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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850845833
CA · NTEE F21
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kelsey Fernandez, Executive Director / CEO ($91,345) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$14,024 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,353 $91,345
$29,21510th
$47,77525th
$70,429Median
$95,33775th
$125,22790th
$91,345This org · 71st
p10$29,215
p25$47,775
p50$70,429
p75$95,337
p90$125,227
$91,345

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
Christine Ortoll Recovery FL$346,095 Director/pro $81,555 $97,607 2022
Overton County Anti-drug Coalition Inc TN$344,408 Director $100,053 $125,016 2024
Project White Butterfly OH$342,179 Executive Dir. $14,648 $18,443 2024
Operation Snowball Inc IL$355,689 Ceo $32,780 $37,321 2025
Travis House Inc CO$338,784 Executive Dir. $30,000 $34,195 2024
Come To Him Ministries CA$336,946 President $59,998 $61,585 2024
Monroe County Coalition Inc FL$358,422 Executive Di $74,891 $83,631 2024
Influence Foundation Inc VT$333,588 President & Executive Director $115,315 $142,046 2023
Recovery Community Network Inc MN$330,973 Director $58,240 $70,429 2023
Columbus County Dream Center Inc NC$364,138 Exe Director $52,010 $63,882 2024
Phillips County Coalition For Healthy MT$323,786 Executive Director $21,825 $28,792 2023
Family Alliance Of Paulding Inc GA$323,600 Executive Director $39,186 $50,197 2022
Coalition For Youth Drug Abuse AZ$322,094 President $52,000 $61,203 2023
Favor Western Pennsylvania PA$320,914 Executive Di $18,144 $22,144 2023
Massac County Drug Awareness C IL$316,847 Program Dir $52,821 $61,730 2024
What's Important Now Foundation OK$380,972 Executive Director $104,459 $136,731 2024
My Life Foundation Inc MD$385,986 President $32,180 $35,762 2024
Alcap AL$388,306 Executive Director $71,045 $91,237 2024
Life Align Inc MI$390,123 Executive Di $102,064 $125,227 2024
Partnership For A Drug Free Community Inc AL$391,838 Executive Director $59,301 $76,155 2024
525 Foundation Inc IN$296,807 President $61,000 $78,726 2023
Communities Confronting Substance Use & NJ$400,942 President $22,846 $24,963 2023
The Peggie And Paul Shevlin Family PA$292,653 Executive Di $71,859 $85,183 2024
Dream Of Hattiesburg Inc MS$402,862 Excutive Director $84,768 $112,227 2024
The Pier Foundation GA$282,695 Vice Chairma $68,296 $81,630 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 2025 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Kelsey Fernandez) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,345 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.