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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Hope Shot Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 863735076
FL · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justin Mcpadden, Executive Director / CEO ($21,892) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 185 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

185 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 185 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,123 total compensation of comparable organizations → $588,370 $21,892
$20,57810th
$38,01325th
$66,116Median
$88,00975th
$115,52190th
$21,892This org · 11th
p10$20,578
p25$38,013
p50$66,116
p75$88,009
p90$115,521
$21,892

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 FL 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
Community Kitchen Of Torrington Inc CT$371,968 Executive Dir. $69,500 $71,415 2023
In Step With Horsesinc OH$369,696 President $16,500 $18,603 2024
Lifenet Foundation VA$374,374 Board Member $572,453 $588,370 2024
Spirit Of A Hero Foundation TX$376,309 Secretary $21,828 $23,243 2024
Gendernexus Inc IN$377,270 Executive Director $67,100 $75,324 2024
Inner City Youth Opportunities OH$365,922 Pres $27,800 $31,343 2024
Hope Impacts TX$365,397 Executive Di $61,066 $65,024 2024
Hampton Transitional Academy Inc SC$379,061 President $120,538 $133,859 2024
Amani Project Inc GA$364,340 Ceo $10,000 $11,019 2023
St Francis Food Pantry Inc WI$380,101 Executive Di $63,618 $70,725 2024
United Citizens Coalition Inc FL$380,105 President $53,995 $53,995 2024
Twu Local 100 Widows & Orphans Fund NY$380,217 President $5,715 $5,660 2023
Love Beyond Walls Inc GA$381,216 Executive Director $60,000 $66,116 2023
The Kindness Project PA$361,734 Executive Director $62,810 $68,644 2023
Upstate Carolina Adaptive Golf SC$360,613 Executive Director $68,497 $76,067 2024
Fiel Houston Inc TX$360,472 President $23,400 $24,917 2024
Hale County Meals On Wheels TX$360,074 Executive Di $62,813 $65,160 2025
Family Advocacy In Champaign County IL$359,272 Executive Director $53,050 $55,517 2024
Paraklesis Inc MI$386,137 Executive Director $57,444 $63,115 2024
Pennsylvania Furniture Mission PA$356,280 Director $2,940 $3,121 2024
Goodwill East Building Inc LA$356,182 President And Ceo $20,500 $24,029 2024
Integrated Renewal WA$388,472 Director $140,519 $133,920 2024
Lifenet Inc NJ$388,499 Executive Director $128,709 $125,940 2023
Womens Society Of Cyberjutsu VA$390,038 Ceo, Founding Board Member, Security $18,000 $18,500 2024
Kitka Inc CA$390,469 Ex Dir Trustee Kitka Member $82,741 $76,054 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Justin Mcpadden) 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 185 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,892 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.