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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Candelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Of Southern Arizona

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 432080690
AZ · NTEE G30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beverley Tidwell, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,688 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,250 $24,000
$18,68110th
$36,51225th
$65,524Median
$78,65175th
$90,27290th
$24,000This org · 16th
p10$18,681
p25$36,512
p50$65,524
p75$78,651
p90$90,272
$24,000

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 AZ 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
Breast Cancer Network Of Western New Yorkinc NY$243,624 Executive Director $35,000 $32,038 2025
No Stomach For Cancer Inc WI$227,937 Executive Director $54,174 $57,313 2025
Arizona Oncology Foundation AZ$250,440 Executive Director $85,000 $85,000 2024
Lighthouse For Hope Inc AZ$223,212 Executive Director $64,229 $66,126 2023
Donna Terrell's Yoga Warriors AR$252,513 Director $10,000 $11,688 2024
Art Of Life Cancer Foundation Inc CA$252,814 Executive Dir. $91,445 $82,106 2024
Madeline Fiadini Lore Foundation NJ$215,532 Executive Director $18,000 $17,205 2023
Asociacion Latina De Asistencia Y IL$260,744 Executive Di $70,000 $73,671 2023
Mesquite Cancer Help Society NV$262,030 Executive Administrator $12,075 $12,585 2024
Coalition Against Childhood Cancer PA$210,829 Executive Director (Until 12/23) $40,096 $41,576 2024
Friends In Pink Inc FL$207,988 President $33,500 $32,723 2024
Move Over Breast Cancer Inc NJ$205,826 Vice President $77,300 $71,763 2024
Dragon Boat Charleston SC$205,718 Executive Di $27,500 $30,712 2023
Childrens Oncology Camping Association Intl AL$274,478 Executive Director $50,000 $57,826 2023
Camp Can Do 2014 Inc PA$198,089 Vice Preside $12,500 $13,344 2023
Taking Aim At Cancer In Louisiana LA$197,837 Executive Director $119,000 $136,250 2024
The Barry L Joyce Cancer Support Fund Inc NC$277,491 Executive Director $91,023 $100,683 2023
Light Collective Inc OR$278,002 President $85,680 $85,178 2023
Check For A Lump AZ$279,490 Executive Director $63,059 $64,922 2023
Cancer Navigators Inc GA$284,637 Foundation D $19,534 $20,423 2024
West Virginia Breast Health Initiative WV$189,363 Executive Director $54,245 $62,875 2023
Ovarcome Non-profit Inc TX$286,812 President & Founder $82,500 $85,810 2024
The Nightbirde Foundation OH$286,921 Ceo & Chairman $103,847 $117,745 2023
Ovarian Cancer Alliance Of Oregon And Sw WA$187,042 Executive Director $84,505 $78,669 2024
Beth C Wright Cancer Resource ME$289,375 Executive Di $66,000 $68,719 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Beverley Tidwell) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.