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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Oregon Trail Of Hope

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813197491
OR · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Bordonaro, Executive Director / CEO ($56,660) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Matthew Bordonaro — reported title “DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,095 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,565 $56,660
$21,00710th
$41,46525th
$60,966Median
$78,95675th
$97,78190th
$56,660This org · 40th
p10$21,007
p25$41,465
p50$60,966
p75$78,956
p90$97,781
$56,660

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 OR 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
Friends Of The Carpenter WA$357,085 Executive Director $53,371 $51,454 2024
Little Birthday Angels Inc FL$356,626 Executive Di $51,201 $51,795 2024
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition AZ$365,915 Executive Dir. $58,462 $60,544 2024
Hands For Homeless Inc FL$367,506 Ceo $30,200 $31,452 2023
Growgood Inc CA$353,609 Executive Director $97,146 $92,998 2023
Shoreline Community Services CA$369,173 Executive Director $66,008 $63,190 2023
Every Avenue TX$350,028 Ceo $100,000 $107,716 2024
Encompass Yamhill Valley OR$375,109 Executive Director $60,223 $60,223 2024
Greater Cincinnati Coalition For The Homeless OH$375,871 Executive Director $47,536 $54,216 2024
Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities GA$376,580 Executive Director $48,479 $52,490 2024
Kinsman Redeemer Homeless Ministry TN$343,282 Executive Director $16,155 $18,286 2024
Together Helping Others Inc NY$341,620 Chairman $60,000 $60,107 2023
Cy-fair Helping Hands TX$384,316 Executive Director $73,900 $81,954 2023
Tourettes' Foundation For Needy Children Inc CA$386,297 Executive Director $29,465 $28,207 2023
Shenandoah Alliance For Shelter VA$386,985 Executive Director $51,853 $52,523 2025
Water Drop CA$334,061 Co-president $6,479 $6,024 2024
Help Right Here TN$328,137 Co-executive Director $53,428 $62,261 2023
Serenity Homes MN$327,799 Executive Director $22,000 $24,100 2023
Sisters Of Solace MO$327,391 Executive Di $33,348 $38,034 2024
Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc PA$394,511 Executive Director $62,071 $68,623 2023
The Open Door Community (Presbyteri MD$324,893 Former Direc $18,915 $19,042 2024
Integrated Recovery Network CA$397,973 Executive Dir $34,694 $32,260 2024
Corpus Christi House Inc ID$398,847 Executive Director $78,135 $89,505 2024
The Bridge Ministry Inc OH$399,230 Secretary Exectuvie Director $53,454 $60,966 2024
The Widows Mite NV$321,504 Board Member, Community Member $24,419 $26,357 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)51st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Matthew Bordonaro) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,660 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.