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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Magnolia Counseling

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954690001
CA · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clifford Robinson, Executive Director / CEO ($123,850) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 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: Clifford Robinson — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $150,800 $123,850
$25,49010th
$65,00025th
$80,643Median
$104,41175th
$143,98590th
$123,850This org · 86th
p10$25,490
p25$65,000
p50$80,643
p75$104,411
p90$143,985
$123,850

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
Campaign For Children And Families CA$374,666 Secretary $80,643 $80,643 2024
Childrens Book Project CA$370,560 Board Member $21,245 $21,873 2023
Worthy Of Love CA$369,020 President $83,000 $83,000 2024
Children's Institute Of Watts CA$383,797 President $61,573 $63,392 2023
International Association For Child Aid CA$365,647 President $65,000 $65,000 2024
Daisys House CA$402,839 President $2,000 $2,000 2024
Oncology And Kids Inc CA$411,399 President & Ceo $65,000 $66,920 2023
Crickets Hope Inc CA$420,098 Executive Dir. $69,858 $69,858 2024
Forget Me Not Childrens Services CA$422,423 Executive Dir. $101,912 $101,912 2024
The Orange County Friendship Circle Inc CA$320,038 Director $66,992 $68,971 2023
Casa A Voice For Children CA$315,713 Ceo $147,072 $147,072 2024
Raisinghope Inc CA$440,598 Executive Dir. $82,750 $85,194 2023
Lollipop Theater Network Inc CA$308,877 Executive Director $143,985 $143,985 2024
Joy Company-joyco CA$308,452 President Executive Director $65,125 $67,049 2023
Jubilee Consortium CA$293,411 Executive Dir. $24,759 $25,490 2023
For The Need Foundation CA$480,016 Executive Director $146,474 $150,800 2023
Million Little CA$502,466 Executive Director $65,900 $64,201 2025
Partnership For Children CA$508,497 Executive Dir. $87,423 $90,005 2023
Friendship Circle Sd Inc CA$509,238 Executive Dir. $104,411 $104,411 2024
Friends Of Camp Natoma Inc CA$524,955 Executive Director $104,969 $108,069 2023
Chrysalis House Inc CA$550,812 Executive Dir. $118,795 $115,733 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Clifford Robinson) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $123,850 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.