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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Meca Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251411417
PA · NTEE P8XJ
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura Eaton, Executive Director / CEO ($27,305) against the 2000 closest of 3,006 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

3,006 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $383,758 $27,305
$11,78010th
$26,40825th
$45,610Median
$65,11375th
$84,80890th
$27,305This org · 26th
p10$11,780
p25$26,408
p50$45,610
p75$65,113
p90$84,808
$27,305

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 PA 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
Girls Growing Ii Women MI$245,156 President $54,100 $55,995 2024
Answer Scholarship Inc NC$245,334 Executive Dir. $37,433 $38,786 2024
Renesting Project Inc LA$245,147 Executive Di $36,863 $40,704 2024
Creating Milestones Child Care Mini IN$245,137 President $3,150 $3,331 2024
Coaches Of Influence CA$245,135 Ceo $49,777 $43,102 2024
African Young Dreamers Empowerment Program Intl WA$245,049 Director $45,000 $41,594 2023
Pdx Saints Love WA$245,032 Executive Dir. $48,000 $44,367 2023
Autumn Glow Alzheimer's Care Home Inc CA$244,981 President & Ceo $21,328 $18,468 2024
A Second Chance Charitable Foundation PA$244,959 President & Chairperson $6,886 $6,886 2024
Marys Choice Rva VA$245,556 President $65,500 $63,419 2024
Sunshine Corner Day Care Center WY$244,915 Executive Dir. $49,746 $53,417 2024
Heart Gallery Of New Mexico NM$244,874 Executive Di $60,000 $66,624 2023
Crusaders For The Cross MO$244,850 Secretary $6,630 $7,250 2023
Forever Bound Adoption MO$244,845 Founder & Ceo $24,000 $25,490 2024
Kiddie Korner Learning Center Inc NJ$245,646 Director $12,175 $10,900 2024
More MN$244,818 Executive Dir. $62,154 $61,586 2024
Highland Manor Apartments Inc NC$244,812 President $15,432 $15,990 2024
Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Inc NY$244,799 Ceo $90,792 $82,270 2024
Kingdom Servants Inc TX$244,775 Director/chairm $141,900 $146,542 2023
Trader Home Daycare IL$245,737 Exc Director $40,000 $39,434 2024
The 31heroes Project VA$245,804 Executive Director $77,000 $74,553 2024
Blue Sky Acres Inc GA$244,653 Executive Di $34,740 $35,027 2024
Partners In Outreach PA$244,646 Executive Di $17,980 $17,980 2024
North River Care Inc FL$244,610 Executive Director $60,082 $58,271 2023
Beyond Violence Inc PA$244,604 Executive Director $43,680 $44,970 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Laura Eaton) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,305 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.