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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cores Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043377072
MA · NTEE B63Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marcos Ganadeno Garcia, Executive Director / CEO ($5,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 347 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Marcos Ganadeno Garcia — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

347 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 347 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$232 total compensation of comparable organizations → $370,106 $5,200
$4,55910th
$10,31625th
$27,951Median
$51,65275th
$89,24090th
$5,200This org · 13th
p10$4,559
p25$10,316
p50$27,951
p75$51,652
p90$89,240
$5,200

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 MA 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
Cohort Sistas Inc DE$72,436 Executive Director $10,000 $10,615 2025
The Minority Scholars Program MD$72,635 President $3,628 $3,775 2024
Acnpe NY$72,695 Executive Director $55,000 $55,307 2024
Mz Foundation TX$72,332 Executive Director $254,189 $282,955 2024
Ntc Property Foundation Inc WI$72,724 Executive Director, Ex-officio $21,435 $24,912 2024
Maine Children's Scholarship Fund ME$72,109 Program Dire $19,488 $21,716 2024
Wpma Scholarship Foundation UT$72,092 Secretary/treasurer $31,724 $35,200 2025
Pensacola Bible Institute Inc FL$73,048 President $63,665 $66,556 2024
The 506 Foundation Inc KS$73,052 Treasurer $3,600 $4,328 2024
Trinitas School Of Nursing Student NJ$73,144 Trustee $3,000 $2,981 2024
Lift Womens Foundation IL$73,534 Executive Director $13,085 $14,315 2024
Kindred Spirits Canine Educationcenter CA$73,648 Executive Director $62,400 $61,733 2023
Creative Cooperative Nursery Inc MI$73,665 Executive Di $22,805 $26,968 2023
Minnesota News Media Institute Inc MN$71,376 Executive Director $12,816 $14,092 2024
Nymc - School Of Medicine Faculty NY$73,745 President, Ceo And Trustee $268,885 $278,371 2023
Clipped Wing Global Initiative IL$71,057 President Ceo $27,810 $30,425 2024
Denny Family Foundation VT$74,178 President $46,571 $53,705 2023
Onnemi International Ministries TX$74,227 Vice President Missionary $30,296 $32,855 2025
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundati SD$70,679 President $3,995 $5,051 2023
Dreamtree Preschool By Usbks WA$74,388 Center Direc $21,940 $21,859 2024
Prospect Community Library PA$74,397 Director $24,960 $27,699 2024
Pine Crest Rhf Housing Inc CA$74,406 President/ceo $76,739 $73,740 2024
Maine Composites Alliance ME$70,611 Director $16,892 $18,823 2024
California University Of Management VA$70,370 Campus Direc $87,000 $93,480 2024
Democracy Unlimited CA$70,349 Director/independent Contractor $39,323 $38,902 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Marcos Ganadeno Garcia) 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 347 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,200 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.