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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hand Of Hope-flm

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851821009
MI · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tiara Blassingame, Executive Director / CEO ($76,550) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 183 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

183 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 183 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,296 $76,550
$14,12310th
$34,17425th
$56,513Median
$74,40275th
$100,25590th
$76,550This org · 77th
p10$14,123
p25$34,174
p50$56,513
p75$74,402
p90$100,255
$76,550

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 MI 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
Childrens Advocacy Centers Of Oklahoma OK$294,639 Executive Dir. $91,625 $100,634 2023
Promise Arizona AZ$295,476 President $85,000 $79,199 2024
New Beginnings Childrens Home TX$296,220 Director $38,500 $38,414 2023
Jubilee Consortium CA$293,411 Executive Dir. $24,759 $21,325 2023
Global Partners In Life Inc GA$298,647 President $75,000 $73,061 2024
Casa Of Titus Camp And Morris Counties TX$290,967 Executive Director $58,313 $56,513 2024
The Aspen Effect Inc CO$299,171 President $177,852 $165,223 2024
Carries Kids Inc ND$289,877 Pres/exec Di $112,290 $119,387 2024
Open Arms Native Missions MN$288,373 Ex Director $28,131 $26,930 2024
Girls On The Run Of Nebraska NE$288,086 Executive Di $91,787 $93,180 2025
Montrose Grace Place TX$287,895 Executive Director $18 $17 2024
Prevail Nj Inc NJ$302,352 Executive Dir. $6,150 $5,320 2024
Heart For Home MI$286,517 Co-ceo $19,615 $19,615 2024
Fruit Bearers WA$303,597 Executive Dir. $24,288 $21,067 2024
Cornerstone Policy Research NH$306,362 Associate Director $104,277 $93,285 2024
Choose Mental Health UT$282,867 President $116,283 $115,304 2024
Kiddie Kollege & Learning Cent GA$307,501 Key Employee $45,240 $44,070 2024
Frontline Mission AK$307,806 Executive Di $50,647 $46,912 2024
Korean Kids And Orphanage Outreach MI$282,150 Chief Admini $46,400 $46,400 2024
Joy Company-joyco CA$308,452 President Executive Director $65,125 $56,093 2023
The Inspired Community Project Inc NY$308,850 President $101,043 $88,460 2024
Lollipop Theater Network Inc CA$308,877 Executive Director $143,985 $120,456 2024
Advocates For Illinois Children IL$281,076 President $183,365 $174,651 2024
Wings Of Hope Ranch Inc VA$309,028 Executive Director $32,748 $31,539 2023
Soaring As Eagles Outreach Ministry NC$280,536 Executive Director $41,600 $42,875 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Tiara Blassingame) 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 183 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,550 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.