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Compensation Comparability Determination

Merced Rescue Mission

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 770284849
CA · NTEE I31
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Bruce Metcalf, Executive Director / CEO ($77,567) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 236 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Dr Bruce Metcalf — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

236 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 236 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,221 total compensation of comparable organizations → $749,781 $77,567
$121,42610th
$159,36625th
$203,254Median
$246,67975th
$309,84290th
$77,567This org · 4th
p10$121,426
p25$159,366
p50$203,254
p75$246,679
p90$309,842
$77,567

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
Philadelphia Children's Alliance PA$6,288,622 Executive Di $217,369 $251,033 2025
Boys & Girls Clubs Of Greater Oxnard CA$6,269,250 Chief Executive Officer $153,225 $161,925 2023
Rocky Mountain Information Network Inc AZ$6,246,493 Executive Director/preside $142,701 $167,957 2023
Kent County Office Of The Defender MI$6,234,358 Executive Director $170,312 $208,965 2024
Specialized Alternatives For Famili SC$6,216,874 Executive Di $174,182 $216,007 2024
🔒 231 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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:

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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.