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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 042670284
MA · NTEE W00F
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janet Domenitz, Executive Director / CEO ($60,545) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 391 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Janet Domenitz — reported title “Executive Director, Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

391 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 391 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$146 total compensation of comparable organizations → $922,219 $60,545
$18,25810th
$47,57525th
$81,189Median
$121,64075th
$165,00090th
$60,545This org · 34th
p10$18,258
p25$47,575
p50$81,189
p75$121,640
p90$165,000
$60,545

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
The Dekleptocracy Project VA$484,422 President And Executive Director $109,375 $117,521 2023
Brazilian Resource Center Inc MA$484,505 President $85,000 $82,561 2024
Leadership Newark Inc NJ$485,006 Chief Executive Officer $190,325 $183,677 2024
City Of Anderson Public Facilities SC$485,011 President $26,946 $30,385 2024
Imagine Idaho Foundation ID$485,246 Treasurer $110,000 $126,483 2024
Leadership Spokane WA$482,605 Executive Director $91,429 $88,479 2024
Kansas Association Of Community KS$485,510 Executive Di $57,790 $65,744 2025
The Finest & Bravest Foundation Of Sugar Land TX$482,164 Director Of Development $43,500 $47,034 2024
Connected Sf CA$486,021 Executive Dir. $240,000 $224,005 2024
The United States Armor Association GA$481,890 Executive Di $72,000 $78,251 2024
Fort Lawn Community Center Inc SC$481,698 Exec Director $72,000 $81,189 2024
Consumer Federation Of California CA$486,819 Executive Director $181,137 $169,065 2024
Manchester Public Television NH$480,407 President $133,880 $133,620 2024
Knox County Employees Credit Union TN$487,741 Manager $57,508 $67,269 2023
Center For New Democratic Processes MN$480,227 Executive Director $136,396 $149,980 2023
Corporation For New Jersey Local Media NJ$480,160 Executive Director $25,000 $24,839 2023
Carbon Business Development Council NY$479,911 Director & Board Chair $139,517 $136,270 2024
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute CA$479,883 Executive Director $117,700 $109,856 2024
Connected To Lead CA$488,923 Executive Director $77,143 $70,146 2025
Big Sky Fifty Five Plus MT$489,187 Executive Director $62,500 $74,972 2023
The Veteran's Advocacy Foundation Inc MO$489,382 President And Executive Director $57,865 $68,203 2023
State Government Affairs Council VA$478,088 Executive Director $37,760 $39,409 2024
Alabama Multifamily Loan Consortium Inc AL$489,914 Executive Director $265,241 $309,730 2024
Milford Community Media Center Inc MA$490,870 Executive Director $74,519 $74,519 2023
Bendable Therapy OR$492,687 Executive Dir. $17,800 $17,867 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Janet Domenitz) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 391 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,545 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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 13, 2026.