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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chair The Hope Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824836876
ID · NTEE T50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Heather Ogden, Executive Director / CEO ($49,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 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: Heather Ogden — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,100 total compensation of comparable organizations → $359,430 $49,000
$14,37010th
$28,04425th
$56,607Median
$91,04075th
$117,08290th
$49,000This org · 40th
p10$14,370
p25$28,044
p50$56,607
p75$91,040
p90$117,082
$49,000

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 ID 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
The Nlg-nyc Chapter Foundation Inc NY$331,148 Volunteer Exec. Dir. $16,769 $13,836 2024
International Access To Missions MO$326,977 President $71,886 $71,573 2023
Mission 2540 TX$326,719 President $97,805 $91,969 2023
Altadena Recovery Center CA$324,481 Ceo $21,975 $17,326 2024
Women4 Change Indiana Inc IN$343,433 Ceo $95,391 $91,850 2024
Red Apple Edco MO$321,457 Executive Director $92,678 $92,274 2023
Boardassist NY$345,655 Executive Director $435,634 $359,430 2024
Friends With Benefit Charity Events Inc NC$347,090 Executive Directorboard Member $18,800 $17,737 2024
Historic Paradise Foundation Nfp SC$347,501 Executive Director/vice Chair $92,500 $85,840 2025
Goods For Good DC$347,623 Executive Director $35,000 $28,044 2024
Spur Inc MA$348,193 Executive Director $70,888 $59,881 2023
Estero Bay Kindness Coalition CA$348,911 President $67,096 $54,463 2023
Bethany's Equine And Aquatic GA$355,113 Executive Di $68,154 $67,059 2022
Enhance Asian Community On Health Inc MA$357,082 Executive Director $49,114 $39,259 2025
Keaton's Kindness Foundation Inc OK$309,106 Executive Director $50,000 $50,271 2024
Norfolk Family Coalition Inc NE$360,519 Co-executive Director $60,793 $59,702 2024
South Texas Christian Ministries TX$306,060 Executive Dir. $37,380 $34,141 2024
Adaptiv Inc MA$361,160 Managing Director $99,000 $83,628 2023
Magnify Mentoring DC$361,566 Mrs. $86,107 $68,993 2024
Gmr Foundation For Research & Educa CO$304,932 Executive Di $59,978 $52,512 2024
Ministry Office MN$367,575 Coo $2,400 $2,165 2024
Lili Gc Foundation Corp ID$297,604 Director $33,500 $32,539 2024
Gay Mens Chorus Of Charlotte NC$370,855 Managing Artistic Director $60,000 $56,607 2024
George Lopez Foundation CA$288,848 Executive Director/secretary $171,000 $134,822 2024
Wisconsin Masonic Center Foundation Inc WI$378,424 Executive Director $61,538 $60,414 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Heather Ogden) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,000 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.