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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Medical Education Resources Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471139530
MD · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jimmy Tadlock, Executive Director / CEO ($127,213) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 336 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

336 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 336 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,630 $127,213
$10,87210th
$27,86125th
$52,970Median
$73,71675th
$93,62290th
$127,213This org · 97th
p10$10,872
p25$27,861
p50$52,970
p75$73,716
p90$93,622
$127,213

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 MD 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
Hope Outreach Ministries For Every-1 FL$195,263 Executive Dir. $4,400 $4,552 2023
Hands On Deck Incorporated WI$195,330 Vice President $60,169 $69,199 2023
Enjoy Life Education Inc MA$195,334 President $80,000 $79,166 2023
Buddy Baseball Inc FL$195,412 President $25,000 $25,121 2024
Rebel Ventures PA$194,097 Executive Director $41,981 $51,836 2021
Middleman Skateboard Ministries Inc TX$194,013 General Manager- Board Memeber $115,421 $123,496 2024
Victory Sports Outreach Inc SC$193,742 Executive Director $32,500 $36,266 2024
Az Reach AZ$193,551 President $31,000 $31,889 2024
Houston Contemporary Dance Company TX$193,231 Executive Di $30,000 $31,272 2025
Mewe International Inc GA$196,714 President & Ceo $128,390 $138,082 2024
Building All Children Inc OK$192,566 Executive Di $51,250 $60,362 2024
Pine City Youth Hockey Association MN$191,718 Director $3,350 $3,541 2024
Passport Atlanta Inc GA$191,635 Vp Of Operat $65,323 $72,329 2023
Mission Youth Soccer League CA$190,340 League Director $73,983 $70,351 2023
Photo Start NY$199,295 Founding Director $46,500 $46,271 2023
Team Long Run ME$199,912 Executive Dir. $56,500 $60,515 2024
Holly Area Community Coalition MI$200,022 Director $54,923 $60,637 2024
Penn Hawaii Youth Foundation HI$200,041 President $20 $19 2024
Elevate Your G A M E CA$200,362 Exec Director/secretary $67,127 $62,000 2024
Hammond Knights Inc LA$189,070 President $9,000 $10,914 2023
Free All Minds NJ$200,611 President $40,246 $38,435 2024
The Shepherds Door GA$201,446 Pastor $61,275 $65,901 2024
Girls On The Run Of Sedgwick County KS$201,716 Executive Director $64,420 $74,441 2024
First Priority Greater Nashville TN$201,874 Executive Director $51,966 $60,152 2023
Joi Community Outreach TX$187,441 Executive Director $1,000 $1,070 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Jimmy Tadlock) 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 336 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $127,213 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.