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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Taylor Hooton Foundation For Fighting

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800099679
TX · NTEE F99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donald M Hooton Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($115,289) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Donald M Hooton Jr — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,272 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,834 $115,289
$40,89910th
$56,11325th
$74,769Median
$96,18675th
$120,30090th
$115,289This org · 87th
p10$40,899
p25$56,113
p50$74,769
p75$96,186
p90$120,300
$115,289

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
Maji Ya Chai Land Sanctuary MN$440,159 Executive Dir. $86,250 $82,754 2024
Ohio Victim Witness Association Inc OH$438,569 Executive Director $70,013 $72,004 2024
Progressive Recovery Outreach Inc NC$442,980 Ceo $120,000 $120,397 2024
Minds Matter TN$435,084 Executive Director $25,620 $25,476 2025
Nami Of Pennsylvania Montgomery County PA$435,012 Executive Director $105,658 $105,333 2023
Defenders For Children SC$433,590 Ceo $46,790 $47,399 2024
The Healing Center WA$428,859 Director $81,000 $70,417 2024
Warriornow CO$427,810 Director $5,500 $5,272 2023
Greentree Peer Support Program NC$452,730 Executive Di $58,000 $58,192 2024
Erowid Center CA$423,518 President $100,386 $84,170 2024
New Beginning Of Charleston Inc SC$455,552 Program Coordinator $60,577 $61,364 2024
Heart Mind Haven CO$418,577 Executive Dir. $113,000 $108,320 2023
Hungry Hill Foundation TX$418,031 President $90,002 $90,002 2023
Westchester Center For The Study Of NY$416,610 Executive Director $7,250 $6,361 2024
National Alliance Of Mental Illness PA$412,570 Executive Director $84,503 $81,826 2024
Kids Interdisciplinary Services Inc NC$411,345 Executive Director $77,334 $79,882 2023
Grace After Fire TX$467,771 President & Ceo $75,000 $72,848 2024
Empowerment Systems Inc AZ$409,198 Ceo $137,441 $132,139 2023
Detroit Youth Concert Choir And Performing Arts Company MI$470,203 President $64,400 $62,881 2025
Nine Gates Programs Inc CA$399,422 Executive Direc $34,000 $29,350 2023
Beacon Of Light Mental Health TX$485,727 Ex. Dir./pre $46,226 $44,900 2024
Beyond The Badge Inc NY$391,052 Officer, Dir $11,195 $9,823 2024
Platoon 22 Inc MD$488,889 Executive Di $80,000 $74,769 2023
Living Free Inc TN$377,574 President $85,304 $84,822 2025
Project Be Free A Nonprofit Corporation WA$371,130 Executive Director (Co-founder) $53,216 $47,630 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Donald M Hooton Jr) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $115,289 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.