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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hillside Connection

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830810166
CO · NTEE O99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terrell Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($64,581) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Terrell Brown — reported title “Founder”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,591 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,903 $64,581
$13,56710th
$26,29925th
$63,194Median
$82,35675th
$97,94690th
$64,581This org · 53rd
p10$13,567
p25$26,299
p50$63,194
p75$82,356
p90$97,946
$64,581

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 CO 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
True North Youth Program CO$480,090 Executive Director $90,815 $90,815 2024
Jeremiah Foundation Inc VA$486,306 Executive Dir $66,371 $66,832 2024
Team Wilderness Inc NJ$486,965 Executive Dir. $82,308 $76,639 2024
Island Waldorf Community Inc MA$487,149 Director & Teacher $14,975 $14,448 2023
North Manatee Soccer Club FL$459,982 General Manager $22,000 $20,998 2025
Future Urban Leaders WI$459,581 Executiver Director - Current $96,519 $105,124 2024
Therapeutic Ranch For Animals And Kids AZ$488,233 Executive Director $76,369 $76,596 2024
Methow Valley Nordic Ski Educational Foundation WA$458,321 Executive Director $28,123 $25,582 2025
Harvest Foundation Inc MO$458,249 President $1,440 $1,591 2024
Children's Services Council Of FL$492,184 Executive Director/ceo $83,962 $82,258 2024
Youth Fund Of Southern California CA$492,806 Trustee $30,000 $27,016 2024
The Bottomless Toy Chest Inc MI$494,488 Executive Di $21,539 $23,185 2024
Njsa Inc CT$448,996 Director $16,000 $15,242 2025
Youth In Focus WA$506,902 Executive Dir. $113,765 $106,223 2024
Rise Up For Youth Inc KS$440,519 Executive Di $78,123 $88,019 2024
Montanova Stables Foundation VA$507,291 President $36,400 $37,736 2023
Projectivity Group Inc NY$440,425 Executive Director $42,692 $40,232 2024
Girls At Work Inc NH$509,793 Executive Director $83,167 $82,453 2023
Nubability Athletics Foundation IL$514,063 President $56,123 $57,542 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Central MO$514,907 Executive Di $86,852 $95,935 2024
Cochise Christian School Tuition Organization Inc AZ$432,094 Director $55,132 $55,296 2024
The Elm Project CT$429,437 Executive Director $89,040 $87,065 2024
Young Kings And Queens Inc MI$519,254 President $40,587 $43,689 2024
Indiana Center For Prevention Of Youth IN$523,465 Executive Director $85,938 $94,513 2024
Carolina Winter Ensemble Association Inc SC$423,236 President $7,903 $8,852 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Terrell Brown) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,581 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.