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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jimmie Heuga Legacy Foundation For Ms

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841436524
CO · NTEE T00Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Neustedter, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Richard Neustedter — reported title “Exec Director, Secretary”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$458 total compensation of comparable organizations → $274,190 $30,000
$2,80510th
$12,59225th
$36,293Median
$54,14775th
$110,53890th
$30,000This org · 48th
p10$2,805
p25$12,592
p50$36,293
p75$54,147
p90$110,538
$30,000

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 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
Caro Community Hospital Endowment MI$21,954 President & Ceo $99,518 $104,051 2024
Tupper Family Foundation NJ$21,944 Trustee $6,184 $5,593 2024
The Real Estate Trust Of Silicon Valley Community Foundation CA$21,903 President $74,236 $64,934 2024
Hinson Family Trust Foundation OH$21,584 Asst Secretary $105,945 $117,024 2023
Brookmeade Community Foundation Inc NY$21,463 Ceo $34,469 $31,551 2024
Southwestern Foundation TX$22,791 Trustee & President $155,488 $162,207 2023
Belle & Isidor Eisenberg Family Support MI$22,879 Treasurer $26,189 $27,382 2024
Community Hospice Foundation NC$23,065 Director $1,826 $1,912 2024
Shirley And Robert Raymer Supporting CA$23,072 Assistant Treasurer $50,736 $44,378 2024
Judy Bradshaw Children's Foundation SC$21,165 Secretary $44,976 $47,530 2024
Richmond Eye And Ear Foundation VA$21,077 Ceo $52,842 $53,209 2023
Leonard And Diane Sherman Family IL$23,334 Treasurer $80,133 $79,801 2024
Sholk-kaplan Family Foundation Inc MD$20,583 President & Public Director $44,135 $43,032 2023
Goldman Family Foundation PA$23,737 Assistant Secretary $10,675 $10,784 2024
Fentress Crut (Supporting Org) Sa Ttee GA$20,485 Cheif Secretary $59,465 $60,566 2024
Guardian Angel Support Corp MO$20,460 Gasa President & Ceo $11,599 $12,444 2024
Irving B Fine Family Foundation OH$20,344 Trustee & Treasurer Thru 5/4/2023 $40,331 $44,549 2023
Chrissie Shull Elmore Safety Harbor Library Fund SC$20,216 Trustee $2,181 $2,304 2024
Ywca Of Lubbock Legacy Fund Inc TX$20,125 Ceo $14,855 $15,497 2023
David E Smith Family Foundation Inc CA$24,201 Vp/ceo/treas. $5,806 $5,078 2024
Stanley & Margaret Winkelman Foundation MI$19,997 Treasurer $26,189 $27,382 2024
Albi Fund Institute And Lab CA$24,309 President & Ceo (As Of 12/1/2024) $25,798 $22,566 2024
Gha Autism Supports Foundation NC$19,905 Ceo $260,099 $265,219 2025
Boyd Family Foundation Inc GA$24,471 Director/secretary $21,408 $21,805 2024
Make A Difference Endowment Inc AL$24,472 President/ Executive Direc $182,459 $205,570 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 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 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Richard Neustedter) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.