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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cape Cod Dispute Resolution Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043071311
MA · NTEE I510
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anne Tessier, Executive Director / CEO ($83,968) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,783 total compensation of comparable organizations → $126,880 $83,968
$21,47510th
$49,26425th
$68,417Median
$78,49875th
$86,91390th
$83,968This org · 85th
p10$21,475
p25$49,264
p50$68,417
p75$78,498
p90$86,913
$83,968

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
Community Solutions Of Central Oregon OR$252,526 Executive Dir. $47,269 $48,849 2024
Family Resource Connection Inc FL$254,755 Executive Director $21,185 $22,147 2024
Center For Creative Justice IA$260,473 Executive Dir. $67,053 $81,702 2024
San Joaquin Fair Housing Foundation Inc CA$261,677 Executive Dir. $60,375 $59,729 2023
Center For Alternative Dispute Resolutio MD$219,992 President & Ceo $14,400 $15,424 2023
Yolo Conflict Resolution Center CA$263,331 Executive Director $78,134 $77,299 2023
St Croix Valley Restorative WI$264,006 Executive Di $71,784 $85,891 2023
Georgia Conflict Center Inc GA$218,862 Employee-ceo $55,000 $61,541 2024
Metro Milwaukee Mediation Services Inc WI$218,745 Executive Director/president $80,328 $96,114 2023
Oklahoma Agriculture Mediation Program OK$217,000 Executive Dir. $103,544 $126,880 2024
Community Mediation Of St Marys County Inc MD$216,436 Director $72,545 $73,529 2025
Mediation Center Of Greater Gb Inc WI$206,166 Executive Di $54,786 $63,672 2024
Neighborhood Mediation Center NV$204,667 Executive Director $69,000 $76,967 2024
Restorative Arlington VA$280,733 Executive Director $68,091 $73,162 2024
Conflict Resolution Center Inc NC$285,387 Executive Director $44,101 $49,402 2025
Resolution Center Of Jefferson And NY$312,427 Executive Di $56,488 $56,803 2024
Utah Dispute Resolution UT$313,746 Executive Director $69,783 $77,430 2025
Tri Community Mediation Inc MD$335,301 Executive Di $38,010 $39,545 2024
St Louis Mediation Project Inc MO$344,806 President/treasurer $1,470 $1,783 2023
Fort Bend County Dispute TX$358,183 Executive Di $76,034 $82,457 2025

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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Anne Tessier) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I51), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,968 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.