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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Iowa Radio Reading Information Service

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421298155
IA · NTEE G41Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Frances Evans, Executive Director / CEO ($55,470) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,785 total compensation of comparable organizations → $96,732 $55,470
$12,53010th
$22,03025th
$39,252Median
$54,94175th
$70,04490th
$55,470This org · 77th
p10$12,530
p25$22,030
p50$39,252
p75$54,941
p90$70,044
$55,470

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 IA 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
Field Neurosciences Institute MO$113,997 Ex-officio/regional President & Ceo $55,181 $54,954 2023
The Airway Revolution NY$113,534 Executive Di $60,000 $49,517 2024
Global Aging Institute VA$113,500 President & Treasurer $103,000 $90,828 2024
My Xxy AZ$114,604 Ceo $32,000 $28,107 2024
Prep4gold VA$113,127 Executive Director $63,093 $55,637 2024
Landon Pediatric Foundation CA$112,813 Ceo $81,000 $65,766 2023
Autism Opened Door Project TN$115,307 Secretary $44,049 $42,287 2024
University Clinical Neurologists Inc IN$112,636 Board Member $1,800 $1,785 2023
Early Alzheimers Foundation Inc NY$116,073 President $78,144 $66,395 2023
Carroll County Memorial Hospital MO$111,566 President/ceo - Ccmh $30,331 $30,207 2023
Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc NV$116,476 President Ceo $62,000 $58,435 2023
Louisiana Health Information LA$116,893 Ceo $34,500 $33,801 2025
Snis Foundation VA$117,124 Executive Director Snis $22,155 $19,537 2024
South Carolina Ovarian Cancer Foundation SC$110,142 Executive Director $41,174 $40,389 2023
Shattuck Partners Inc MA$109,761 Executive Director $35,949 $30,375 2023
American Council Of The Blind OH$109,566 Executive Di $43,000 $41,595 2024
Fund A Mom Inc NY$119,065 Executive Director $38,368 $31,664 2024
Greater Detroit Agency For The Blind And MI$121,510 Executive Director $103,000 $94,593 2025
Ryan Mcelroy Childrens Cancer NY$121,548 Executive Di $20,000 $16,506 2024
Virginia Association Of Workers For The VA$106,184 Director $9,600 $8,248 2025
Livlyme Foundation CO$105,282 Director $48,000 $45,052 2022
Epilepsy Services Foundation Inc FL$122,900 Executive Director $59,213 $50,803 2024
Massachusetts Health Information MA$105,006 Administrative Director/cl $66,928 $54,928 2024
Be A Tiger Foundation NJ$125,481 Director $12,000 $10,074 2023
Breast Cancer Aid & Research Institute AZ$125,675 President $4,593 $4,034 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Mary Frances Evans) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,470 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.