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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Toxics Action Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043211693
MA · NTEE C20Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Janet Domenitz, Executive Director / CEO ($7,321) 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 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Janet Domenitz — reported title “President”, 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

$2,373 total compensation of comparable organizations → $252,630 $7,321
$12,53110th
$28,53925th
$63,329Median
$80,08175th
$96,17190th
$7,321This org · 10th
p10$12,531
p25$28,539
p50$63,329
p75$80,081
p90$96,171
$7,321

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
Material Innovation Institute CA$231,821 Chief Executive Officer (Thru July) $82,609 $77,104 2024
Restore The Earth Foundation Inc MD$217,709 Executive Director $249,996 $252,630 2024
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center Inc MT$242,672 Executive Director $120,000 $143,947 2023
Tejas Roadrunners Non Profit TX$247,008 Director $28,058 $30,337 2024
San Bruno Mountain Watch CA$256,427 Executive Dir. $85,293 $79,609 2024
Community Climate Solutions CA$257,065 President And Program Manager $89,625 $81,496 2025
Green Sports Alliance Foundation OR$188,603 Executive Director $65,368 $67,553 2023
Greater Indiana Clean Cities Inc IN$270,798 Exec Director $77,426 $90,862 2023
Bikeventura CA$272,422 Director $43,108 $40,235 2024
Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency Inc OK$277,875 Executive Director $4,917 $5,852 2024
Friends Of Bayou Lafourche Inc LA$290,045 Executive Director $51,458 $63,055 2023
Citizens Coal Council PA$158,904 Executive Di $68,000 $75,463 2023
Niobrara Council NE$153,450 Executive Dir. $54,710 $63,603 2024
Orleans Land Restoration Corporation NY$303,646 C.e.o./c.f.o. $23,698 $23,146 2024
Champaign County Environmental Stewards IL$313,037 Executive Director $12,490 $13,273 2024
Sustainable Woodstock Inc VT$314,084 Executive Director $51,433 $55,956 2024
Western Pa Coalition For Abandoned PA$330,871 Executive Di $73,442 $81,502 2023
Pacific Sound Resources Environmental WA$336,662 Trustee $2,382 $2,373 2023
Alliance For Nuclear Responsibility CA$337,058 Executive Director $22,770 $21,880 2023
Clean Air Coalition Of Western NY$338,710 Executive Dir. $64,223 $62,728 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,321 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.