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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Spreading Hope Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813933634
MN · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Russell Gregg, Executive Director / CEO ($17,667) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 297 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

297 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 297 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11 total compensation of comparable organizations → $240,129 $17,667
$10,80010th
$23,15025th
$49,852Median
$73,88275th
$99,43790th
$17,667This org · 17th
p10$10,800
p25$23,150
p50$49,852
p75$73,882
p90$99,437
$17,667

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 MN 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
Advance CA$199,291 Executive Dir. $39,000 $34,984 2024
Community Pantry & Emerg Srvc Inc NE$199,807 Director $9,000 $10,353 2023
Seminary For The Third Millennium FL$200,165 President $14,765 $14,834 2023
Eg Prep Education Inc NY$200,407 Executive Di $6,321 $5,933 2024
Lindale Isd Education Foundation Inc TX$197,971 Executive Dir. $33,920 $35,247 2024
Love We Dont See CA$200,612 Ceo $47,294 $41,330 2025
Veritas Classical School Inc MS$197,652 President $79,080 $91,493 2024
Educational Advisory Foundation Inc GA$201,000 President $16,000 $17,205 2023
Changing Expectations Corp TX$201,110 Founder And Ceo $113,206 $117,636 2024
Gilbert Albert Community Center Inc MA$197,000 Executive Director $25,000 $23,337 2024
Educational Leadership Foundation Of New Jersey Inc NJ$201,523 Executive Director $18,500 $16,716 2025
The Early Learning Partnership Of SC$201,777 Executive Di $45,788 $48,343 2025
Grace Education & Business FL$201,797 Director $45,757 $45,972 2023
Glenhagen Farm Retreat IL$196,629 Director $2,650 $2,786 2023
Black Educational Achievement Movement OR$195,661 President $84,086 $81,118 2024
Braination Foundation TX$195,476 Board Member $15,120 $15,712 2024
Family Child Care Providers Association Of San Francisco Inc CA$202,970 Executive Director $45,637 $42,146 2023
K12c Solutions MI$203,124 Chief Executive Officer $32,974 $36,400 2023
Teacher Apprenticeship Network NJ$203,250 Executive Director $13,847 $12,843 2024
Sunset Spark Inc NY$195,116 Secretary $45,000 $43,489 2023
Gethsemane Ranch Inc FL$204,030 Secretary $20,244 $19,756 2024
Hampton Roads Chess Association VA$204,156 Executive Director $40,598 $40,720 2024
Chester Street Foundation TX$193,987 Ceo, Chair $65,158 $67,708 2024
Discovery Therapies Inc SC$193,827 Ceo And Cfo $32,200 $33,997 2025
Amplify Arts NE$205,050 Executive Co-director $67,688 $77,861 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2025 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 MN 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Russell Gregg) 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 297 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,667 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.