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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mcdougall Research & Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820573876
CA · NTEE H99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Mcdougall Md, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: John Mcdougall Md — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,943 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,391 $25,000
$7,94610th
$26,76825th
$51,265Median
$77,13875th
$135,60890th
$25,000This org · 22nd
p10$7,946
p25$26,768
p50$51,265
p75$77,138
p90$135,608
$25,000

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
Partnership For Achieving Total LA$152,961 Executive Director/board $25,330 $30,565 2025
Parent's Guide To Cord Blood MD$152,063 Executive Director $103,885 $109,249 2024
Rampy Ms Research Foundation AR$154,261 President/ex $65,000 $84,613 2023
The Alliance For Longevity Initiatives VA$155,110 President $12,750 $13,847 2024
Prostate Action Inc NY$150,921 Secretary $11,250 $11,773 2023
Breast Cancer Research And Assistance Fund AZ$155,484 President $29,590 $32,010 2024
Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation Inc NJ$156,880 President $30,345 $30,475 2024
Hawaii Medical Foundation HI$157,240 Executive Administrator $2,822 $2,926 2023
Movement Disorders Foundation CO$147,641 Executive Director $55,750 $61,908 2023
Dayton Veterans Affairs Research & Educa OH$147,034 Executive Director $22,275 $27,322 2023
Wallace Rheumatic Disease Foundation CA$146,836 President $20,000 $19,426 2024
Cure Tay-sachs Foundation AZ$141,059 President $48,000 $51,926 2024
Affinity Partners Network Inc NJ$140,894 President/ceo $30,040 $31,061 2023
Qigong Sensory Training Institute OR$166,373 President/ceo Board Chair $48,476 $50,638 2024
International Neuroethics Society DC$166,640 Executive Director $79,718 $78,689 2024
Rory David Deutsch Foundation IL$167,230 Vice President $25,540 $28,243 2024
Seneca Diabetes Foundation NY$167,496 Secretary/tr $48,989 $51,265 2023
Acls And Lacls Committee CA$138,380 President $30,000 $29,139 2024
Down Syndrome Foundation Of CA$137,654 Treasurer $72,600 $72,600 2023
Ellyn Satter Institute Inc WI$169,831 Exec. Dir. & $60,306 $70,845 2024
Triangle Global Health Consortium NC$135,426 Executive Di $80,102 $93,100 2024
Hope 365 MI$171,372 Director $53,595 $64,064 2023
The Center For Neurosciences Foundation AZ$171,746 Director Of Fundraising And Operations $63,025 $68,180 2024
Balanced Budget Now VA$172,594 President $54,300 $58,975 2024
Cardiac Surgery Clinical Research Center IL$173,860 Researcher $136,000 $150,397 2024

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.

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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (John Mcdougall Md) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,000 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.