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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Matt Brown Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833056927
MA · NTEE G11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($54,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 344 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: Matthew Brown — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

344 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 344 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$835 total compensation of comparable organizations → $371,815 $54,000
$21,22210th
$41,09125th
$73,623Median
$96,57075th
$126,04390th
$54,000This org · 33rd
p10$21,222
p25$41,091
p50$73,623
p75$96,570
p90$126,043
$54,000

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 MA 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
Every Child CA$311,793 Vice President $35,890 $34,488 2024
Charity Of The Eye Care Network CA$311,331 Ceo/president $132,619 $131,201 2023
Until There Is A Cure CA$313,352 Executive Director $100,000 $96,092 2024
Health Finance Institute VA$309,322 President And Ceo $210,388 $232,734 2023
Tracys Kids Inc MD$315,682 President, Board Member $60,000 $64,267 2023
Cancer Resource Center Of The Desert CA$308,548 Chief Executive Director $77,258 $76,432 2023
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition TN$316,468 Executive Di $68,500 $82,493 2023
Camp Rising Sun Inc CT$307,278 Executive Dir. $31,979 $34,353 2023
Acromegaly Community Inc OK$317,148 President $96,000 $121,110 2023
Community For Autism And Motor Planning AZ$306,925 Interim Executive Director $23,111 $25,465 2023
Georgia Vascular Society Inc NY$305,000 Executive Director $50,000 $50,279 2024
Independent Identity TX$320,346 Executive Director $88,892 $101,875 2023
Prevention Access Campaign Inc NY$320,548 Board Member $20,385 $21,104 2023
North Carolina Neurological Society NC$303,787 Executive Director $5,137 $6,082 2023
Vision Outreach International Inc MI$303,002 Executive Director $89,898 $106,308 2023
T Leroy Jefferson Medical Society Inc FL$321,799 Executive Director $90,093 $94,184 2024
Foregen Usa Inc A California CA$322,695 Director $13,784 $13,245 2024
The Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation MD$322,942 Executive Di $82,142 $85,459 2024
Vessel Of Honour Ministries Inc TN$323,115 Executive Director $50,802 $59,425 2024
Kat's Ribbon Of Hope Inc NY$323,602 Operations A $3,047 $3,064 2024
1 Of Us NC$324,059 Executive Di $70,000 $80,489 2024
Sisters' Hope Foundation PA$300,085 President $66,412 $73,700 2024
Endometriosis Association Inc WI$324,643 Executive Di $74,638 $89,306 2023
Outrun The Sun Inc IN$324,896 Executive Di $112,707 $132,266 2024
Louvenia D Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundatio SC$298,707 Community Engagement Coordinator $46,693 $54,208 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Matthew Brown) 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 344 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,000 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.