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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Athol High School Scholarship

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 046044715
MA · NTEE B82Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Diane M Page, Executive Director / CEO ($5,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 218 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

218 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 218 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $382,404 $5,000
$9,39110th
$24,17525th
$51,192Median
$92,36875th
$125,19290th
$5,000This org · 6th
p10$9,391
p25$24,175
p50$51,192
p75$92,368
p90$125,192
$5,000

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
Girls On The Run Maine ME$348,097 Executive Director $83,200 $95,449 2023
Inspire Health Foundation Inc KS$349,003 Chief Executive Officer $23,229 $28,751 2023
Education For Tomorrow Alliance TX$346,227 President $116,473 $129,654 2024
North Platte Public Schools NE$351,554 Executive Di $59,568 $69,460 2025
Roever Foundation Inc TX$342,987 President/di $60,120 $68,901 2023
Circle De Luz Inc NC$342,777 Executive Director $81,000 $93,137 2024
Texas Tennis Coaches Association TX$354,243 Executive Director Exec Committee $45,000 $50,093 2024
Sisters Graduate Resource Organization OR$341,327 Program Director $17,280 $17,858 2024
Machine Tool Technologies CA$355,329 President $144,000 $138,373 2024
Fort Bend Forward Inc TX$357,207 President And Ceo $9,606 $11,009 2023
Wonderfolk OR$357,451 Executive Director $65,000 $69,157 2023
Tracy Andrus Foundation TX$359,271 President & Ceo $67,500 $77,359 2023
Public Relations Society Of NY$359,503 Cfo $57,668 $57,990 2024
Brian M Anselmo Memorial MO$359,794 Executive Di $79,992 $97,068 2023
See Ya Later Foundation Inc OR$336,005 Executive Dir. $64,896 $67,065 2024
Kentucky Engineering Foundationinc KY$360,898 Executive Di $4,532 $5,278 2025
Sustainable Tulsa Inc OK$361,589 Executive Dir. $103,188 $126,443 2024
Mesa Public Schools Foundation AZ$332,764 Treas/int Ed $36,668 $39,243 2024
Ashby Legacy Fund MN$365,388 President $24,000 $26,390 2024
Able Flight Inc NC$330,657 Executive Director $92,000 $105,785 2024
College Access Partnership Inc CA$330,136 Dir/secty-treas $90,100 $86,579 2024
Carmel Clay Education Foundation IN$367,192 Executive Director $82,352 $99,497 2023
Florence Bernard - Alta Miller MD$368,118 Trustee $54,899 $57,116 2024
The More Foundation OK$327,716 Executive Director $71,200 $89,823 2023
Investments & Wealth Foundation CO$327,522 Iwi Ceo/executive Director $135,157 $148,480 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
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 (Diane M Page) 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 218 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.