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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope Sight Mission Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954789293
CA · NTEE P86
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Young Soo Choo, Executive Director / CEO ($36,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1383 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,383 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,383 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$126 total compensation of comparable organizations → $430,477 $36,000
$10,36810th
$22,10125th
$41,270Median
$64,87675th
$86,38690th
$36,000This org · 43rd
p10$10,368
p25$22,101
p50$41,270
p75$64,876
p90$86,386
$36,000

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 CA 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
Sussex Seniors Urban Renewal Affordable NJ$148,174 Chief Executive Officer $35,878 $36,033 2024
Street Bean Espresso WA$147,911 Director Of Operations $78,569 $81,463 2023
Lafayette Fire Department Relief MN$148,445 Secretary $300 $343 2023
Oceania Northwest WA$147,892 Member $5,100 $5,136 2024
Nursery Rhyme Inc LA$148,508 President $59,440 $73,624 2024
St Vincent Depaul Society Of Muscoda Inc WI$148,541 Employee $30,099 $35,358 2024
Arcadia Improvement Association CA$147,732 Executive Director $101,650 $98,734 2024
A Giving Heart Project NC$148,649 Executive Director $27,000 $31,381 2024
Uparc Apartments Inc FL$147,698 Executive Director $22,533 $23,811 2024
Amy's Wish With Wings TX$148,731 President $6,470 $7,280 2024
Montana Credit Unions For Community MT$147,613 Ceo $45,578 $55,264 2024
Latina Sisters Support Inc NY$147,591 Founder $25,400 $26,580 2023
The Rinkle Family Foundation CA$147,540 Trustee (K-love Ceo) To July $15,829 $15,829 2023
Fathers Families Healthy Communities IL$147,438 Executive Director $108,333 $119,801 2024
Funds For Friends TX$147,336 Executive Director $12,900 $14,515 2024
Zeta Zeta Lambda Company Inc NY$149,130 Treasurer $12,000 $12,558 2023
Scenic City Women's Network TN$147,199 Executive Di $25,000 $30,432 2023
Student Clinic For Immigrant Justice Inc MA$147,159 Executive Director $60,231 $62,680 2023
Crozierlife Inc IN$147,137 Executive Di $36,000 $42,704 2024
Bronx Bethany Community Corporation NY$149,250 Chief Operating Officer $55,008 $57,564 2023
Rose Of Sharon Equestrian School Inc MD$147,091 Executive Director $41,600 $45,040 2023
Plymouth Homes Inc MD$149,279 Treasurer $28,731 $30,215 2024
Institute For Healing Of Memories - North America NY$147,061 Executive Director $99,226 $103,837 2023
Mission Rebirth Inc LA$149,309 Founder Executive Director $39,200 $48,553 2024
Overdose Crisis Response Fund IL$146,980 Board President $88,074 $97,397 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Young Soo Choo) 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 1383 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,000 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.