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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mad In America Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474772825
MA · NTEE F70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Whitaker, Executive Director / CEO ($49,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Robert Whitaker — reported title “PRESIDENT/TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,463 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,206 $49,920
$24,76910th
$46,73025th
$67,059Median
$86,75975th
$134,87490th
$49,920This org · 25th
p10$24,769
p25$46,730
p50$67,059
p75$86,759
p90$134,874
$49,920

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 MA 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
The Miles Hall Foundation Inc CA$462,896 Executive Director $64,992 $62,452 2024
Teuby Continued MN$408,550 Founder/executive Director $28,880 $32,694 2023
Holt Counseling Center CA$503,449 Secretary $53,500 $51,409 2024
The Postpartum Resource Center Of Ny Inc NY$515,162 Executive Dir. $92,593 $99,789 2022
Anthropedia Inc MO$528,455 Executive Director $120,000 $141,438 2024
Manes And Miracles AZ$348,001 President $29,463 $30,720 2025
Augusta Resources For Resilience VA$338,390 Executive Di $65,000 $68,041 2025
Nami Clark Greene And Madison Counties OH$570,452 Trustee $54,760 $66,449 2023
Nami Stark County Inc OH$320,786 Executive Director $57,199 $67,418 2024
Berkshire Horseworks Inc MA$320,383 Ceo $66,700 $66,700 2024
Transformative Justice Healthy KY$577,575 President $127,307 $152,206 2024
Central Minnesota Dementia Community MN$313,292 President $10,425 $11,463 2024
Nami Bucks County Pa PA$588,993 Executive Di $112,303 $128,309 2023
Restoration For All Inc MN$625,213 President/executive Director $72,800 $82,415 2023
The 22 Project Inc FL$628,169 Chairman $18,000 $18,817 2024
Olympic Neighbors WA$668,133 Executive Director $69,400 $71,187 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Robert Whitaker) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,920 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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 13, 2026.