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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Service Of Newburyport

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 042104025
MA · NTEE P20Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Raymond Pillidge, Executive Director / CEO ($67,963) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Raymond Pillidge — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,235 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,545 $67,963
$19,60910th
$27,72025th
$65,797Median
$94,72675th
$131,20190th
$67,963This org · 50th
p10$19,609
p25$27,720
p50$65,797
p75$94,726
p90$131,201
$67,963

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 MA 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
Visiting Dental Hygiene Inc MA$384,927 Board Chair $139,278 $139,278 2024
Families For Depression Awareness Inc MA$400,607 Coexec Director $104,939 $104,939 2024
Beaver Institute Inc MA$354,286 Executive Dir. $92,968 $92,968 2024
Sciboston Inc MA$409,561 Executive Di $89,954 $87,635 2025
Massachusetts Climate Action Network Inc MA$337,333 Executive Director Part Year $53,548 $55,130 2023
Newborn Brain Society Inc MA$423,941 Director Of Operations $80,850 $80,850 2024
Pathway Initiative Inc MA$323,288 Ceo $17,190 $17,190 2024
Community Play Workshop Inc MA$436,551 Executive Dir. $25,233 $25,978 2023
Second Chance Cars Inc MA$306,993 Executive Director $100,000 $100,000 2024
Urbano Project Inc MA$302,196 Executive Director/vp $61,800 $61,800 2024
Horizons Greater Boston Inc MA$293,348 Exec Dir (As Of 06/2024) $70,548 $70,548 2024
Greater North Shore Link Inc MA$471,011 Clerk $22,240 $22,897 2023
Cambridge Artificial Intelligencer Inc MA$475,001 President Treasurer Clerk Director $50,000 $50,000 2024
Cohasset Center For Student Coastal MA$280,012 President $34,184 $34,184 2024
Kisoboka Uganda MA$277,162 Founder $40,000 $40,000 2024
The Piltch Family Foundation Inc MA$488,325 President & Director $1,200 $1,235 2023
The Brick House Community Resource MA$489,838 Executive Director $28,080 $28,080 2024
Overseed Incorporated MA$492,972 President $153,502 $149,545 2025
The Valedictorian Project Inc MA$495,790 Executive Director $140,400 $144,547 2023
Berkshire Missions Inc MA$256,337 Execdirector $18,200 $18,200 2024
Brockton Workers Alliance Inc MA$505,846 Executive Director $26,640 $26,640 2024
Dress For Success Boston Inc MA$522,965 Executive Director/president $112,354 $112,354 2024
Parent Villages Inc MA$532,698 President $75,117 $75,117 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of Massachusetts Inc MA$543,843 Executive Director $67,792 $69,794 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Raymond Pillidge) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + MA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,963 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.