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Compensation Comparability Determination

Mindfulness And Positivity Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834089433
CO · NTEE F01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret Fredrick, Executive Director / CEO ($45,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Margaret Fredrick — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,758 total compensation of comparable organizations → $263,144 $45,800
$2,50610th
$12,91525th
$27,466Median
$78,60675th
$112,31690th
$45,800This org · 58th
p10$2,506
p25$12,915
p50$27,466
p75$78,606
p90$112,316
$45,800

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 CO 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
Avery's Angels Foundation Inc MO$204,105 Employee $98,417 $105,590 2024
The Hidden Opponent Inc CA$207,582 Coo $30,500 $27,466 2023
Suffer Out Loud MT$220,146 Executive Dir. $10,825 $11,820 2024
1 Degree Of Separation Inc CA$220,527 President $46,000 $40,236 2024
Triangle Disability Advocates Inc NC$225,652 Executive Director $13,000 $14,009 2023
Children S Mental Health Resource Center Inc HI$175,130 Executive Director $22,017 $19,967 2024
Healing Minds Nola LA$175,082 President Director $70,850 $79,027 2024
Kif1aorg Inc NY$229,470 Chief Science Officer $65,744 $61,956 2023
Words Of Hope 4 Life MI$161,866 Executive Di $19,500 $20,389 2024
Asian Mental Health Project CA$155,399 Director Of Partnership $2,010 $1,758 2024
The Pete Foundation Inc KY$151,770 Secretary Treasurer $2,400 $2,612 2024
Therapy First Corporation PA$251,692 Executive Director $18,083 $18,267 2024
The Futures Foundation MI$147,273 Executive Director $244,459 $263,144 2023
Moms Mental Health Initiative Inc WI$145,042 Co-founder Executive Director $45,400 $49,447 2023
The Liv Project PA$259,477 Executive Director/ Board Director $2,000 $2,080 2023
Rebel With A Cause Films CO$276,545 President/executive Director $10,000 $10,000 2023
Black Mental Health Oregon OR$277,124 Executive Director President $143,750 $139,219 2023
Project Safety Net CA$293,508 President & Ceo $112,896 $98,750 2024
Nevada Coalition For NV$296,353 Ceo/president $77,000 $78,184 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Margaret Fredrick) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,800 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.