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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Stone Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760519238
TX · NTEE A65
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jane Weiner, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jane Weiner — reported title “Founder & President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,700 total compensation of comparable organizations → $75,000 $70,000
$26,62610th
$38,11425th
$49,588Median
$57,31775th
$65,24790th
$70,000This org · 95th
p10$26,626
p25$38,114
p50$49,588
p75$57,317
p90$65,247
$70,000

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
Wimberley Players Inc TX$357,953 Technical Director $52,824 $54,384 2023
Musiqa TX$345,649 Executive Director $53,100 $54,668 2023
Glass Half Full Theatre TX$338,468 Co-producing Artistic Director $42,696 $42,696 2024
Longview Act TX$330,966 Executive Director $60,108 $60,108 2024
Island Star Performances Inc TX$376,544 Vice President $50,441 $50,441 2024
Stolen Shakespeare Guild TX$319,631 Executive Di $48,166 $48,166 2024
Teatro Hispano De Dallas TX$317,399 Executive Director $63,750 $65,633 2023
Second Thought Theatre TX$309,488 Executive Director $33,500 $33,500 2024
Paris Community Theater TX$295,327 President $4,700 $4,700 2024
The Theatre Company Of Bcs TX$411,951 Executive Director $60,000 $61,772 2023
Wichita Falls Backdoor Players Inc TX$290,648 Executive Director $45,510 $46,854 2023
Soul Rep Theatre Company TX$289,722 Producton $26,854 $26,162 2025
Cactus Pear Music Festival TX$284,917 Executive Dir. $69,333 $69,333 2024
Lubbock Moonlight Musicals Inc TX$425,007 Founder & Ar $12,000 $12,354 2023
Kitchen Dog Theater TX$272,394 Managing Director $47,500 $48,903 2023
Outcry Theatre Inc TX$268,753 Artistic Dir $37,440 $37,440 2024
The Actors Conservatory Theatre TX$435,935 General Production Manager $50,000 $51,477 2023
Corsicana Community Playhouse Inc TX$254,265 Exc Dir $30,805 $30,805 2024
Balanced Almond Inc TX$451,494 President $40,134 $40,134 2024
Austin Scottish Rite Community And TX$457,853 Executive Dir. $58,200 $58,200 2024
Beaumont Community Players Inc TX$459,825 Executive Dir $75,000 $75,000 2024
Lubbock Community Theatre TX$504,919 Executive Dir. $48,830 $50,272 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Jane Weiner) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.