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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of Honolulu City Lights

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 990349752
HI · NTEE S99
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles K Woodward, Executive Director / CEO ($16,754) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Charles K Woodward — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$618 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,500 $16,754
$1,31010th
$4,93325th
$36,003Median
$60,97875th
$97,87190th
$16,754This org · 39th
p10$1,310
p25$4,933
p50$36,003
p75$60,978
p90$97,871
$16,754

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 HI 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
Forrest And Doris Sensenich Foundation MO$103,999 Director, President & Trea $1,000 $1,218 2023
Family Peace Project Inc TX$109,386 Executive Dir. $39,226 $43,827 2024
Mbi Industry Advocacy Fund IA$110,721 President $21,070 $25,768 2024
Regent Development Corporation ND$114,859 Treasurer $4,572 $5,604 2024
Steam Ahead Inc MA$115,166 President/clerk $60,000 $62,000 2023
Moffett Park Business Group CA$119,560 Executive Dir. $107,539 $103,719 2024
Sprocket Mural Works Inc PA$86,249 Executive Dir $11,475 $12,781 2024
Benevolent Society MI$122,836 Cfo $550 $618 2025
Ibew Local 180 Holding Company CA$124,206 Business Manager $58,320 $57,910 2023
American Freedom Assembly Inc AL$125,058 President $76,764 $95,364 2023
Asset Based Community Development Institute IL$129,371 Vice President/director $3,000 $3,392 2023
Linda Vista Mutual Water Company CA$130,193 President $1,400 $1,350 2024
Emerge Alliance MD$77,600 Chairman $4,510 $4,709 2024
Center For The Advancement Of The Steady VA$135,130 Executive Director $112,131 $124,500 2023
Erie Basin Rc&d Council Inc OH$143,697 Coordinator $38,640 $45,711 2024
Idaho Second Amendment Alliance ID$143,870 President $36,000 $42,775 2024
Doctors Park Professional Assoc Inc MO$147,753 President/ad $24,000 $29,231 2023
Laguna Community Foundation NM$149,059 Executive Di $76,188 $94,230 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Charles K Woodward) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,754 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.