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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gold Star Peak Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825258523
AK · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kirk Alkire, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 190 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kirk Alkire — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

190 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 190 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$803 total compensation of comparable organizations → $561,551 $80,000
$12,31410th
$32,90225th
$60,425Median
$80,99575th
$102,57090th
$80,000This org · 74th
p10$12,314
p25$32,902
p50$60,425
p75$80,995
p90$102,570
$80,000

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 AK 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
Darke County Pregnancy Help Center OH$301,642 Board Member $28,473 $30,639 2024
Moco Pride Center Inc MD$297,753 Ceo $80,000 $75,987 2024
One Heart One Mind UT$303,231 Assistant Director $22,720 $24,322 2023
Children's Advocacy Centers ND$303,604 Executive Di $109,105 $121,644 2024
Newbirth Outreach Center AL$297,290 Director $15,960 $18,035 2023
Connections Ministry Inc LA$296,729 President $78,997 $88,375 2024
Destiny Of Hope MO$295,413 Executive Dir. $20,833 $22,417 2024
Elder Orphan Care NC$292,680 Executive Director $59,208 $63,990 2023
Femergy OH$308,518 Director $43,542 $46,854 2024
Sisters Of Grace Inc GA$308,824 President $61,250 $62,569 2024
Greater Boston Real Estate Board MA$291,834 Ceo $39,071 $36,724 2023
Carleton-willard At Home Inc MA$310,206 President & Ceo $60,724 $55,439 2024
Dry Dock Corporation CA$290,465 Executive Director And Treasurer $59,700 $53,921 2023
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc KY$310,813 Nhn Director $54,573 $61,327 2023
Girls Helping Girls Period NJ$311,382 Executive Director $75,000 $70,041 2023
Evergreen Life Services Of Florida Inc LA$312,332 President/ceo $21,418 $23,961 2024
Horsin' Around Camp Inc KY$316,030 Executive Director $82,169 $92,338 2023
Senior Charity Care Foundation UT$284,718 Executive Di $22,965 $23,879 2024
Foundations For Franklin County Inc MO$317,178 Executive Di $25,625 $28,388 2023
Soteni Inc OH$283,526 Operations Manager $44,769 $46,933 2025
Birth Companions Community Center CA$281,781 Director $21,600 $18,949 2024
The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation OH$281,386 President And Ceo $94,700 $101,903 2024
Moving Waters TX$280,705 Exec Directo $42,969 $43,668 2024
Pohaku Pelemaka HI$280,366 Executive Di $84,728 $77,068 2024
Peopleworks - Nm NM$321,450 Executive Di $64,693 $72,780 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Kirk Alkire) 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 190 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.