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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Michael E Thornton Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473566922
TX · NTEE P60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Connie S Boucher, Executive Director / CEO ($77,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 123 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Connie S Boucher — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

123 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 123 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,133 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,074 $77,000
$17,58510th
$30,77825th
$53,324Median
$68,82475th
$89,39990th
$77,000This org · 80th
p10$17,585
p25$30,778
p50$53,324
p75$68,824
p90$89,399
$77,000

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 TX 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
Family Promise Of Fulton GA$475,665 Executive Director $87,736 $88,190 2024
Powder River Energy Corporationfoundation Inc WY$476,784 Executive Director $47,617 $50,973 2024
Kaitlyns Kloset Mn MN$478,302 Executive Director $7,394 $7,519 2023
Families For Families NJ$480,510 Exeecutive Director $50,000 $45,946 2023
Fenton Center Of Hope MI$470,277 Co-director $75,400 $77,801 2024
Seeds Of Faith Inc NH$482,919 Executive Director $56,000 $51,692 2024
Welcoming Home CA$465,368 Treasurer $22,501 $19,424 2024
Pdx Diaper Bank OR$464,235 Executive Director $44,280 $41,108 2024
805 Undocufund CA$487,066 Executive Director $19,091 $16,967 2023
Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance Inc IA$462,999 Executive Director $41,023 $44,904 2024
God's Outreach Madison County Food KY$488,610 President & $48,757 $53,913 2023
The Grateful Garment Project CA$488,990 Executive Director $69,750 $61,989 2023
Literacy Volunteers Of Somerset County NJ$458,723 Executive Director $88,250 $76,738 2025
Family Promise Of Harrisburg PA$495,313 Executive Di $65,197 $64,996 2024
Compassion And Love Compasion Y Amor Community Development Corporation FL$496,087 President $24,000 $23,205 2023
Mustard Seed Furniture Bank Of Fort IN$496,220 Executive Di $81,131 $85,531 2024
Assisting The Community Together PA$496,264 Executive Di $42,120 $40,908 2025
Coopersville Cares MI$453,398 Director $12,022 $12,405 2024
Common Ground Free Store OH$453,131 Executive Dir. $65,860 $69,734 2024
Herrin House Of Hope IL$498,258 Executive Dir. $52,424 $51,523 2024
Everyone Matters Ministries CA$451,890 Executive Director $60,000 $53,324 2023
Friends Of Down Syndrome TX$499,966 Interim Executive Director June-dec $29,400 $29,400 2024
Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz MS$450,452 Executive Director $15,700 $17,480 2024
Common Garments Ministry Inc KY$450,451 President $6,000 $6,444 2024
Christian Information & Service Center TX$502,614 Executive Director $58,500 $58,500 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Connie S Boucher) 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 123 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,000 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.