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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Desoto Long Term Recovery

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 923427084
FL · NTEE M20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Reuter, Executive Director / CEO ($68,409) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Reuter — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$649 total compensation of comparable organizations → $156,932 $68,409
$6,48610th
$18,54625th
$62,858Median
$80,29575th
$104,00490th
$68,409This org · 56th
p10$6,486
p25$18,546
p50$62,858
p75$80,295
p90$104,004
$68,409

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
Rebuild Paradise Foundation CA$230,879 Executive Director $75,500 $69,398 2024
Community Organizations Active FL$233,766 Ceo $108,455 $105,659 2025
Cb Avalanche Center Inc CO$227,426 Executive Director $29,812 $30,429 2024
New Jersey Association For Floodplain Management NJ$234,675 Exec Director $12,466 $11,848 2024
New York State United Teachers Disaster Relief & Scholarship Fund NY$225,980 Secretary $136,101 $130,915 2024
Communities United Inc FL$224,071 Executive Director $48,000 $49,418 2023
Robbinsdale Fire Relief Association MN$222,352 President $1,900 $1,998 2024
Family Assistance Education & Research F WA$214,674 Executive Director $84,000 $80,055 2024
Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group TX$214,648 Ex Director $71,194 $78,048 2023
Bac Disaster Relief Fund Inc DC$248,957 President $163,181 $156,932 2023
911 Environmental Action Inc NY$249,408 President $73,000 $72,292 2023
Us Hart Cares A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$250,220 Ceo $35,500 $33,740 2024
Helene Rebuild Collaborative NC$210,920 Executive Director $5,198 $5,717 2024
Compound Of Compassion CO$256,405 President $15,050 $15,816 2023
Orange County Long Term Recove FL$205,014 Exec Dir $42,292 $43,541 2023
Israel Rescue Coalition Inc NY$260,000 Vice President $13,743 $13,219 2024
Jefferson County Long Term Recovery TX$261,535 Disaster Recovery Director $72,000 $76,667 2024
Where To Turn Inc NY$262,611 Exec. Direct $99,000 $98,040 2023
Apostleship Of The Sea Of The Usa TX$195,291 Secretary General $72,872 $77,595 2024
Red Lightning AZ$277,286 President And Ceo $80,000 $81,899 2024
Arlington Fire Relief Association MN$279,106 Treasurer $900 $947 2024
4b Disaster Response Network TX$280,109 Executive Director $60,000 $65,776 2023
California Gun Rights Foundation NV$280,169 Executive Director $16,000 $17,072 2024
Ideal Firefighter Relief Assn MN$280,771 President $599 $649 2023
Carlton Complex Long Term Recovery Group WA$175,703 Executive Director $84,335 $80,375 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Amanda Reuter) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,409 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.