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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hornets Hive

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831631473
MN · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mackenzie Hamm, Executive Director / CEO ($15,080) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 255 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Mackenzie Hamm — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

255 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 255 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,783 $15,080
$6,28510th
$21,43225th
$45,707Median
$66,73475th
$83,33290th
$15,080This org · 18th
p10$6,285
p25$21,432
p50$45,707
p75$66,734
p90$83,332
$15,080

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 MN 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
Soul River Inc OR$165,888 President $80,040 $73,066 2024
Girls Rock St Pete Inc FL$165,821 Director $68,083 $62,871 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Dauphin County Inc PA$164,829 Ministry Director $48,787 $47,824 2024
Latinos Count Inc IN$167,459 Executive Dir. $24,000 $25,614 2023
Young Nation MI$167,748 Executive Director $62,400 $63,312 2024
Kidnected World UT$163,909 Coo $72,000 $72,437 2024
Brookline Teen Outreach PA$168,881 Executive Dir. $25,000 $24,507 2024
Girls On The Run Of The Shenandoah VA$168,998 Executive Director $50,885 $47,051 2025
Horsepower Experiential Learning MO$169,057 Executive Director $30,156 $31,397 2024
Sis Circles Inc GA$162,427 Key Employee $63,900 $63,158 2024
My Blind Spot Inc NY$169,551 President/treas $23,425 $20,808 2024
Girls On The Run Greater Connecticut CT$161,914 Executive Director $39,334 $35,319 2025
Young Women Lead Inc KY$161,844 Executive Director $56,583 $59,758 2024
Center For The Study Of Boys And DE$170,224 Executive Director $44,850 $44,444 2023
Shoreline Sports Foundation WA$161,614 Executive Dir. $58,900 $51,837 2024
Inland Circle CA$161,393 Chief Executive Officer $26,550 $22,536 2024
Go For Yours Foundation CA$171,060 President & Ceo $30,000 $26,217 2023
Wayfinders On The Hudson Corp NY$172,068 President $22,200 $20,302 2023
Childrens Books On Wheels TX$159,781 President $72,800 $73,699 2023
Girls On The Run Of The Flint Hills KS$172,372 Executive Dir. $64,900 $67,145 2025
South Central Education Development Inc WV$158,951 President/executive Director $90,208 $96,011 2024
Toughest Kids Inc GA$158,664 Executive Di $3,000 $2,965 2024
Hip-hope Inc IA$158,432 Chaplain/bookkeeper $1,500 $1,615 2024
Rise Above MI$173,456 Executive Di $72,116 $71,284 2025
The Ibelieve Foundation OH$173,515 Executive Director $60,000 $64,314 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Mackenzie Hamm) 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 255 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,080 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.