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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Canale Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621670425
TN · NTEE T30Z
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert M Fockler, Executive Director / CEO ($50,479) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 224 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: Robert M Fockler — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

224 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 224 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,019 total compensation of comparable organizations → $332,183 $50,479
$11,55310th
$25,01125th
$51,806Median
$82,04275th
$117,51990th
$50,479This org · 49th
p10$11,553
p25$25,011
p50$51,806
p75$82,042
p90$117,519
$50,479

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 TN 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
Genius Recovery Foundation Inc CA$431,136 Secretary $99,000 $83,479 2024
Resilient Virginia VA$428,193 Executive Director $69,992 $64,293 2025
Persimmon Foundation CA$434,038 Assistant Treasurer $50,736 $42,782 2024
Mike Evans Family Foundation Inc FL$434,277 Executive Dir. $50,000 $45,868 2024
Social Venture Partners Chicago Inc IL$435,188 Executive Director $84,351 $83,372 2023
Woods Services Foundation PA$436,117 Treasurer $30,458 $30,536 2023
The Loveall Foundation For Children CA$436,189 Director $13,002 $11,287 2023
Chc Realty Inc CT$437,454 President/ceo $47,220 $44,511 2023
Friends Of Bethany Hamilton Inc HI$423,852 Executive D $28,400 $25,563 2023
Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation TX$419,884 Executive Director $180,924 $181,951 2023
Grapevine-colleyville Isd TX$442,825 Executive Dir. $82,500 $80,588 2024
Interserv Foundation MO$418,738 Executive Director $11,200 $11,584 2024
Shalom Mountain Inc NY$418,262 Executive Director $65,514 $57,810 2024
Brookshire Brothers Charitable TX$417,884 Treasurer $20,236 $20,351 2023
Houston Marathon Foundation TX$417,366 Executive Director $22,070 $21,003 2025
Multitude Of Mercies Foundation OR$416,764 President $85,000 $77,082 2024
Manna International Inc RI$446,954 President $115,056 $107,734 2024
Hbcu Career Development Marketplace Inc MD$447,897 Executive Director $5,671 $5,549 2022
The Childrens Foundation Of Astor NY$448,665 Executive Vp $23,697 $21,528 2023
The Bunim Fund NY$449,595 Trustee $61,509 $55,879 2023
Chicago Kids Company IL$449,831 Executive Dir. $63,667 $62,928 2023
Louisiana Hospitality Foundation LA$449,965 Business Manager $28,442 $30,584 2024
Cise - Sgo OH$410,610 President $16,185 $16,740 2024
Talor Gooch Foundation Inc OK$410,360 Director & Secr $72,903 $78,391 2024
Vandergrift Lacrosse Booster TX$409,148 Program Director $30,000 $28,549 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 M Fockler) 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 224 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,479 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.