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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mesa Public Schools Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860550594
AZ · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Casandra Mccray, Executive Director / CEO ($36,668) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 223 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Casandra Mccray — reported title “Treas/Int ED”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

223 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 223 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $357,311 $36,668
$8,88210th
$22,39525th
$47,846Median
$83,47975th
$114,73990th
$36,668This org · 39th
p10$8,882
p25$22,395
p50$47,846
p75$83,479
p90$114,739
$36,668

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 AZ 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
Able Flight Inc NC$330,657 Executive Director $92,000 $98,844 2024
College Access Partnership Inc CA$330,136 Dir/secty-treas $90,100 $80,898 2024
See Ya Later Foundation Inc OR$336,005 Executive Dir. $64,896 $62,665 2024
The More Foundation OK$327,716 Executive Director $71,200 $83,929 2023
Investments & Wealth Foundation CO$327,522 Iwi Ceo/executive Director $135,157 $138,737 2023
Aami Foundation Inc VA$326,972 Aami Ceo $111,508 $111,951 2024
Police Association Of Virginia VA$326,505 Treasurer $3,491 $3,608 2023
Pennsylvania Restaurant And Lodging PA$325,442 Secretary $22,411 $23,925 2023
Entrepeneurship Award Corp NY$325,210 Executive Director $112,598 $105,796 2024
Life Light Educational Foundation CA$324,418 President $20,400 $18,858 2023
Sisters Graduate Resource Organization OR$341,327 Program Director $17,280 $16,686 2024
Circle De Luz Inc NC$342,777 Executive Director $81,000 $87,026 2024
Roever Foundation Inc TX$342,987 President/di $60,120 $64,379 2023
Ranger Pride Education Foundation OR$322,238 Trustee $1 $1 2024
Education For Tomorrow Alliance TX$346,227 President $116,473 $121,146 2024
Chuck Cooper Foundation PA$318,904 President $70,700 $75,476 2023
Girls On The Run Maine ME$348,097 Executive Director $83,200 $89,186 2023
Athol High School Scholarship MA$348,255 Treasurer $5,000 $4,672 2024
Miramar College Foundation Inc CA$316,779 College Pres $26,256 $23,574 2024
Inspire Health Foundation Inc KS$349,003 Chief Executive Officer $23,229 $26,865 2023
South Sudanese Enrichment For Families MA$315,794 Executive Director & Presi $65,000 $60,735 2024
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation WI$315,310 Co-executive Director $29,696 $33,200 2023
North Platte Public Schools NE$351,554 Executive Di $59,568 $64,902 2025
Central Valley Scholars CA$312,387 Director $36,040 $32,359 2024
Frank Chapman Memorial Institute Inc NY$312,374 Founder $27,500 $25,839 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Casandra Mccray) 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 223 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,668 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.