Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Gail Myers, Executive Director / CEO ($35,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Dr Gail Myers — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Safety Movement Foundation | CA | $365,177 | Coo | $210,873 | $199,543 | 2025 |
| If You Heard What I Heard Inc | CA | $371,217 | Director/chair | $8,332 | $8,093 | 2024 |
| Challenge Sonoma Adventure | CA | $372,717 | Director | $34,680 | $33,685 | 2024 |
| Foundation For Mo County Free Libraries | CA | $359,452 | Executive Director | $78,121 | $75,880 | 2024 |
| Rome Institute Of Liberal Arts Inc | CA | $354,988 | President | $127,532 | $123,873 | 2024 |
| Building Equity Aspiration Resilience | CA | $378,984 | President Ceo | $104,000 | $104,000 | 2023 |
| Oakland Digital Arts And Literacy Center Inc | CA | $382,357 | Executive Director | $94,800 | $94,800 | 2023 |
| California Council On Teacher Education | CA | $349,259 | Secretarytreasurer | $37,805 | $36,720 | 2024 |
| Life College | CA | $344,960 | Program Director | $112,800 | $109,564 | 2024 |
| Radiance Sutras Institute | CA | $341,866 | President | $63,000 | $61,193 | 2024 |
| Pseads | CA | $338,306 | Ceo | $15,000 | $15,000 | 2023 |
| Centro Las Olas | CA | $336,915 | President & Boardmember | $19,936 | $18,865 | 2025 |
| Golden Star Educational Services | CA | $336,326 | President | $50,609 | $50,609 | 2023 |
| Arts Media And Entertainment Institute Inc | CA | $399,515 | Executive Director | $82,378 | $80,015 | 2024 |
| Parkinson's Resource Organization Inc | CA | $330,835 | Executive Director | $117,064 | $113,705 | 2024 |
| Lost Women Of Science Initiative Inc | CA | $330,499 | President & Ceo | $50,000 | $48,566 | 2024 |
| City Learners Inc Dba My City School | CA | $403,881 | Executive Dir. | $100,223 | $97,348 | 2024 |
| Compass For Affordable Housing | CA | $404,252 | Executive Director | $65,697 | $65,697 | 2023 |
| Santa Ana Education Facilities | CA | $405,324 | Executive Director | $52,091 | $50,597 | 2024 |
| California Community Colleges Chief | CA | $327,645 | Executive Dir. | $19,254 | $18,702 | 2024 |
| App Inventor Foundation | CA | $324,686 | Executive Director | $130,000 | $130,000 | 2023 |
| Bluedoor Education Center Inc | CA | $409,390 | Treasurer | $62,508 | $60,715 | 2024 |
| Career Girls | CA | $321,925 | Executive Director | $122,232 | $118,725 | 2024 |
| Presence | CA | $320,913 | President | $10,452 | $10,152 | 2024 |
| Syned | CA | $320,834 | President & Ceo | $39,000 | $39,000 | 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 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 27th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 25th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 31st |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 25th |
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.
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
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.