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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope- Esperanza

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873977032
NE · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexandra Ochoa, Executive Director / CEO ($20,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1068 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,068 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,068 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$255 total compensation of comparable organizations → $312,114 $20,800
$13,44210th
$28,09925th
$50,011Median
$71,30475th
$92,77590th
$20,800This org · 17th
p10$13,442
p25$28,099
p50$50,011
p75$71,304
p90$92,775
$20,800

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 NE 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
Inclusionworks OH$327,438 President $1,300 $1,353 2023
Blue Mountain Escape Inc PA$326,936 Manager $20,560 $19,567 2024
Out Of A Jam Inc IN$326,932 Executive Di $90,160 $90,738 2024
Disability Resource Network AL$327,865 Executive Director $58,077 $59,879 2024
Litarts Ri RI$327,897 Program Director $73,999 $67,717 2024
Striving For Excellence Academy Inc FL$326,797 President $76,438 $68,529 2024
The Clubhouse For Special Needs TX$326,770 Administrative Director $53,280 $52,366 2023
One Challenge Usa CO$327,988 Executive Director $8,466 $7,747 2024
Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance CA$328,066 Executive Director $29,423 $24,964 2023
Heartlove Place Inc WI$326,422 Executive Dir. $130,379 $133,786 2023
Prepare Inc MD$326,107 Co-founder Director Of Advocacy $43,771 $39,054 2024
Advocates For Immigrant Survivors TX$326,092 Co-executive Director $111,619 $106,557 2024
Lubick Foundation CO$326,003 Executive Dir. $54,238 $49,634 2024
Youth Volunteer Corps Of Hampton VA$325,852 Executive Di $69,667 $64,196 2024
Cancer Journeys Foundation CA$328,870 Chairman $365 $301 2024
Mi Work Matters MI$329,101 Executive Di $68,077 $67,059 2024
Camberwell Grief Sanctuary KY$329,140 Executive Director $59,893 $63,224 2023
Cornerstone Of Grace WI$329,196 Director $63,592 $65,254 2023
Open Doors To Future Possibilities Inc CA$325,364 President $45,143 $37,201 2024
Mount Hope Montessori School Inc CT$325,227 School Administrator $33,750 $29,421 2025
Unique Avenue TX$329,498 Executive Director $99,246 $94,745 2024
Gaston Residential Development Inc NC$329,537 President $19,201 $18,446 2025
Father Bill Atkinson Center PA$329,726 Program Manager $33,852 $32,218 2024
Innermission Inc IN$330,274 Executive/director $30,059 $31,146 2023
Donate Life North Carolina NC$324,314 Executive Dir. $92,829 $91,538 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE cost of living and 2025 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 NE 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Alexandra Ochoa) 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 1068 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,800 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.