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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwest Sarcoma Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911717600
WA · NTEE P99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jo Mcneal, Executive Director / CEO ($101,440) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 200 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jo Mcneal — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

200 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 200 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,228 total compensation of comparable organizations → $617,362 $101,440
$19,50910th
$37,93425th
$67,468Median
$88,97175th
$111,60990th
$101,440This org · 86th
p10$19,509
p25$37,934
p50$67,468
p75$88,971
p90$111,609
$101,440

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 WA 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
Casa For Lancaster County NE$335,549 Executive Di $80,622 $96,853 2024
Establish HI$333,478 Executive Director $109,286 $109,286 2024
Angels Of Las Vegas NV$331,487 President $36,961 $42,604 2023
The Middle Project Inc NY$330,523 Director $42,411 $42,805 2024
One Heart Warriors MT$329,576 President $62,499 $75,248 2024
Hackettstown Business Improvement NJ$328,862 Executive Di $83,538 $83,308 2024
National Association Of Black Women Entrepreneurs MI$328,482 Ceo $78,000 $89,924 2024
Workable Career Trends CA$341,514 Ceo $98,750 $98,055 2023
Ministry Against The Death Penalty LA$343,734 Director $42,406 $52,155 2024
Open Door Recovery House TX$325,511 Executive Director $157,492 $175,963 2024
Guardianship & Protective Services OH$324,533 Executive Di $62,378 $73,794 2024
Flourish Homes Incorporated OK$324,273 Ceo/founder $36,000 $45,584 2023
Supportive Healthy Initiatives For Tulsa OK$347,950 Ceo $20,300 $25,705 2023
3hopeful Hearts CO$347,957 Executive Director $40,704 $43,594 2024
Peopleworks - Nm NM$321,450 Executive Di $64,693 $80,013 2023
Oregon Representative Payee Program OR$349,233 Executive Director $85,589 $88,777 2024
His Hands Auto Repair Ministry Inc PA$350,054 Member / Emp $59,644 $66,434 2024
Foundations For Franklin County Inc MO$317,178 Executive Di $25,625 $31,210 2023
Horsin' Around Camp Inc KY$316,030 Executive Director $82,169 $101,515 2023
Goodwill East Building Inc LA$356,182 President And Ceo $20,500 $25,213 2024
Pennsylvania Furniture Mission PA$356,280 Director $2,940 $3,275 2024
Evergreen Life Services Of Florida Inc LA$312,332 President/ceo $21,418 $26,342 2024
Girls Helping Girls Period NJ$311,382 Executive Director $75,000 $77,002 2023
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc KY$310,813 Nhn Director $54,573 $67,422 2023
Carleton-willard At Home Inc MA$310,206 President & Ceo $60,724 $60,948 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Jo Mcneal) 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 200 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $101,440 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.