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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hastings Foundation For

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873802550
MS · NTEE B30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Harris, Executive Director / CEO ($62,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,492 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,056 $62,000
$9,14410th
$24,04725th
$48,848Median
$89,89575th
$119,88390th
$62,000This org · 57th
p10$9,144
p25$24,047
p50$48,848
p75$89,895
p90$119,883
$62,000

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 MS 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
The Daruby School MO$235,114 Executive Director $21,000 $19,398 2024
Puget Sound Boilermakers App & Trn Trust WA$245,030 Trust Coordinator $137,813 $110,783 2023
Simply Circus Corp MA$231,254 General Manager $60,275 $47,237 2024
Latino Learning Center Inc TX$231,223 President & $57,500 $51,644 2023
New Horizons Foundation - A Sheet VA$250,660 Director $97,707 $82,275 2024
Nj Guard Training Academy Inc NJ$228,420 Amaral $37,500 $30,062 2023
Workforce Technician Education Center CA$227,920 Chief Community Officer $31,800 $23,948 2024
Destinyworks IN$226,555 Executive Director $150,000 $137,954 2024
Cocal Gracias AZ$253,446 President And Director $46,548 $39,041 2024
The Trade School At Sbe Inc CA$223,824 President $64,227 $49,796 2023
Incremental Development Alliance AR$220,700 Executive Director $126,192 $127,359 2023
Rebound A Building Trades Organization WA$259,519 Executive Dir. $154,773 $124,417 2023
Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied IL$220,334 Training Coordinator $118,492 $101,593 2024
United Union Of Roofers Local 119 IN$219,578 President $91,697 $84,333 2024
Ed3 Galaxy NY$266,626 Vice President $30,006 $24,345 2023
Colorado Bioscience Institute CO$266,856 President $9,942 $8,314 2024
Ignite Classical School LA$268,464 Head Of School $4,251 $4,082 2024
Pullman Tech Workshop IL$268,572 Officer $24,333 $20,863 2024
Alliance For Technology Education In TX$271,735 Executive Director $72,047 $64,709 2023
Iron Workers Local 33 Apprentice NY$272,440 Coordinator $88,438 $69,695 2024
The Columbia School Linguistic NJ$203,734 President $10,000 $7,586 2025
Wellness Council Of Wisconsin Inc WI$279,775 Executive Director $101,900 $92,811 2024
American Organ Academy OH$279,822 Chairman/dir $185,131 $176,056 2023
Cherry Hill Huaxia Chinese School NJ$280,262 Principal $13,680 $10,652 2024
Judge Dinkins Educational Center TN$281,490 President & Ceo $130,000 $119,172 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Jonathan Harris) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,000 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.