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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dress For Success Of Western Massachusetts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043497736
MA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret Tantillo, Executive Director / CEO ($60,608) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 283 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

283 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 283 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$656 total compensation of comparable organizations → $409,617 $60,608
$17,34910th
$36,73125th
$60,992Median
$80,10775th
$96,55990th
$60,608This org · 50th
p10$17,349
p25$36,731
p50$60,992
p75$80,107
p90$96,559
$60,608

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
Wheelchair Ramp Accessibility Program IA$324,595 Program Manager $60,000 $71,011 2024
Justice Health Intiative Inc MA$323,991 Founder & Director $92,249 $89,602 2024
Lutheran Housing Services 10 Inc OH$325,479 President/ce $62,368 $73,510 2023
Next Step Clubhouse NC$322,694 Executive Dir. $40,210 $44,908 2024
Eileen & Callies Place WA$328,766 Executive Director $44,260 $42,832 2024
Prism Of Georgia Inc GA$328,809 Ceo $53,011 $57,613 2024
Operation Hope Prison Ministry Inc OK$329,169 Executive Di $75,520 $92,540 2023
Mujeres Extraordinaries Inc CA$320,180 President $41,250 $39,638 2023
United Returning Citizens Inc OH$329,445 Executive Director $78,000 $89,297 2024
Northrop Loving Care Inc MI$319,280 Vice President $95,140 $106,144 2024
Southeastern Ohio Center For OH$319,232 Exec Dir/pre $37,489 $42,918 2024
Restoration Of Hope Inc AR$317,696 Director $48,760 $60,992 2023
Infinity Peer Support Cooperative NH$331,773 Former Executive Director $62,673 $64,399 2023
Raising Harts Corporation MA$332,098 President/ Ceo $15,500 $15,055 2024
Monroe Gospel Womens Mission WA$316,019 Executive Director $49,365 $47,772 2024
Women's Fund Of Hawai'i HI$333,935 Admin. Coord $48,532 $46,966 2024
Birthline NE$334,590 Executive Director $48,417 $56,288 2024
Rideability Therapeutic Riding Center Inc SC$314,689 Executive Director $26,829 $31,147 2023
Coordinated Care Alliance IL$314,064 Executive Director $61,096 $64,923 2024
Umpqua Valley Disabilities Network OR$313,570 Executive Di $79,912 $80,214 2024
Humanitarian Services For Children Of Vietnam MN$313,243 Executive Director $34,500 $37,936 2023
Dress For Success Lackawanna PA$312,631 Executive Director $56,648 $61,061 2024
Burma Humanitarian Mission UT$337,697 Executive Director $24,480 $26,384 2025
Rise Women Leadership Conference RI$337,934 Executive Director $5,000 $5,335 2023
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Sw TX$311,191 Executive Director $77,800 $84,120 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Margaret Tantillo) 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 283 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,608 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.