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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hand In Hand Creative Learning

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844179661
IN · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chantel Allen, Executive Director / CEO ($40,278) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 472 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Chantel Allen — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

472 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 472 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,918 $40,278
$10,26310th
$27,48925th
$49,457Median
$67,51075th
$88,11490th
$40,278This org · 37th
p10$10,263
p25$27,489
p50$49,457
p75$67,510
p90$88,114
$40,278

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 IN 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
The Brandon Foundation Incorporated IN$255,041 Ceo/founder $50,000 $50,000 2023
Gulf Coast Bible Camp Inc MS$253,194 Executive Dir. $46,923 $49,557 2023
The Houston Friendship And Wellness TX$255,665 Vice Preside $62,292 $57,393 2024
Youth Utilizing Power And Praise Organization CA$252,823 Executive Director $54,000 $44,217 2023
Guiding Light Mentoring OH$252,697 Founder And $50,000 $48,778 2024
The Young Airman Association NY$252,601 Chairman Of The Board Of Directors $164,000 $136,496 2024
Advantage Lancaster PA$256,885 Executive Director $29,080 $27,499 2023
Champions Institute TX$251,507 Director $49,382 $45,498 2024
The Rock Of Kingsley Inc MI$251,336 Executive Director $17,000 $16,639 2023
Creative Academy GA$257,500 Executive Director $15,000 $13,892 2024
Musicworks Inc NC$251,076 Program Director $62,288 $59,279 2024
Venture Free Foundation CA$251,027 Executive Director $46,800 $37,221 2024
Team Takeover Inc MD$257,750 President $14,073 $12,476 2023
How Our Lives Link Altogether Inc NY$250,916 Co-founder $50,000 $41,615 2024
Neighborhood Change Youth Organization Inc NY$250,774 Director $40,000 $34,275 2023
Teens To Trails ME$258,322 Executive Director $64,059 $59,081 2024
Camp Riva-lake Inc CA$258,373 Camp Director $25,000 $20,471 2023
First Love Kids International Inc GA$250,076 Director $30,000 $27,783 2024
Movie Institute TX$258,885 Coo $55,715 $51,333 2024
Reality Check Inc AR$249,786 Executive Director $79,248 $82,046 2024
Southeast Nashville Homeschool TN$249,740 Executive Director - Start 6/23 $8,000 $7,974 2023
Texas United Fc TX$249,719 General Manager $55,059 $58,722 2021
The Undefeated Foundation Inc CA$259,000 Director $50,000 $40,941 2023
Memphis 13 Foundation TN$259,279 Exec Director $25,150 $25,068 2023
Girls On The Run Western Montana MT$249,422 Council Dire $35,327 $35,074 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Chantel Allen) 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 472 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,278 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.