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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Heartspace Kids Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862317887
CO · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dina Mark, Executive Director / CEO ($87,563) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dina Mark — reported title “President and CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,466 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,371 $87,563
$26,68010th
$35,27525th
$60,702Median
$92,65875th
$119,52090th
$87,563This org · 73rd
p10$26,680
p25$35,275
p50$60,702
p75$92,658
p90$119,520
$87,563

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 CO 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
Chevra Usa CO$465,272 Executive Director $97,783 $100,671 2023
Global Outreach Foundation CO$469,621 President $30,001 $30,001 2024
Startup Colorado CO$456,575 Executive Director $31,032 $31,949 2023
Genesis Project Of Northern Colorado CO$452,524 Executive Director $34,263 $35,275 2023
Project I See You CO$482,772 Executive Director, Vice-president $40,000 $41,181 2023
Synaptiv Inc CO$445,939 President $134,195 $134,195 2024
Greater Park Hill Community Inc CO$439,185 Executive Director $38,606 $39,746 2023
Samaritan Institute Inc CO$500,331 Executive Vi $154,371 $154,371 2024
Freedom Revived CO$501,497 President/ Ceo $90,000 $92,658 2023
Hope In Our City CO$507,143 School Principle $62,308 $60,702 2025
The Naloxone Project CO$420,062 Executive Director $25,585 $26,341 2023
Remerg CO$512,523 Founder And Executive Director $86,517 $86,517 2024
Denver Tool Library CO$528,360 Executive Director Tool Library Community Workshop Director $81,660 $84,072 2023
Forward Steps Foundation CO$538,577 Executive Director $111,802 $111,802 2024
Lamar Unidos Llc CO$545,660 Executive Dir. $22,377 $22,377 2024
Colorado News Collaborative CO$560,424 Executive Di $129,008 $129,008 2024
From The Heart Foundation CO$364,050 Executive Director $51,584 $51,584 2024
Milestone Community Wellness Llc CO$359,674 Executive Dir. $65,850 $65,850 2024
Rise Foundation Inc CO$358,363 Executive Director $73,875 $73,875 2024
American Battle Monuments Foundation CO$573,615 Executive Director $121,000 $121,000 2024
Para Ti Mujer CO$350,881 President $46,709 $46,709 2024
Love For Lily CO$348,154 Executive Director $55,000 $56,625 2023
Arboretum Coffee CO$345,091 Executive Dir. $22,635 $22,635 2024
Africa Development Promise CO$340,321 Executive Director $28,038 $28,038 2024
The Ambassador Foundation CO$594,673 Executive Director $113,600 $113,600 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Dina Mark) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CO + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,563 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.