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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Penfield Hope Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862349004
NY · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cathy Kamp, Executive Director / CEO ($41,310) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 192 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

192 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 192 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$813 total compensation of comparable organizations → $594,128 $41,310
$22,11410th
$41,76325th
$70,899Median
$92,57975th
$126,20290th
$41,310This org · 25th
p10$22,114
p25$41,763
p50$70,899
p75$92,579
p90$126,202
$41,310

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 NY 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
Ally S Wish Inc TX$450,435 President $112,000 $120,427 2024
The Unforgettables Foundation CA$452,164 President & Ceo $84,072 $78,034 2024
United Steelworkers Union Local 13-12 LA$453,386 Business Manager $79,897 $94,567 2024
Loudoun Cares VA$443,401 Executive Di $72,333 $77,289 2023
Micronesia Climate Change Alliance Inc GU$456,651 Director Of Adminitrative Affairs $28,000 $28,000 2023
Payee Services Inc WI$457,007 President $2,463 $2,765 2024
Taunton Community Access & Media Inc MA$440,530 President $9,000 $8,694 2024
Random Acts Of Flowers Indianapolis Inc IN$440,376 Executive Director $75,420 $83,288 2025
Stand In Peace International CA$459,834 Ceo $93,000 $88,870 2023
Three Rivers Commons Inc PA$438,483 President & Ceo $5,667 $6,074 2024
Lawrence Ltd MA$461,183 Vp $96,600 $96,064 2023
Children's Advocacy Center Of Erie PA$461,530 Executive Di $71,813 $76,979 2024
A Touch Of Understanding CA$461,630 Executive Dire $63,407 $60,591 2023
Compassionate Care Management Inc OH$436,756 President $56,400 $64,211 2024
New Hope Global Ministries Inc NC$436,429 President $58,000 $64,418 2024
Noahs House Inc PA$435,598 Executive Director/recovery Liaison $132,859 $142,415 2024
Compassionate Sharing Inc OK$464,459 Director $31,500 $38,385 2023
Kings Daughters Ministry NC$464,639 President Founder $12,000 $13,722 2023
Ignis Community Inc - Sunyang Hana TX$464,774 Us Operations Manager & Secretary $23,671 $25,452 2024
Legacy Ministries Inc WY$433,344 President/executive Direct $106,596 $122,695 2024
Amazon Salt And Light IL$432,051 Directorin-country Ex Dir Sch O $131,491 $138,954 2024
The Dawson Community Empowerment Corporation GA$466,722 President $18,000 $20,029 2023
Help Peru Inc NY$431,845 Executive Dir. $95,000 $95,000 2023
Stronger Together Now CA$430,751 Chief Executive Office $66,954 $62,145 2024
Adalyn Rose Foundation PA$430,398 Executive Di $20,700 $22,189 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Cathy Kamp) 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 192 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,310 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.