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Compensation Comparability Determination

Cooperative Elder Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 042680168
MA · NTEE P81Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erica Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($129,383) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 137 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Erica Johnson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

137 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 137 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$726 total compensation of comparable organizations → $784,291 $129,383
$68,82010th
$89,95725th
$108,251Median
$131,70375th
$161,52690th
$129,383This org · 72nd
p10$68,820
p25$89,957
p50$108,251
p75$131,703
p90$161,526
$129,383

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
Newbridge Madison Inc WI$2,592,906 Executive Director $108,569 $122,558 2024
Grantmakers In Aging Inc NY$2,573,979 Chief Executive Officer $302,197 $295,164 2024
Conejo Valley Senior Concerns Inc CA$2,568,954 President $123,500 $115,270 2024
Telespond Senior Services Inc PA$2,628,533 Executive Di $89,434 $99,249 2023
Kings County Commission On Aging Council CA$2,562,845 Executive Director $121,362 $116,620 2023
🔒 132 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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:

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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 10, 2026.