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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Learning Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844916996
WA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erika Sagert, Executive Director / CEO ($68,112) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$266 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,486 $68,112
$6,36510th
$28,94925th
$61,238Median
$93,90875th
$125,56890th
$68,112This org · 57th
p10$6,365
p25$28,949
p50$61,238
p75$93,908
p90$125,568
$68,112

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 WA 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
Bend Science Station OR$410,320 Executive Dir. $121,000 $128,827 2024
Jewish Intuition Inc NY$415,896 Pres. $14,000 $14,933 2023
The Center For Entrepreneurial ME$406,335 Ceo $81,550 $93,622 2024
Persist Nashville TN$417,857 Founder $119,890 $144,481 2024
Baltimore Urban Debate League Inc MD$404,806 Executive Direc $80,000 $88,281 2023
Academic Informer Inc TX$404,573 Managing Director $80,000 $91,748 2024
Maui Huliau Foundation HI$401,060 Executive Director $89,977 $92,358 2024
Bioquest Curriculum Consortium NH$423,272 President $30,900 $33,677 2023
Edhec America Inc CA$399,768 Secretary, Executive Direc $194,740 $198,486 2023
Hendricks College Network IN$424,534 Non-voting Executive Direc $83,581 $101,052 2024
Home Of Potential And Excellence TN$397,695 Executive Dir. $96,596 $113,409 2025
Las Floristas Inc CA$430,769 Executive Di $50,000 $48,224 2025
Loving Savior Lutheran Chinese School CA$433,875 Ceo $28,363 $28,908 2023
First New Hampshire Robotics NH$388,413 Secretary $50,167 $51,739 2025
North Star Self-directed Learning For Teens Inc MA$436,159 Executive Director $35,000 $35,129 2025
Kut Different FL$437,163 Presidence $80,960 $89,773 2023
California Language Teachers Assoc CA$375,762 Executive Di $20,000 $19,800 2024
Eclectic Teaching Consortium AR$450,056 Executive Director $31,217 $39,193 2025
International House Davis CA$451,451 Executive Dir. $98,119 $97,137 2024
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission CA$372,624 Executive Dir. $120,000 $122,308 2023
Practice After School Program WY$452,557 Fiscal & It $40,810 $50,102 2024
Level Up Cincinnati OH$453,506 Executive Director $80,625 $100,796 2023
U Hope Cdc Inc GA$367,692 Case Manager $56,101 $69,312 2022
Brain Expansion Scholastic Training Inc FL$366,369 Director $12,000 $13,306 2023
Ohio Campus Compact OH$364,697 Executive Director $78,014 $97,531 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2025 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 WA 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Erika Sagert) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,112 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.