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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ryan Mcelroy Childrens Cancer

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141810853
NY · NTEE G30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tralee Mcelroy, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 94 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tralee Mcelroy — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

94 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 94 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,990 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,377 $20,000
$12,72210th
$27,73625th
$48,595Median
$67,36675th
$86,35490th
$20,000This org · 15th
p10$12,722
p25$27,736
p50$48,595
p75$67,366
p90$86,354
$20,000

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 NY 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
Greater Detroit Agency For The Blind And MI$121,510 Executive Director $103,000 $114,619 2025
Epilepsy Services Foundation Inc FL$122,900 Executive Director $59,213 $61,559 2024
Fund A Mom Inc NY$119,065 Executive Director $38,368 $38,368 2024
Be A Tiger Foundation NJ$125,481 Director $12,000 $12,207 2023
Breast Cancer Aid & Research Institute AZ$125,675 President $4,593 $4,888 2024
Snis Foundation VA$117,124 Executive Director Snis $22,155 $23,673 2024
Louisiana Health Information LA$116,893 Ceo $34,500 $40,957 2025
Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc NV$116,476 President Ceo $62,000 $70,806 2023
Early Alzheimers Foundation Inc NY$116,073 President $78,144 $80,452 2023
Starlight Therapeutic Riding Center Inc TX$127,182 Executive Director $56,683 $62,748 2024
Autism Opened Door Project TN$115,307 Secretary $44,049 $51,240 2024
Multiple Sclerosis Society Of Colorado CO$128,133 President $42,000 $45,885 2023
Oklahaven Childrens Chiropractic Ce OK$128,347 President And Chiropractor $70,000 $87,820 2023
My Xxy AZ$114,604 Ceo $32,000 $34,057 2024
Caring Ambassadors Program Inc OR$128,601 Executive Director $74,923 $79,273 2023
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service IA$114,004 Executive Director $55,470 $67,214 2024
Field Neurosciences Institute MO$113,997 Ex-officio/regional President & Ceo $55,181 $66,589 2023
The Airway Revolution NY$113,534 Executive Di $60,000 $60,000 2024
Global Aging Institute VA$113,500 President & Treasurer $103,000 $110,058 2024
Prep4gold VA$113,127 Executive Director $63,093 $67,416 2024
Team Up For Down Syndrome KS$130,076 Secretary $4,491 $5,528 2023
Landon Pediatric Foundation CA$112,813 Ceo $81,000 $79,690 2023
University Clinical Neurologists Inc IN$112,636 Board Member $1,800 $2,163 2023
Carroll County Memorial Hospital MO$111,566 President/ceo - Ccmh $30,331 $36,602 2023
The Lily Pad Foundation MS$132,852 Executive Director $50,000 $61,627 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Tralee Mcelroy) 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 94 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.