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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cactus Cancer Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473741634
CA · NTEE E60
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mallory Casperson, Executive Director / CEO ($84,792) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 105 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mallory Casperson — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

105 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 105 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,427 total compensation of comparable organizations → $386,978 $84,792
$31,55010th
$59,67825th
$86,496Median
$126,99575th
$168,25890th
$84,792This org · 49th
p10$31,550
p25$59,678
p50$86,496
p75$126,995
p90$168,258
$84,792

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 CA 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
Uhphealth Inc TX$414,126 Executive Director $78,003 $92,753 2024
Medbank Foundation Inc GA$420,934 Executive Di $79,358 $94,852 2024
Als United Rhode Island RI$422,201 Executive Director $95,000 $105,493 2025
Confluence Hrkc MO$411,620 Finance Coor $40,782 $51,346 2024
Youthcast Media Group Inc VA$423,891 Ceo & Founder $122,596 $144,867 2023
Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection OR$427,229 Executive Director $73,334 $80,954 2024
Center For Healthcare Careers Of WI$427,710 Executive Director $138,970 $172,525 2024
Interfaith Caregivers Of Greater Mercer County Inc NJ$428,586 Exec Director $63,269 $67,150 2024
Care Nest Homes Limited PA$430,865 Manager $168,562 $205,720 2023
A Time To Heal Inc NE$401,881 Executive Director $124,059 $163,299 2023
St Louis Health Equipment Lending MO$401,059 Executive Di $100,653 $126,725 2024
Lifeline Pregnancy Help Center Inc NC$400,449 Executive Director $49,280 $62,317 2023
Wise Health Foundation TX$399,867 Ceo Of System $134,823 $165,052 2023
Man Cave Health Inc NY$398,267 Director $110,306 $118,486 2024
Refuge International Inc TX$436,398 Administrator $69,300 $84,838 2023
Children's Health Ventures Inc NJ$394,773 President/ceo $166,518 $176,731 2024
Restoration House Wnc NC$440,895 Executive Director $49,333 $60,593 2024
Positive Family Partners Inc FL$392,326 Ceo $18,000 $20,694 2023
Milwaukee Community Acupuncture Inc WI$441,890 President $56,167 $71,788 2023
Senior Housing And Resource Management SC$441,998 Executive Director $128,077 $154,737 2025
White Pine Center For Healing Corp PA$387,213 Executive Di $47,500 $57,971 2023
Vermont Association Of Hospitals & VT$386,874 Vice Chair/s $64,220 $76,837 2024
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Of Alabama AL$379,236 Executive Director (Oct-may) $55,632 $69,602 2025
Living Hope Wheelchair Association TX$377,672 Executive Director $120,000 $146,905 2023
Sayre House Of Hope PA$377,190 Director - President/ceo Tgc $192,157 $234,516 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2025 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 CA 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Mallory Casperson) 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 105 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,792 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.