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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Myelin Repair Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030485196
CA · NTEE T20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($120,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$781 total compensation of comparable organizations → $343,453 $120,000
$8,67310th
$23,22625th
$53,308Median
$80,83475th
$99,04990th
$120,000This org · 95th
p10$8,673
p25$23,226
p50$53,308
p75$80,834
p90$99,049
$120,000

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
Unitarian Universalist Friends Retreat Foundation TX$267,927 Trustee $16,099 $19,708 2023
Howard & Ethel B Ross Tua 2 FL$268,871 Co-trustee $58,773 $65,632 2024
Dress For Success Tampa Bay Inc FL$263,147 Executive Dir. $20,768 $23,191 2024
Surfaid International Usa CA$281,645 Executive Director $115,968 $119,036 2024
Media Cares Foundation Inc NY$285,031 Ceo & Director $20,312 $21,818 2024
Social Venture Partners Minnesota MN$249,716 Executive Direc $61,000 $71,650 2024
Salisbury Urban Ministries Inc MD$287,228 Executive Director $69,500 $77,238 2024
Amistad Cristiana Christian Church TX$248,089 Officer $64,308 $76,467 2024
Louisiana Real Estate Foundation LA$288,093 Ceo $23,935 $32,255 2023
Dwi Resource Center Inc NM$238,946 Executive Di $66,560 $85,099 2024
Bee Mighty NC$238,219 Executive Dir. $35,000 $42,989 2024
The Community Y Foundation PA$237,938 President $48,882 $57,946 2024
Connectedconectando Educacion CA$237,933 Ceo $74,475 $76,445 2024
Archangels Michale & Gabriel Relief Organization PA$299,435 President $6,000 $7,323 2023
Buffalo Prescott Foundation MI$234,422 Managing Director $37,500 $46,011 2024
Triveni School Of Dance Inc MA$234,173 President $79,846 $87,810 2023
Western Governors Foundation CO$301,700 President $80,000 $91,187 2024
The Cy Rapp And Carolyn Rapp IA$233,659 Secretary $600 $781 2024
I Heermann Anesthesia Foundation FL$231,693 Secretary/tr $6,000 $6,701 2024
Lindas Magnificent Mutts Rescue IL$227,544 President $46,375 $54,196 2024
The Wvi Dolphin Foundation Inc NY$225,682 Executive Dir. $48,675 $52,285 2024
Police Foundation Of Colorado Springs CO$224,284 President $10,000 $11,735 2023
Heartland Chamber Music Ltd MO$223,504 Executive Director $50,000 $64,811 2023
Oakleaf Endowment Trust For MN$312,757 Trustee (Resigned 12/31/23) $26,962 $32,605 2023
Ala Allied Professional Association Inc IL$222,535 Executive Director Thru October 2023 $25,291 $29,556 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 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 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Scott Johnson) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,000 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.