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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Manda Strong Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820939947
TX · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ed Davis, Executive Director / CEO ($15,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$494 total compensation of comparable organizations → $102,008 $15,000
$2,83010th
$12,77025th
$25,457Median
$33,36475th
$58,93690th
$15,000This org · 33rd
p10$2,830
p25$12,770
p50$25,457
p75$33,364
p90$58,936
$15,000

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 TX 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
Fiona Jackson Center For Pregnancy Inc FL$97,152 Exec Director $41,356 $38,839 2023
Pottsville Firemans Relief Trust PA$93,437 Treasurer $1,500 $1,453 2024
Southwest Colorado Accelerator Prog CO$90,333 Executive Di $106,416 $102,008 2023
Nursing Foundation Of Pennsylvania PA$90,107 Ceo $1,194 $1,190 2023
Masons Mission Foundation Inc NY$104,780 President $15,800 $13,864 2024
Sterling Community Center Inc AK$85,767 President $532 $494 2024
Fairmont Area Kinship Inc MN$105,789 Executive Di $22,959 $22,679 2023
Pacific Living Alternatives CA$107,366 President & Ceo $31,801 $26,664 2024
Mlife CA$82,885 President $30,713 $26,512 2023
Foundations For Living Inc GA$110,518 Director $47,499 $46,375 2024
Alpha Family Center Of MI$111,253 Executive Di $11,075 $11,100 2024
H2o Missions Inc OH$111,877 Treasurer/se $32,400 $33,321 2024
Vermont Association Of Senior Centers And Meal Providers VT$113,923 Ex. Director $65,810 $64,319 2024
Indian Center Inc NE$73,913 Acting Executive Director $12,394 $13,326 2023
By Their Side Inc MD$121,317 Executive Director $80,943 $73,480 2024
Diaper Bank Of Greater Cleveland OH$66,633 Executive Director $26,000 $27,529 2023
Jb Line Inc MA$125,227 President $35,190 $31,612 2023
Conaxion Inc CA$126,782 President $23,500 $20,286 2023
Christian Social Services Cent KY$128,678 Director $32,954 $33,492 2025
On Our Own Of Cecil County Inc MD$133,190 Executive Director $33,195 $31,025 2023
Upstream Access OR$137,544 Secretary $9,275 $8,364 2024
Roger L Von Amelunxen Foundation Inc NY$137,553 Vice-pres,secretary & Dire $18,200 $15,969 2024
Interplanetary Help Desk TX$139,534 President $24,401 $24,401 2023
The Literacy Center For Dyslexia I FL$141,696 President $6,625 $6,043 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Ed Davis) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,000 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.