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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope & Justice Foundation Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850889170
FL · NTEE I70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anna Paula Alves-lazaro, Executive Director / CEO ($40,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 253 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anna Paula Alves-lazaro — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

253 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 253 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9 total compensation of comparable organizations → $193,796 $40,500
$12,69910th
$35,27125th
$55,669Median
$77,45575th
$100,36790th
$40,500This org · 30th
p10$12,699
p25$35,271
p50$55,669
p75$77,455
p90$100,367
$40,500

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 FL 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
Valley Immigrant Advocates IL$175,952 Executive Director $10 $9 2025
Bethany House Ministries Inc MA$175,854 President $60,000 $55,747 2024
Orange County Siu Cac Inc VT$177,125 Ex. Director $26,250 $28,125 2023
Casa Of Southwest Oklahoma Inc OK$175,101 Executive Director $40,325 $45,910 2024
Create Your Statement WA$177,226 Executive Dir. $85,000 $78,684 2024
Exploit No More Inc WI$177,484 Executive Director $74,806 $80,777 2024
Migration Resource Center NY$174,041 Director $13,184 $12,682 2023
Oregon Abuse Advocates And OR$178,496 Co-director $66,000 $63,371 2024
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc MD$172,318 Executive Director $137,082 $136,423 2023
The Promise Tour TN$180,353 Executive Director $57,275 $62,248 2024
Courthouse Dogs Foundation WA$171,812 Ceo $41,283 $38,216 2024
Polk County Crime Stoppers Inc FL$180,459 Executive Director $35,401 $34,385 2024
Denver Police Blue Hat Foundation CO$181,465 Executive Di $36,000 $35,691 2024
Lifes Beacon Foundation Inc PA$170,390 President $12,000 $12,373 2024
Santa Maria Police Council Inc CA$182,740 Executive Dir. $24,002 $21,429 2024
John E Creedon Police Benevolent NY$169,345 President $4,800 $4,484 2024
Bona Vista Programs Inc IN$167,781 President $16,537 $18,564 2023
Southeast Nebraska Casa NE$185,002 Executive Director $50,000 $57,246 2023
Pulaski County Friends Of Casa Inc AR$185,175 Executive Dir. $61,407 $71,367 2024
Minnesota Dare Inc MN$185,919 Executive Director $91,192 $93,167 2024
Weed & Seed Hawaii Inc HI$186,168 Executive Director $105,000 $100,069 2023
Montgomery Bar Foundation PA$186,570 Executive Director $10,368 $10,691 2024
Gang Free Inc NC$164,557 Executive Di $29,770 $32,744 2023
Westmoreland Bar Foundation PA$187,803 Executive Director/secreta $4,800 $4,949 2024
Citizens For Prison Reform MI$164,052 Executive Di $52,515 $56,044 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Anna Paula Alves-lazaro) 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 253 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,500 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.