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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Soar Special Needs

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841905050
KS · NTEE P12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephen J Doc Hunsley, Executive Director / CEO ($500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Stephen J Doc Hunsley — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,159 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,361 $500
$14,91410th
$29,49125th
$56,555Median
$83,18175th
$108,14190th
$500This org · 0th
p10$14,914
p25$29,491
p50$56,555
p75$83,181
p90$108,141
$500

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 KS 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
Georgia's Own Foundation Inc GA$431,364 Executive $30,785 $27,830 2024
Strike Force 421 Inc FL$426,176 Program Director $18,750 $15,837 2024
Hcso Charities Inc FL$425,105 President $51,968 $47,043 2022
El Portal De Belen Foundation NY$440,877 Treasurer $16,350 $13,676 2023
Saturate WA$445,270 Executive D $210,396 $174,361 2023
Staffserve PA$415,353 Executive Director $18,430 $16,524 2024
Operation Hope Inc NY$446,019 Executive Director $40,916 $33,241 2024
Freedom House Housing Development Fund NY$448,117 Cpo Through 12/22 Ceo Effective 1/23 $33,041 $27,637 2023
De Frente Al Alzheimer Inc PR$448,603 Executive Director $56,600 $54,976 2024
Scott J Beigel Memorial Fund Inc NY$453,343 Secretary $25,000 $20,311 2024
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc MA$406,582 President/director $5,000 $4,159 2023
Foundation For Essential Needs MN$456,604 Executive Director $91,843 $81,593 2024
Hoh Share Inc WV$401,586 Executive Di $32,000 $31,151 2024
F3 Foundation Inc NC$465,968 Executive Di $176,277 $163,760 2024
Flockfest Events Inc FL$394,952 President $65,000 $54,900 2024
Fuse Project AL$471,929 Executive Director $67,500 $65,563 2024
Texas Pride Impact Funds TX$387,795 Executive Director $117,127 $108,451 2023
Chicago Foundlings Home IL$473,561 Program Director $12,000 $10,920 2023
Just Heart Foundation Inc GA$483,662 President $75,528 $70,295 2023
Inspired Hearts And Hands Inc PA$489,376 President $56,100 $51,785 2023
Wayne County Children's Advocacy OH$489,972 Executive Director $73,028 $69,542 2024
Jeremy Wilson Foundation The OR$370,966 Executive Dir. $73,000 $60,951 2024
New Freedom Project AZ$361,674 President $96,154 $83,141 2024
Village2village Project Inc IN$505,317 Executive Director $99,090 $93,950 2024
God's Vision For Haiti MI$342,156 Executive Di $23,845 $22,128 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Stephen J Doc Hunsley) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $500 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.