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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis Clinics Multicente

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821249186
CA · NTEE G01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph F Merola, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 375 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: Joseph F Merola — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

375 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 375 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$217 total compensation of comparable organizations → $859,940 $12,000
$27,50210th
$56,41725th
$87,699Median
$118,20175th
$149,18590th
$12,000This org · 4th
p10$27,502
p25$56,417
p50$87,699
p75$118,201
p90$149,185
$12,000

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
World Services For The Blind AR$488,050 Ceo $8,304 $10,810 2024
Greensboro Cerebral Palsy NC$488,555 Executive Director $60,550 $72,454 2024
Hcf Supporting Organization TX$485,155 Executive Di $24,719 $29,481 2023
Tenaciously Teal Incorporated OK$489,325 Executive Director $126,327 $161,092 2024
Carries Touch Inc CA$484,738 President $114,500 $114,500 2024
Gorlin Syndrome Alliance TX$489,524 Executive Director $92,129 $106,726 2024
Recovery On Water Inc IL$489,596 Executive Director $87,500 $99,621 2024
Gastric Cancer Foundation CA$484,124 Executive Director $136,294 $140,320 2023
Michelles Love OR$491,004 Founder $60,200 $64,742 2024
Cancer Schmancer Foundation CA$482,878 Executive Dir. $117,721 $121,198 2023
Children's Heart Foundation NV$491,469 Executive Di $116,178 $134,862 2024
Enigma Asd Services WA$482,395 Acting Secretary $52,668 $54,608 2024
The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Ssociation Incorporated MD$481,769 Executive Director $18,370 $19,889 2024
Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society TX$481,332 Executive Dir. $6,923 $8,020 2024
Breast Cancer Awareness Inc MD$492,944 Executive Director $89,644 $99,924 2023
Montgomery Cancer Wellness Foundation AL$493,396 Executive Director $82,116 $102,736 2024
Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation NJ$480,065 Executive Director & Secretary $60,000 $62,039 2024
Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc WI$480,050 Executive Director $42,858 $51,835 2024
Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation LA$494,684 Executive Director $93,127 $118,755 2024
Malignant Hyperthermia Association NY$478,687 Executive Director $81,231 $85,006 2024
Autism Charlotte NC$495,750 Ceo $130,216 $155,816 2024
Cancer Association Of Darke County OH$475,711 Executive Di $18,043 $22,131 2024
Defeat Diabetes Foundation Inc FL$498,856 Director $18,000 $20,161 2023
Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation NY$499,448 Executive Director $65,704 $68,757 2024
Prisms Inc VA$473,555 Executive Director $94,038 $105,151 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 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 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)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
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 (Joseph F Merola) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 375 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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 13, 2026.