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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Beacon Of Hope In Western Tidewater

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921161230
VA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cheryl H Griffin, Executive Director / CEO ($14,492) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 648 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: Cheryl H Griffin — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

648 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 648 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $256,036 $14,492
$6,87310th
$14,63225th
$29,336Median
$48,82575th
$70,25590th
$14,492This org · 25th
p10$6,873
p25$14,632
p50$29,336
p75$48,825
p90$70,255
$14,492

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 VA 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
Dimock Support Corporation MA$100,000 President/ceo $23,674 $22,033 2023
The Williamsburg Institute VA$100,000 Ceo $68,000 $68,000 2023
Beaver County Ymca Endowment Foundation PA$99,966 Director $31,015 $32,033 2023
Helping Hands Of Franklin County VA$99,715 Exec Director $11,500 $11,170 2024
Mtn View Family Youth Center MO$99,714 Executive Director $15,577 $17,087 2023
Alternatives Homes 2005 Inc NJ$99,626 Chairperson, Trustee $22,000 $19,760 2024
Autumn Place Inc MD$99,591 President $20,272 $19,629 2023
Sheltering The Homeless Is Our NY$100,512 Executive Dir. $91,189 $82,893 2024
Maxcen -Maxmath Women Society Inc FL$99,364 Tutor $6,002 $5,672 2024
Sarah Hackett Stevenson Memorial IL$99,294 President & Ceo $24,131 $24,570 2023
Norman Care Association Vans OK$100,923 Driver $25,000 $27,693 2024
Community Express Inc TX$98,897 President $40,000 $41,440 2023
Hibernian House Of New Mexico Inc NM$101,163 President $5,505 $6,132 2023
Mercy Outreach Ministries Iii Inc OH$101,337 Ceo/president $15,476 $16,489 2024
Servants Heart Outreach AR$101,374 Executive Director $25,962 $29,357 2024
I Am That Woman Movement Inc Nfp IL$101,531 Ceo And Founder $1,099 $1,119 2023
White Oak Housing Foundation CA$98,433 Ceo $61,000 $54,553 2023
Girls Health Period OH$98,357 President $42,058 $46,136 2023
Smart Women Smart Money Educational Foundation IL$98,289 President $29,500 $29,176 2024
Melon I Corporation PA$98,276 Director Of Construction $13,787 $14,239 2023
Acorn Adoption Inc LA$101,791 Director $8,495 $9,410 2024
Wellroot Family Services Foundation Inc GA$101,804 Treasurer $47,684 $49,656 2023
The New Citizens Press Community Action Network MI$101,898 Director $9,989 $10,371 2024
Duet Foundation NE$102,015 President $11,094 $12,004 2024
Transitional Remedies Solutions MA$102,108 President $17,200 $16,008 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
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 (Cheryl H Griffin) 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 648 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,492 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.