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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helping Hands Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841719537
TN · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tammy Comfort, Executive Director / CEO ($9,070) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 205 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tammy Comfort — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

205 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 205 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3 total compensation of comparable organizations → $235,187 $9,070
$7,82210th
$19,28125th
$32,327Median
$53,92575th
$73,31790th
$9,070This org · 12th
p10$7,822
p25$19,281
p50$32,327
p75$53,925
p90$73,317
$9,070

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 TN 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
Mcsy Qalicb Ymca (6859-so1) WA$109,368 Director/president $42,956 $35,538 2024
Jackson In Action 83 Foundation Inc FL$110,156 Executive Director $54,000 $46,876 2024
Greater Louisville Intergroup Inc KY$109,188 Coo $35,700 $35,442 2024
Rural Housing Partnership VA$111,091 Executive Director $7,190 $6,415 2024
This Star Won't Go Out Inc MA$111,130 Executive Director $24,000 $19,929 2024
Globalfest Inc NY$111,384 President $13,440 $11,554 2023
Central Avenue Center Of Hope Inc KS$111,517 Execuitive Director $35,150 $36,126 2023
Seasons Village Inc NC$107,869 Program Director $52,000 $51,116 2023
Virtuemedia Inc GA$107,745 President & Founder $83,197 $79,583 2023
Bayouclinic Inc AL$111,673 Executive Director $106,204 $109,154 2023
Virtues Matter Inc MD$112,221 President And Ceo $63,333 $56,330 2023
Its Time A Houghton Family Global UT$112,621 Director - R $33,600 $31,777 2024
Women In Revenue Inc CA$106,627 Executive Dir. $49,862 $40,961 2023
Arts Foundation For Seniors Inc FL$106,144 Exec Dir & S $67,000 $58,161 2024
La Voz Del Consolador TX$113,301 Media $30,000 $28,549 2023
Avenues Foundation PA$113,617 Executive Director $27,981 $26,546 2023
Gems Development Foundation VA$105,693 Executive Director $22,000 $20,209 2023
Our Sisters Closet Inc AL$114,120 President $38,142 $38,077 2024
Wnyhoo-now Inc MO$114,482 Ceo, President & Treasurer $88,846 $86,955 2024
Open Source Hardware Association CO$104,790 Executive Director $77,692 $70,873 2023
Hope On The Hill Inc OR$104,768 Executive Dir. $48,500 $41,620 2024
The Roadie Clinic Inc MI$115,316 Ceo $18,000 $17,168 2024
Milagros Foundation TX$104,007 Executive Director $71,036 $65,662 2024
Encore Park Dallas TX$103,472 Interim Executive Director $30,000 $28,549 2023
Less Leg More Heart NH$116,429 President $15,850 $13,923 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Tammy Comfort) 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 205 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,070 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.