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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hopewell Heights Counseling Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831018715
KY · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Don Delafield, Executive Director / CEO ($113,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1037 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,037 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,037 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $295,672 $113,077
$17,50010th
$35,24225th
$58,765Median
$79,10575th
$102,46590th
$113,077This org · 93rd
p10$17,500
p25$35,242
p50$58,765
p75$79,105
p90$102,465
$113,077

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 KY 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
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation VA$480,764 Executive Di $152,203 $132,862 2024
Waiting Under The Willow Foundation TX$480,244 Founder/treasurer/executive Director $15,475 $13,995 2024
Fathers Table Mission CA$481,194 Secretary $48,000 $38,579 2023
Cope Foundation Inc NY$481,290 Executive Director $95,051 $77,652 2024
Our Home Inc OH$481,400 Director $59,162 $58,324 2023
In His Name - Colleton SC$479,811 Executive Dir. $36,000 $33,954 2024
The Women's Center Of Tarrant County TX$479,779 President/ceo $22,865 $20,678 2024
Tearfund Usa Inc MD$481,512 Executive Officer $120,115 $98,908 2025
Bridge The Gap Foundation TX$482,065 Ceo $32,000 $28,940 2024
Perry Human Services PA$482,573 Executive D $57,367 $50,388 2025
Project I See You CO$482,772 Executive Director, Vice-president $40,000 $35,700 2023
Claw Corp OH$478,355 President $59,357 $56,838 2024
Minaret Foundation TX$483,180 Executive Director $50,500 $45,670 2024
Fairvote Washington Foundation WA$477,853 Executive Director $4,396 $3,663 2023
International Catholic Legislators Network- Western Hemisphere VA$477,100 Vice Presidentcfo $3,480 $2,959 2025
Agape Community Development Center MS$477,078 Executive Director $70,609 $71,097 2024
Return To Hope Inc OK$484,252 Secretary & Operations $50,060 $51,307 2023
Lit Movement OH$484,791 Executive Director $67,385 $64,525 2024
Foster Hearts WA$484,927 President $21,631 $17,508 2024
Steady Strides Riding Center AZ$484,938 Executive Director $13,000 $11,303 2024
Hcu Network America IL$476,261 Executive Officer/secretar $72,000 $63,994 2024
Restoration Counseling Services WA$485,040 President $225,836 $188,197 2023
Emite Inc NC$485,187 Executive Director $59,064 $55,174 2024
The Teachers Desk Inc NY$475,973 Presidentexecutive Director $37,830 $31,818 2023
Chinuch Guidance And Support Inc NY$475,884 Director $31,200 $26,242 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Don Delafield) 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 1037 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $113,077 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.