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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Molly Lawson Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200236832
AZ · NTEE T11
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kyla Quintero, Executive Director / CEO ($29,610) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kyla Quintero — reported title “SECRETARY & TREASURER (THRU 12/23) (NON-VOTING)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$924 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,427 $29,610
$2,12910th
$4,87025th
$29,355Median
$51,07275th
$64,03990th
$29,610This org · 52nd
p10$2,129
p25$4,870
p50$29,355
p75$51,072
p90$64,039
$29,610

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 AZ 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
Linda And G Arnold Kaufman MD$6,819 President & Public Dir. Until 07/24 $30,197 $29,355 2024
Faulkner University Foundation AL$6,900 President $48,780 $56,415 2023
Ccf Real Estate Holdings 2 CA$7,022 President $66,677 $59,867 2024
Afc Public Foundation AZ$7,056 President $924 $924 2024
Kay Andrews Educational Foundation FL$7,340 Officer $55,000 $57,579 2022
Albert L Schultz & Janet A Schultz CA$5,884 Assistant Treasurer (From 5/30/24) $50,736 $45,554 2024
Say Hey Foundation Inc CA$5,556 Treasurer $43,588 $40,292 2023
La Frontera Conservation Fund TX$5,500 Vp/director $101,360 $105,427 2024
The Howard Fund TN$8,089 President - Comm. Fndn. Gr. Chatt. $32,548 $35,574 2024
Model Transitions Foundation CA$8,273 President/ceo (Started 11/14/22) $3,439 $3,179 2023
Dan River Non-profit Network VA$8,575 Executive Director $62,965 $65,082 2023
Soar Youth And Adult Choir CO$4,938 Music Director $1,800 $1,848 2023
Toledo Community Foundation OH$4,899 Secretary/treasurer Thru August 2024 $61,652 $67,898 2024
Wings Over Memphis Inc TN$8,684 President $4,155 $4,676 2023
De Nosotros Foundation Inc MA$8,745 President $5,610 $5,397 2023
Charitable Holdings Ii TX$4,700 Asst Secretary $24,570 $25,556 2024
Community Vision Inc DC$9,218 President $21,263 $19,402 2024
Howe Family Foundation KS$9,293 President, Ceo, & Secretary $6,270 $7,043 2024
Otis Wilson Charitable Association IL$9,311 President $4,767 $5,017 2023
Allen A Bailey Endowment NC$9,405 Exec Dir - N $1,688 $1,867 2023
Huhlein Memorial Trust MI$9,758 Co-trustee $4,401 $4,723 2024
Community Foundation Real Estate NC$9,804 Vp & Secretary $29,355 $32,470 2023
Scholnick Family Foundation OH$10,098 Treasurer $40,331 $45,728 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Kyla Quintero) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,610 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.