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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Media Voices For Children Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262908915
MA · NTEE I70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Fernanda Mora Brenes, Executive Director / CEO ($13,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Fernanda Mora Brenes — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,867 total compensation of comparable organizations → $209,044 $13,650
$42,79410th
$65,43925th
$83,416Median
$110,54275th
$118,09790th
$13,650This org · 3rd
p10$42,794
p25$65,439
p50$83,416
p75$110,542
p90$118,097
$13,650

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
Impact Personal Safety NM$410,957 Executive Di $89,377 $106,976 2024
Manforward MN$409,324 Executive Director $37,500 $42,453 2023
Paint Love Inc GA$422,733 Executive Di $51,917 $58,091 2024
Childrens Alliance Of Montana MT$402,905 Executive Dir. $93,736 $112,442 2024
Casa Of The 5th Judicial Dist Inc AR$401,517 Executive Director $65,605 $79,948 2025
Stomp Out Bullying Corp NY$400,373 Ceo $207,885 $209,044 2024
Connecticut Court Appointed Special CT$425,954 Executive Director $114,500 $119,469 2024
Katie Brown Educational Program Inc MA$427,288 Executive Director $81,622 $84,033 2023
Domestic Violence Services Network Inc MA$428,805 Executive Director $108,525 $111,731 2023
Megan Montgomery Foundation To Prevent Domestic Violence Inc AL$395,455 Executive Director $24,846 $30,753 2023
Rescuing Hope Inc GA$393,714 Executive Dir. $41,650 $46,603 2024
Alliance For Freedom Restoration And TN$392,338 Cfo $11,000 $12,867 2024
Second Bloom Of Chatham Inc NC$457,603 Executive Dir. $66,875 $76,896 2024
Restoring Ancestral Winds Inc UT$366,868 Executive Dir. $100,875 $118,285 2023
Tyrrell-washington Partnership For Children Inc NC$353,668 Executive Director $74,595 $88,305 2023
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $90,200 2023
In Our Backyard OR$343,058 Executive Dir. $84,400 $87,221 2024
Ruthless Kindness CA$485,619 Ceo $127,730 $122,739 2024
Magdalene House Of Austin TX$487,043 Executive Director $105,000 $116,883 2024
Children's Advocacy Center Of The GA$488,254 Executive Director $65,000 $72,730 2024
Capital Area Family Justice Center Inc LA$493,716 Executive Director $95,560 $117,096 2024
Soap Project OH$320,738 Executive Director & Found $24,000 $28,288 2024
31-8 Project ND$508,696 Executive Director $67,800 $82,799 2024
North Carolina Institute Against Human Trafficking NC$510,039 Executive Director $70,000 $80,489 2024
Minnesota Chapter Of The MN$515,199 Executive Dir. $107,000 $117,657 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 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 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Fernanda Mora Brenes) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,650 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.