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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Voices Of The Forgotten Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862679763
CA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Luc Bernard, Executive Director / CEO ($33,435) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Luc Bernard — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$309 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,198 $33,435
$7,81810th
$29,08225th
$51,881Median
$81,28975th
$110,59490th
$33,435This org · 31st
p10$7,818
p25$29,082
p50$51,881
p75$81,289
p90$110,594
$33,435

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 CA 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
San Francisco Students Back On Track CA$287,822 Director $96,000 $96,000 2024
People Partners Foundation CA$289,337 Executive Director $84,931 $84,931 2024
West Valley Water Polo Foundation CA$285,671 Vice President $51,000 $52,506 2023
A Touch From Above Lsm Inc CA$290,140 Treasurer $12,000 $11,691 2025
California Hands And Voices CA$291,242 Executive Director $45,250 $46,587 2023
Central Works CA$282,412 Board Member, Company Co-director $54,210 $54,210 2024
Infinite Flow Dance CA$295,575 Founding Artistic Director $4,500 $4,500 2024
Areivim Institute CA$274,642 Cfo, Secretary $4,192 $4,316 2023
Epicenter Foundation CA$274,430 Founder And Executive Director $29,847 $29,847 2024
The Fiatm Group Inc CA$272,219 Founder & Chair $76,628 $78,891 2023
The Veterans Executive Corporation CA$306,543 Executive Di $28,000 $28,000 2024
Miracle Mile Community Practice CA$267,307 Executive Dir. $77,000 $77,000 2024
Lanterns Global Inc CA$266,195 Ceo $16,220 $16,220 2024
Braided Wisdom Inc CA$266,071 Ceo & Executive Director $82,650 $82,650 2024
Alcohol And Drug Abuse Council CA$265,389 Cfo $127,253 $131,012 2023
Bay Area American Indian Council CA$265,338 Executive Director $28,167 $28,167 2024
Model Neighborhood Program CA$310,286 Executive Director $52,775 $52,775 2024
Turnout Inc CA$264,625 Executive Director & Board Chair From 6/2024 $44,502 $44,502 2024
Architects Of Hope Inc CA$311,042 President & Ceo $45,000 $46,329 2023
Hope Refuge Inc CA$261,725 President $4,897 $5,042 2023
Wayfare Labs CA$314,300 President, Hildegard Colle $8,000 $8,000 2024
Community Counseling Associates CA$315,092 Ceo $50,010 $50,010 2024
Senior Volunteer Services CA$259,241 Executive Dir. $32,068 $33,015 2023
Dr Jennifer M Jones Foundation CA$316,270 President/ceo $161,000 $165,755 2023
Seeds Of Hope Homes Inc CA$316,591 President $32,400 $32,400 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Luc Bernard) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,435 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.