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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Magnolia Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 365072436
TN · NTEE P40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Collins, Executive Director / CEO ($76,154) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 181 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Matthew Collins — reported title “Founder CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

181 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 181 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,411 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,223 $76,154
$24,62010th
$39,93825th
$58,044Median
$75,60675th
$92,32590th
$76,154This org · 76th
p10$24,620
p25$39,938
p50$58,044
p75$75,606
p90$92,325
$76,154

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 TN 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
Salem Family Resources Success By 6 NH$439,466 Former Executive Director $68,463 $58,590 2025
Community Early Learning Center Of The WI$439,044 Executive Director $39,119 $40,014 2023
Family Voices Colorado Inc CO$438,591 Executive Di $78,780 $73,988 2023
Family Renewal Project KY$438,453 Counselor $60,000 $61,326 2024
The Family Institute For Health And Human Services NC$437,900 Office Support $30,000 $30,361 2023
The Well Resource Center Nfp IL$433,475 Director $78,660 $73,570 2024
El Instituto De Orientacion Y Terapia Familiar PR$433,347 Exec Director $43,800 $45,094 2023
Richmond City Pregnancy Resource Center Incorporated VA$432,705 Executive Director $97,341 $92,055 2023
Family Hope Inc IN$449,562 Executive Director $89,960 $90,253 2024
Fort Smith Christian Family Servicesinc AR$451,322 Executive Director $40,107 $42,889 2024
Mcdowell Pregnancy Care Center Inc NC$428,664 Director $35,177 $34,579 2024
Imtasik Family Counseling Services Inc CA$426,908 Chief Executive Director $11,163 $9,170 2024
Options For Women MO$453,790 Executive Di $63,280 $62,119 2025
Black Mothers In Power DE$453,857 Director $90,426 $84,234 2024
Wilson Commencement Park NY$425,933 Executive Director $30,990 $26,641 2024
The New Life Center Inc TN$425,245 President $34,757 $34,757 2024
Vocare CO$424,968 President $108,490 $98,968 2024
Nehemiah Community Empowerment Center Inc NC$423,000 Executive Director/ceo $29,000 $27,772 2025
Lighthouse Ministries Of Canton OH$457,609 Executive Director $67,692 $68,208 2024
The Family & Children's Society Inc NY$421,119 Executive Director $26,662 $23,598 2023
Eagles Flight Advocacy And Outreach TX$420,891 Director $36,000 $36,717 2022
The Pregnancy & Family Life Center FL$462,110 Executive Dir. $65,445 $58,489 2024
New Day Inc PA$418,002 Executive Di $57,879 $56,533 2023
Restore Small Groups TN$417,004 Founder & Executive Director $91,683 $91,683 2024
Akwaaba Qc IL$463,614 President Ceo $130,639 $122,185 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
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 (Matthew Collins) 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 181 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,154 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.