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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jackson Heart Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270723542
MS · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Morgan Geary, Executive Director / CEO ($42,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 425 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

425 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 425 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$110 total compensation of comparable organizations → $278,900 $42,500
$13,31310th
$33,64225th
$56,123Median
$78,58275th
$102,18390th
$42,500This org · 34th
p10$13,313
p25$33,642
p50$56,123
p75$78,582
p90$102,183
$42,500

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 MS 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
Two Bikes TN$432,119 Director $36,699 $33,642 2024
Abundant Education CA$433,979 Ceo $98,500 $74,177 2024
Reaching Higher New Hampshire Inc NH$434,231 Executive Director $115,995 $96,167 2023
House Of Champions OH$434,760 President And Executive Director $35,000 $31,496 2025
Colorado Agricultural Leadership CO$435,088 Ceo $48,000 $40,140 2024
Project Reap MA$429,301 Executive Dir. $159,433 $128,637 2023
Willie L Brown Jr Institute On CA$429,244 Executive Director $115,566 $87,029 2024
Daniel Academy Atlanta GA$435,866 Ceodirector $22,100 $19,379 2024
Usa Homestays Inc IN$436,143 President $88,000 $83,323 2023
Wisconsin Deca Center Inc WI$427,921 Executive Director $18,591 $17,433 2023
Pupusas For Education NC$437,399 Executive Dir. $2,760 $2,487 2024
Duxbury Student Union Association MA$438,132 Executive Director $94,389 $76,157 2023
Cobalt Community Research MI$438,520 President/ce $140,000 $126,022 2024
Global Ties Alabama AL$425,594 Executive Director $68,800 $66,736 2023
Sati Center For Buddist Studies CA$425,533 Treasurer $36,000 $26,412 2025
Creative Strategies For Change CO$425,184 Executive Dir. $82,181 $70,753 2023
Hamiltonian Artists Inc DC$424,506 Executive Director $107,870 $82,553 2024
East Side Institute For Group And Short NY$440,618 Executive Director $90,000 $73,020 2023
The Landing Place Inc IN$441,860 Director $62,500 $57,481 2024
The Restorative Center Inc NY$422,887 Excutive Director $130,769 $103,054 2024
Mala'ai HI$442,003 Former Executive Director $73,360 $57,280 2024
The Ideas Institute MO$422,303 Vice President $106,426 $98,306 2024
Living Justice Press MN$422,189 Executive Director $93,000 $80,142 2024
Washington Association Of Land Trusts WA$421,370 Executive Director $103,968 $81,179 2024
Eastern Connecticut Training School CT$421,000 President $13,100 $10,436 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS cost of living and 2023 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 MS 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Morgan Geary) 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 425 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,500 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.