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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cappies Of The National Capital Area

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020639746
VA · NTEE A30
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maeve Nash, Executive Director / CEO ($3,125) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,366 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,750 $3,125
$15,37110th
$39,56325th
$59,373Median
$75,71875th
$98,65190th
$3,125This org · 0th
p10$15,371
p25$39,563
p50$59,373
p75$75,718
p90$98,651
$3,125

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 VA 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
Technology Broadcasting Corporation MA$188,000 Director $75,955 $72,779 2023
Watchfire Media Inc CA$195,922 Executive Director $77,200 $69,041 2024
Long Island Coalition For Fair Broadcasting NY$144,168 Executive Director $67,123 $61,200 2025
Third Coast International Audio Festival IL$141,853 Frmr Co-direct. $76,224 $77,611 2024
Armando Info Inc FL$213,376 Director And President $22,240 $21,638 2024
Ad Relief Of Greater Los Angeles CA$219,800 Exec. Director $62,500 $57,546 2023
Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc NY$222,011 Founder And Co-executive Director $125,000 $120,439 2023
People Power Media CA$123,006 Secretary $6,000 $5,366 2024
Alameda Post Inc CA$227,628 President $15,210 $13,603 2024
Headfirst Arts & Media Inc CA$232,602 President & Director $205,000 $188,750 2023
New Perspectives Media Assc SC$238,857 Executive Producer $14,500 $16,129 2023
Soapbox Productions And Organizing IL$243,786 President $45,000 $47,172 2023
Transcendent Media Inc CA$244,431 President $75,100 $69,147 2023
Reckoning Inc KY$253,107 President Executive Director $66,950 $76,697 2023
Double Portion Media CA$257,101 Ceo $43,600 $38,992 2024
Lexicon Of Sustainability Inc CA$258,554 President $46,153 $41,275 2024
The Pulp MT$260,024 Co-publisher $80,000 $89,313 2024
The Fallon Post NV$260,755 President $40,005 $42,758 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Maeve Nash) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,125 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.