grapevine-colleyville Isd TX$442,825 Executive Dir. $82,500 $82,500 2024
Heros For Heros TX$271,508 President & Ceo $95,000 $95,000 2024
The All Souls' Foundation TX$268,275 Founder $26,000 $26,000 2024
Storyline TX$266,526 Executive Director $117,600 $117,600 2024
Rescue Her Inc TX$457,182 Executive Director $45,000 $45,000 2024
United Way Of Parker County TX$259,941 Former Exec. $65,417 $63,731 2025
Warm Foundation TX$256,540 Executive Director $16,616 $16,616 2024
Impact Austin Foundation TX$465,504 Executive Director $140,207 $140,207 2024
Cancer Services Network Inc TX$487,171 Executive Director $70,010 $70,010 2024
Pregnancy Help Center Of Galveston Inc TX$491,348 Executive Director $71,966 $71,966 2024
The Dee Howard Foundation TX$521,297 Executive Director $108,894 $112,110 2023
Mansfield Isd Education Foundation TX$530,474 Executive Di $100,009 $102,963 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 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 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Dorothy Hopkins) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,000 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.