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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Pete Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814667398
KY · NTEE F01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Molly C Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($2,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 295 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Molly C Jones — reported title “SECRETARY 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

295 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 295 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,794 $2,400
$10,86710th
$23,68025th
$40,919Median
$61,10375th
$76,25890th
$2,400This org · 2nd
p10$10,867
p25$23,680
p50$40,919
p75$61,103
p90$76,258
$2,400

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 KY 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
Standing Together On Meth TX$151,756 Research & D $38,576 $35,917 2024
Open Doors Outdoors CT$151,681 President $70,000 $62,894 2023
Magdalene's Inc FL$151,355 Executive Di $49,891 $43,624 2024
Forever Friendship Drop-in MI$151,123 Executive Director $39,520 $36,989 2025
Holos Hope AL$152,552 Founderdirector $36,000 $37,269 2023
Experience Nature Unplugged CA$153,394 Executive Director $54,250 $43,602 2024
Ocl Properties Ii Inc NY$153,420 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $61,643 2024
Vista Center MI$153,500 Director $48,200 $45,114 2025
Ocl Properties Xv Inc NY$153,716 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $61,643 2024
Nami - Mt San Jacinto Incorporated CA$154,562 Executive Direc $44,820 $37,087 2023
Biblical Restoration Ministries Inc IA$154,580 President $76,077 $77,533 2024
About Progress Not Perfection CA$154,850 Executive Director $82,800 $66,549 2024
Mental Health Association In Michigan MI$148,275 President/ceo $95,910 $92,143 2024
Asian Mental Health Project CA$155,399 Director Of Partnership $2,010 $1,615 2024
Anchor Housing Corporation DC$147,363 President & Ceo $78,710 $66,188 2023
The Futures Foundation MI$147,273 Executive Director $244,459 $241,794 2023
Lakeview Villa Inc FL$156,448 Board Chair $11,777 $10,602 2023
Scf Charitable Properties Inc TX$147,066 Executive Director $32,344 $30,115 2024
Abundant Life Recovery Housing Network WV$146,989 Executive Director $25,000 $25,939 2023
Foundation Thinkagain CA$146,736 President/exec. Director $109,641 $88,122 2024
Oriana House Rehab Treatment And OH$156,858 Ceo $36,540 $37,086 2023
Pittsburgh Area Central Office Inc PA$156,990 Administrato $49,197 $45,665 2024
Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance OK$146,387 Executive Di $24,818 $25,436 2024
The Helio Health Foundation Inc NY$146,339 President/ceo $41,519 $34,921 2024
Friends Of The Little White House SC$157,265 Executive Di $37,000 $36,989 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
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:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Molly C Jones) 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 295 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,400 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.