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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Say Hey Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 912051570
CA · NTEE T99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rene Anderson, Executive Director / CEO ($43,588) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 14 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rene Anderson — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

14 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 14 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$999 total compensation of comparable organizations → $114,050 $43,588
$2,43110th
$28,22025th
$35,258Median
$61,97475th
$70,84590th
$43,588This org · 57th
p10$2,431
p25$28,220
p50$35,258
p75$61,974
p90$70,845
$43,588

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
La Frontera Conservation Fund TX$5,500 Vp/director $101,360 $114,050 2024
Albert L Schultz & Janet A Schultz CA$5,884 Assistant Treasurer (From 5/30/24) $50,736 $49,280 2024
Soar Youth And Adult Choir CO$4,938 Music Director $1,800 $1,999 2023
Toledo Community Foundation OH$4,899 Secretary/treasurer Thru August 2024 $61,652 $73,451 2024
Charitable Holdings Ii TX$4,700 Asst Secretary $24,570 $27,646 2024
Lippincott Family Foundation AZ$4,518 Treasurer & Secretary (Thru 12/23) $27,677 $29,941 2024
The Molly Lawson Foundation Inc AZ$6,768 Secretary & Treasurer (Thru 12/23) (Non-voting) $29,610 $32,031 2024
Linda And G Arnold Kaufman MD$6,819 President & Public Dir. Until 07/24 $30,197 $31,756 2024
Faulkner University Foundation AL$6,900 President $48,780 $61,029 2023
Ccf Real Estate Holdings 2 CA$7,022 President $66,677 $64,764 2024
Afc Public Foundation AZ$7,056 President $924 $999 2024
Kay Andrews Educational Foundation FL$7,340 Officer $55,000 $62,289 2022
The Howard Fund TN$8,089 President - Comm. Fndn. Gr. Chatt. $32,548 $38,484 2024
Model Transitions Foundation CA$8,273 President/ceo (Started 11/14/22) $3,439 $3,439 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Rene Anderson) 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 14 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,588 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.