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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Rising Arizona

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820815862
AZ · NTEE P62
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John George, Executive Director / CEO ($100,557) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 507 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

507 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 507 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $221,522 $100,557
$6,10710th
$13,50325th
$25,295Median
$42,93375th
$66,88790th
$100,557This org · 97th
p10$6,107
p25$13,503
p50$25,295
p75$42,933
p90$66,887
$100,557

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 AZ 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
Crease-dyre Housing Development PA$79,743 Director Of Construction $13,787 $14,296 2023
Youth Connection TX$79,732 Executive Director $48,750 $47,982 2025
Recovery Cafe Columbus IN$79,639 Executive Director $12,003 $13,162 2023
Ambassadors Of Fathers House NJ$80,101 Vice President $13,846 $12,486 2024
Doylestown Business And Community Alliance PA$80,143 Office Manager $20,916 $21,066 2024
Edview Corporation MA$79,456 President & Ceo $14,178 $13,248 2023
Waymakers Center TN$80,299 President And Treasurer $22,500 $24,592 2023
Blind Travel Foundation Inc NY$79,236 President $24,350 $22,222 2024
Christian Counseling Services CA$80,450 Administrative Director $31,600 $27,558 2024
Rebecca Residence Foundation PA$80,480 Board Member $13,195 $13,682 2023
Jf&cs Foundation Inc GA$79,093 Cao $14,940 $15,620 2023
Friendship House Corporation FL$80,533 Director $31,745 $31,009 2023
Webster Street Ii Inc MA$79,081 President And Ceo $63,709 $59,528 2023
Cover The Homeless Ministry CA$79,061 President & Ceo $9,000 $8,081 2023
The Pelzman Foundation For Healthcare NY$80,583 President $60,000 $54,758 2024
Shelter Resources Inc LA$80,584 Exective Director $98,572 $109,623 2024
Friends Of Hospice WA$80,672 Executive Di $21,210 $19,178 2024
Adoption Makes Family Inc MD$80,748 Executive Director $146,000 $137,857 2024
Iglesia Camino Verdad Y Vida NY$78,852 President $9,353 $8,536 2024
Creative Housing Inc Iv OH$78,822 President $9,011 $9,639 2024
Connect Parent Group Network DE$78,777 Executive Director $75,500 $76,869 2023
Elizabeth Warner Marvin Community House Inc NY$80,894 Co-treasurer $4,595 $4,193 2024
Latinos For Leadership Excellence CA$81,059 Founder & Board Chair $99,013 $88,901 2023
Family Connection & Cis Of Wash GA$81,253 Executive Director $50,500 $51,283 2024
Mulberry Place Inc AR$78,254 Executive Director $21,642 $25,295 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (John George) 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 507 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,557 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.