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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Massachusetts Secondary School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043164324
MA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ann Trytko, Executive Director / CEO ($7,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 433 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

433 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 433 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $319,297 $7,000
$14,21010th
$43,32325th
$72,550Median
$101,22775th
$140,15390th
$7,000This org · 5th
p10$14,210
p25$43,323
p50$72,550
p75$101,227
p90$140,153
$7,000

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
Moorhead Business Association Inc MN$214,949 Executive Director $74,380 $86,431 2023
Springfield Tech Council MO$215,244 Executive Director $61,674 $76,820 2023
Agribusiness Henderson County Inc NC$215,370 President/ce $66,882 $78,939 2024
Platte Chamber Of Commerce Inc SD$214,573 Executive Director $53,169 $67,028 2024
Prisme Forum OH$215,496 Secretary/tr $10,000 $11,786 2025
Washington Aviation Association WA$215,654 Pres & Treas $37,500 $38,350 2024
Central Baldwin Chamber Of Commerce AL$215,769 Executive Director $1 $1 2024
Adult Non-alcoholic Beverage Assoc Inc DE$215,948 Secretary $144,375 $166,247 2023
Birch Bay Chamber Of Commerce WA$213,931 Executive Director $43,290 $45,579 2023
National Association Of Certified TX$216,295 Executive Dir. $100,000 $114,262 2024
Culver City Arts District CA$216,320 Executive Dir. $12,368 $12,559 2023
Storm Lake United IA$213,673 Executive Di $33,350 $41,711 2024
Procedure Professionals Association Inc FL$217,027 Owner $1,800 $1,932 2024
Sonoma Alliance For Vineyards And CA$212,922 Executive Dir. $86,996 $88,343 2023
Germantown Area Chamber Of Commerce WI$217,363 Executive Direc $46,050 $54,934 2024
Austin Chamber Of Commerce IL$217,403 Executive Dir. $27,650 $35,943 2021
Oregon Cheese Guild OR$217,494 Executive Director $84,000 $89,105 2024
Elkhart Lake Chamber Of Commerce WI$212,172 Exec Direct $54,594 $65,127 2024
Michigan Association Of Airport MI$211,414 Executive Di $40,500 $47,750 2024
Colerain Chamber Of Commerce Inc OH$218,999 President $74,500 $92,795 2023
Missouri Ambulance Association MO$219,053 Executive Director $16,500 $19,963 2024
Professional Bail Agents Assn Of Ms MS$210,582 Executive Di $48,675 $61,924 2024
Owners' Counsel Of America Inc ID$219,558 Executive Di $67,500 $82,021 2024
Black Business Association Of La CA$210,410 President $49,500 $50,266 2023
Reflective Insulation Manufacturers Assn VA$210,409 Executive Direc $84,000 $95,380 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 2025 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Ann Trytko) 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 433 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.