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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Harvest Family Life Ministries Hawaii

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851814569
HI · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Esther Mcdaniel, Executive Director / CEO ($37,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 134 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Esther Mcdaniel — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

134 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 134 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$20 total compensation of comparable organizations → $213,299 $37,800
$16,51410th
$36,51025th
$59,868Median
$79,86275th
$100,32490th
$37,800This org · 27th
p10$16,514
p25$36,510
p50$59,868
p75$79,862
p90$100,324
$37,800

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 HI 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
Children's Healing OR$211,421 Executive Director (Thru Feb. '24) $13,274 $13,768 2024
St Clair County Sav-a-life Inc AL$208,801 Executive Director $35,541 $42,886 2024
Systems Of Care Initiative Inc KS$212,215 Executive Director $65,000 $78,433 2024
Reset Mentoring TX$213,227 President $60,600 $67,707 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocates Of AL$213,545 Executive Director $55,029 $66,402 2024
Highland Haven OR$213,720 President $750 $778 2024
Lil Iguanas Child Safety Found NH$213,976 Exec Director $41,600 $42,904 2024
House Of Healing Inc OK$214,185 Chief Executive Officer $54,056 $66,483 2024
Mask Mothers Awareness On School Age Kids AZ$205,709 President $85,723 $92,082 2024
Hicks-wright Corporation Aurora IL$214,705 Hicks $57,450 $63,085 2024
Riverways Pregnancy Resource Center MO$204,953 Executive Director $44,615 $52,780 2024
Casa Del Valle Inc CO$204,734 Executive Director $7,500 $7,826 2025
Safe Talk For Teens NV$216,440 President/director $84,050 $94,101 2024
88 Bikes WA$203,613 Exec Directo $16,239 $15,820 2025
Brave Heart - Children In Need Inc LA$202,660 Exec Director $24,000 $29,518 2024
Gates Of Freedom WA$202,481 Secretary $10,000 $10,295 2023
Pointters Community Initatives WI$218,289 Ceo $71,923 $83,897 2024
Indiana Chapter Of National IN$218,937 Executive Di $97,988 $115,418 2024
Grahamtastic Connection ME$201,115 Executive Director $57,723 $66,466 2023
Jeoc-jireh Empowerment Outreac NC$219,814 President $22,080 $26,235 2023
St James Lutheran Child Care Minist IN$200,528 Treasurer $5,703 $6,915 2023
Fostering Sweet Dreams Inc OK$220,043 Executive Director $23,000 $28,288 2024
Borderland Cheer And Dance NM$220,198 Denny $54,600 $65,592 2024
A Positive Attitude Outlook Of Southern CA$220,407 Executive Director $51,356 $50,995 2023
Edward Pierce Center For Autism Inc MS$221,540 Registered Behavior Tech $19,061 $24,412 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI cost of living and 2024 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 HI 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
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 (Esther Mcdaniel) 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 134 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,800 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.