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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cars For Neighbors Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411964516
MN · NTEE T40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joe Mckenzie Resigned 6923, Executive Director / CEO ($32,367) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 570 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joe Mckenzie Resigned 6923 — reported title “PHILANTHROPI”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

570 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 570 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$97 total compensation of comparable organizations → $736,086 $32,367
$7,55410th
$21,26025th
$38,500Median
$60,92075th
$87,57290th
$32,367This org · 41st
p10$7,554
p25$21,260
p50$38,500
p75$60,920
p90$87,572
$32,367

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 MN 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
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Of Daviess Co In Inc IN$183,633 Executive Director $54,000 $57,631 2023
Ssm Health At Home Foundation Of WI$183,658 President-post Acute $219,796 $225,644 2024
Swfl Children's Charities Inc FL$183,837 Executive Director $105,385 $100,192 2023
Bgccf Nmtc Inc FL$184,000 President/ceo (Thru 08/2023) $37,813 $34,918 2024
Isaiah House Inc CA$182,904 President $7,700 $6,729 2023
Ann Arbor Spark Foundation MI$182,887 President & Ceo $42,697 $43,321 2024
Texas Nursery And Landscape Association Foundation TX$182,483 Executive Director $17,738 $17,442 2024
Philanthropy Delaware DE$184,593 President & Ceo $140,200 $134,944 2024
The Fatherhood Comission Inc AL$184,615 Executive Di $72,000 $78,720 2023
Eaton Rapids Medical Center Foundation MI$184,658 President $19,871 $20,757 2023
The Maqasid Institute TN$185,144 President $84,716 $87,535 2024
Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc FL$185,200 President/ceo $35,289 $32,588 2024
The Care Collaborative Inc MA$185,282 Executive Director $25,904 $22,882 2024
Anchorage Concert Foundation Inc AK$181,741 Aca - Executive Director $10,867 $10,514 2023
Mvp Foundation AZ$181,500 Executive Director $60,000 $58,398 2023
Gleaners Of South Lake County Inc IN$185,696 Dir/treas. $17,865 $19,066 2023
Eden Incorporated IL$185,739 Intl Director $42,600 $41,169 2024
Continental Divide Color Guard Circuit CO$185,947 Treasurer $1,000 $942 2024
William B Dickinson Educational Trust NY$181,101 Trustee $32,000 $28,424 2024
Tony Laudadio Foundation TX$186,253 Executive Director $9,000 $8,850 2024
The Community Foundation For St CT$186,361 Director $2,083 $1,920 2024
Bonifacio Place Inc CA$180,523 Ceo $47,732 $41,713 2023
United Way Of Rockingham County NC$186,647 Executive Di $77,112 $78,323 2024
United Way Of Western Crawford County PA$186,732 Executive Director $66,950 $65,629 2024
Community Foundation Realty Inc LA$186,777 President/director $75,968 $82,228 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Joe Mckenzie Resigned 6923) 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 570 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,367 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.