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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hcu Network America

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813646006
IL · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danae' Bartke, Executive Director / CEO ($72,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Danae' Bartke — reported title “EXECUTIVE OFFICER/SECRETAR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,686 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,330 $72,000
$21,48410th
$41,35525th
$59,904Median
$80,31175th
$91,44690th
$72,000This org · 68th
p10$21,484
p25$41,355
p50$59,904
p75$80,311
p90$91,446
$72,000

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 IL 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
Sisterhouse IL$461,585 Executive Director $71,814 $73,935 2023
Center For Grief Recovery & Sibling Loss IL$491,066 Executive Director $129,645 $133,474 2023
Elms University Center IL$492,322 Secretary $23,167 $23,167 2024
Trauma & Resilience Initiative Inc IL$457,924 Executive Dir. $86,718 $84,483 2025
United Way Of Lee County Inc IL$500,706 Executive Director $49,000 $50,447 2023
1st Way Pregnancy Support Services IL$440,407 Executive Dir. $42,000 $42,000 2024
Recovery Bound IL$512,457 Executive Director $58,230 $58,230 2024
Street Samaritans IL$434,855 Executive Director $67,923 $67,923 2024
Kids Teen Rider Inc IL$433,792 President $40,000 $40,000 2024
Glenn Hudson Muay Thai Self Defense IL$432,387 President $88,400 $88,400 2024
Laurent House Foundation Inc IL$429,022 Executive Director $75,000 $75,000 2024
Chatham Community Collaborative Nfp IL$427,971 President $12,686 $12,686 2024
House Of Neighborly Service - Monroe IL$417,391 Executive Dir. $56,833 $56,833 2024
The Guardian Center Inc IL$536,593 Executive Director $66,807 $65,085 2025
Rainbow Cafe Lgbtq Center IL$409,133 Executive Director (Former $60,000 $60,000 2024
Alianza Leadership Institute IL$554,946 Executive Director $70,000 $70,000 2024
Children Of Pokot Educational Fund Inc IL$394,695 Executive Dir. $20,167 $20,763 2023
Haven House IL$391,143 President $16,973 $16,973 2024
New Life For Haiti IL$385,490 Executive Director $71,566 $69,721 2025
Organic Oneness IL$569,636 Executive Di $89,000 $89,000 2024
Darren B Easterling Center For Restorative Practices IL$382,411 Executive Director $82,081 $82,081 2024
Warp Corps IL$571,251 Executive Di $59,808 $59,808 2024
Army Of The Kind IL$574,467 Vice Chair/exec Dir $54,000 $52,608 2025
Mulliganeers Inc IL$580,783 Administrator $55,650 $57,294 2023
Imago Relationships North America IL$364,114 Executive Dir. $116,504 $116,504 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
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 (Danae' Bartke) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + IL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,000 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.