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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mds Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043466040
MA · NTEE T30
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Monteiro Cae, Executive Director / CEO ($35,827) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 230 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kevin Monteiro Cae — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CLERK”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

230 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 230 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$884 total compensation of comparable organizations → $338,480 $35,827
$14,87310th
$28,77825th
$53,547Median
$84,24475th
$112,32190th
$35,827This org · 34th
p10$14,873
p25$28,778
p50$53,547
p75$84,244
p90$112,321
$35,827

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
Ministry Services Group Inc GA$314,000 Ceo, Director $3,000 $3,445 2024
Samaritan Ministries Inc MD$312,260 Executive Director $54,736 $60,180 2023
Leading Education DC$315,241 Director $6,230 $6,245 2024
Living Resources Foundation Inc NY$311,021 Ceo $26,209 $27,052 2024
Dake Foundation For Children NY$316,350 Executive Director $55,847 $57,645 2024
New Jersey State Federation Of Womens Clubs NJ$310,251 Care Vp $14,984 $14,888 2025
One By One Costa Rica NC$316,898 Director $18,317 $22,257 2023
The Dominguez Dream In Memory Of CA$317,313 Executive Director $71,000 $70,031 2024
Woods Affiliation Corp PA$309,407 Treasurer $30,458 $35,719 2023
Pikes Peak Or Bust Rodeo Foundation CO$318,025 General Manager $37,410 $39,919 2025
Johnson City - Jonesborough- Washington TN$308,345 President $34,332 $41,221 2024
The Community Kitchen Inc IN$308,104 Kitchen Operations Director - Starting July 8, 202 $16,640 $20,044 2024
Missouri Coalition Of Recovery Support MO$319,660 Interim Ex Dir $21,000 $25,407 2024
Tibetan Charities Inc NY$307,027 President $90,655 $96,336 2023
Edward & Willa Kelly Community NE$306,526 Executive Dir. $84,056 $103,269 2024
The Blessing Center Inc CA$306,191 President $36,000 $35,509 2024
Kidney Cancer Research Alliance Inc VA$306,058 President $150,000 $170,323 2023
Central Florida Educational FL$321,167 President/director $46,702 $50,115 2024
Education Nexus Oregon OR$305,394 Executive Director Thru Mar2024 $45,000 $47,735 2024
The Buck Fifty Inc OH$322,619 Race Director $18,333 $22,835 2023
Global Vision 2020 Inc MD$303,906 Exec Director $120,000 $128,149 2024
The Elmore Bolling Initiative Inc AL$323,502 Treasurer $4,000 $4,936 2024
Giltner Public Schools Foundation NE$302,628 Executive Di $35,864 $44,062 2024
Thatcher Family Fund OH$302,002 Treasurer $42,109 $52,450 2023
Supporters Of Civil Society Inc MO$300,893 Treasurer $17,003 $20,571 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Kevin Monteiro Cae) 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 230 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,827 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.