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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Audio Journal Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043519488
MA · NTEE P86
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Harry Duchesne, Executive Director / CEO ($76,260) against the 2000 closest of 3,860 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

3,860 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$287 total compensation of comparable organizations → $615,089 $76,260
$20,08110th
$41,91525th
$65,328Median
$88,34675th
$112,94590th
$76,260This org · 62nd
p10$20,081
p25$41,915
p50$65,328
p75$88,346
p90$112,945
$76,260

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
Agape Pamoja Inc MO$424,630 Board Member $20,000 $23,573 2024
Adaptive Alliance Inc WI$424,644 Executive Director $58,347 $67,810 2024
Chosen For Life Ministries Inc GA$424,671 Executive Dir. $75,000 $86,398 2023
Inspired Life Therapy NV$424,533 President And Executive Director $97,202 $111,628 2023
Dallas Hearing Foundation Inc TX$424,486 Development Director $105,600 $117,551 2024
Ultimate Care CO$424,440 President $48,000 $52,732 2023
Pathways To Citizenship CA$424,856 Executive Director $63,765 $61,273 2024
Burrito Brigade OR$424,867 Executive Di $55,800 $57,665 2024
Norma Gist Peoples' Free Child Development Program Inc CA$424,900 Executive Director $34,405 $33,061 2024
Fort Myer Thrift Shop VA$424,301 Bookkeeper $21,665 $22,679 2025
Wisconsin Dental Association WI$424,964 Executive Director $52,772 $63,143 2023
Vocare CO$424,968 President $108,490 $115,765 2024
East Bluff Community Center Nfp IL$425,103 Exec Director $17,500 $19,146 2024
Hcso Charities Inc FL$425,105 President $51,968 $58,225 2022
Elevate Hope House MN$424,123 President Fo $10,000 $10,712 2025
Academy Of Learning Inc AR$424,091 Director $21,950 $27,457 2024
North Texas Charities TX$425,180 Store Manager $74,077 $84,896 2023
The New Life Center Inc TN$425,245 President $34,757 $40,656 2024
Newborn Brain Society Inc MA$423,941 Director Of Operations $80,850 $80,850 2024
World Voices Media CA$423,900 Executive Di $172,685 $165,937 2024
Bright Beginnings Learning Center SD$423,878 Manager $34,413 $42,264 2024
Hilltop Child Care Center Inc MD$425,376 Executive Director $85,688 $89,148 2024
St John's Christian Charity & MI$423,826 President/tr $85,100 $97,748 2024
Hope 4 Kids Inc FL$423,822 President $46,154 $49,675 2023
Community Education Partnerships CA$425,539 Executive Director $87,500 $86,565 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 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Harry Duchesne) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,260 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.