Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Meason, Executive Director / CEO ($176,286) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended
Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Meason — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.
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 OK cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Anthony Childrens Foundation | IN | $89,150 | Executive Dir. | $34,000 | $33,424 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation Of The Valleys | CA | $91,265 | Executive Director | $17,500 | $14,503 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Health Equity Foundation Inc | NY | $91,567 | Chairman | $91,000 | $76,654 | 2024 |
| The Gilmour-jirgens Fund | MI | $91,606 | Secretary/treasurer/director | $64,903 | $62,447 | 2024 |
| Western Reserve Area Agency On Aging | OH | $88,626 | Ceo | $41,528 | $41,002 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Kansas Area Chamber | KS | $87,004 | President (F | $3,686 | $3,713 | 2024 |
| Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation | OH | $93,598 | Interim Executive Director | $1,046 | $1,033 | 2024 |
| Joyal Capital Management Foundation Inc | MA | $86,055 | Clerk, Director, Program Director | $55,008 | $47,440 | 2023 |
| United Way Of Franklin County | IN | $85,982 | Executive Director | $30,022 | $30,385 | 2023 |
| Vinfen Corporation Of Larchmont Inc | MA | $94,515 | President (As Of 8/22/22) | $2,702 | $2,330 | 2023 |
| The Mike Gallagher Show Charitable | NY | $84,008 | Executive Di | $117,200 | $101,639 | 2023 |
| Lev Chai | NJ | $82,749 | Trustee | $7,000 | $5,826 | 2024 |
| Arise Foundation Inc | NY | $98,289 | Ceo (Through Dec 2024) | $17,821 | $15,012 | 2024 |
| Canton-inwood Area Health Foundation | SD | $81,750 | Executive Director | $25,077 | $25,798 | 2024 |
| Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging | LA | $100,031 | Executive Director | $24,758 | $25,413 | 2024 |
| Friends Of Cmh Sumner Community | IA | $80,040 | Cha/cfo | $33,982 | $34,685 | 2024 |
| The Louisa Swain Foundation | WY | $78,506 | Executive Di | $36,000 | $35,936 | 2024 |
| Renaissance Internationalinc | FL | $102,475 | President | $20,000 | $17,514 | 2024 |
| History Heritage And Hope | FL | $76,758 | Executive Director | $6,248 | $5,471 | 2024 |
| Zoomie Foundation | CA | $75,815 | Treasurer | $60,000 | $49,723 | 2023 |
| Charitable Foundation Of The Energy Bar | DC | $75,515 | Chief Executive Officer | $20,492 | $16,763 | 2024 |
| Sophia Transformative Leadership | WI | $105,927 | Executive Di | $65,958 | $64,212 | 2024 |
| The Ascension Fund Inc | LA | $105,954 | Executive Dir. | $41,500 | $43,856 | 2023 |
| Massdevelopmenthefa Trust | MA | $74,249 | Trustee (As Of 06/2023) | $41,641 | $35,912 | 2023 |
| The Kranzberg Foundation | MO | $106,881 | Director | $31,092 | $31,604 | 2023 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK cost of living and 2025 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 OK 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 97th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 97th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 0th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 92nd |
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.
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
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.