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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New England Botanical Club Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 046042239
MA · NTEE C420
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Anacleto, Executive Director / CEO ($16,531) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 181 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

181 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 181 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$558 total compensation of comparable organizations → $204,226 $16,531
$7,01810th
$21,91425th
$50,384Median
$71,46575th
$98,93190th
$16,531This org · 20th
p10$7,018
p25$21,914
p50$50,384
p75$71,465
p90$98,931
$16,531

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
Crooks Conservation & Gun Club Inc SD$130,966 Director $2,345 $2,806 2025
Energy Efficient West Virginia WV$130,365 Executive Director $49,833 $61,817 2023
Forever Maryland Inc MD$132,026 Executive Director $82,488 $83,607 2025
Keep Delaware Beautiful Inc DE$132,075 Executive Director $40,000 $44,872 2023
Seaside Sustainability Inc MA$132,364 Executive Director $65,631 $67,570 2023
Truckee River Foundation NV$132,667 Executive Director $111,826 $124,738 2024
Midwest Mitigation Oversight Association MO$132,720 Executive Director $81,000 $98,291 2023
Earthshare Washington DC$133,745 Ceo $45,046 $43,989 2024
Human Impacts Institute Inc NY$133,757 Executive Director $52,577 $54,432 2023
Land Trust Of Bucks County PA$127,400 Executive Di $41,637 $47,571 2023
Friends Of Rose Canyon CA$134,305 President $55,041 $52,890 2024
Prairie Pines Partners NE$126,575 Ppp Manager $21,732 $26,011 2024
St Louis Regional Clean Cities MO$126,525 Executive Di $79,040 $93,160 2024
B&l Woodwaste Custodial Trust WA$125,539 Trustee $10,408 $10,676 2023
Central Savannah River Land Trust Inc GA$136,548 Executive Director $48,000 $53,708 2024
Hartley Mason Reservation Co Jeffrey W Mcconnell ME$136,817 Trustee $5,000 $5,572 2024
Storm Drain Protection Act Inc FL$124,705 Executive Di $79,500 $83,110 2024
Renewable Energy Long Island Inc NY$137,142 Executive Di $32,310 $33,449 2023
Southeast Regional Land Conservancy NC$138,702 Interim Exec $68,384 $80,953 2023
Ideas Institute OH$138,712 Board Chair And Senior Researcher $42,077 $49,594 2024
Coastal Watershed Institute WA$138,944 Executive Director $560 $558 2024
Lake Fork Valley Conservancy CO$121,928 Executive Director $44,000 $48,338 2023
Alabama's Water Environment Association AL$140,345 Executive Director $9,062 $10,613 2025
California Greenworks Inc CA$120,903 President $58,208 $57,585 2023
Fish Reef Project CA$140,925 Executive Director $27,000 $25,945 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 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Sarah Anacleto) 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 181 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,531 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.