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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Middle East Cystic Fibrosis Associa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851096028
MA · NTEE G45
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christine Marie Noke, Executive Director / CEO ($69,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 247 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

247 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 247 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$835 total compensation of comparable organizations → $316,842 $69,200
$14,70410th
$27,97125th
$54,832Median
$79,07675th
$102,75590th
$69,200This org · 62nd
p10$14,704
p25$27,971
p50$54,832
p75$79,076
p90$102,755
$69,200

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
Down Syndrome Assn Of Ne Indiana IN$201,394 Executive Di $72,600 $87,715 2023
State Of West Virginia WV$201,741 President $12,000 $14,459 2024
Vein Of Galen Malformation Support ME$201,925 President $18,846 $21,000 2024
Hair Peace Charities PA$202,418 Founder, Executive Directo $42,350 $46,998 2024
Patellofemoral Foundation Inc CT$200,076 Executive Dir. $14,438 $15,065 2024
Grin2b Foundation IL$202,773 Contractor - Consultant $7,000 $7,885 2023
Badger Childhood Cancer Network Inc WI$199,618 Executive Director $60,991 $75,969 2022
Capital Tea Inc FL$203,241 Executive Di $50,000 $52,271 2024
Coles Horse Autism Therapy Station VA$199,361 Sec/treasurer $11,109 $12,289 2023
Multicultural Autism Action Network MN$203,519 Executive Director $39,495 $43,428 2024
Q Foundation CA$198,250 Executive Director $320,267 $316,842 2023
Camp Can Do 2014 Inc PA$198,089 Vice Preside $12,500 $14,281 2023
Committe On Better Racial Assurance SC$198,039 Executive Director $76,949 $87,031 2025
Taking Aim At Cancer In Louisiana LA$197,837 Executive Director $119,000 $145,819 2024
International Society For Austism FL$205,078 Executive Di $18,270 $19,100 2024
Ataxia Connection Inc NE$197,420 Executive Director $78,718 $94,218 2024
Blindsight Delaware Inc DE$205,368 Executive Di $84,187 $94,442 2023
Bonnell Foundation Living With Cystic Fi MI$205,376 President $52,547 $62,139 2023
International Society For Molecular FL$197,204 President $10,000 $10,454 2024
Asociacion Para La Superacion Del Nino Con Sindrome Down PR$197,004 Director $42,700 $42,700 2024
Dragon Boat Charleston SC$205,718 Executive Di $27,500 $32,869 2023
Move Over Breast Cancer Inc NJ$205,826 Vice President $77,300 $76,803 2024
Childrens Developmental Center Of Lima OH$196,823 Executive Director $41,233 $48,599 2024
Metco Directors Association Inc MA$196,766 President $1,500 $1,500 2024
Brain Injury Association LA$206,159 Executive Di $90,059 $110,355 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
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 (Christine Marie Noke) 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 247 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,200 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.