Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nora Patton, Executive Director / CEO ($96,692) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Nora Patton — reported title “EXEC DIRECTO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Association For International | IL | $329,422 | Executive Director | $77,400 | $84,678 | 2024 |
| Aba Next Steps Inc | TN | $331,942 | Executive Director | $41,175 | $48,164 | 2024 |
| Entrepreneurs Organization | KS | $333,775 | Chapter Manager (Executive Director) | $25,961 | $30,407 | 2025 |
| Angel Investor Foundation | KS | $337,561 | Ceo & President | $15,743 | $18,438 | 2025 |
| Michigan Afterschool Association | MI | $318,901 | President | $63,260 | $74,808 | 2023 |
| Navigator Labs | CA | $314,793 | Ceo And Founder | $89,269 | $85,781 | 2024 |
| Us Dairy Education And Training Consortium | TX | $314,277 | Director | $40,000 | $43,379 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic | HI | $311,541 | Executive Director | $4,000 | $4,103 | 2023 |
| Indiana Arborist Association | IN | $348,335 | Executive Director | $48,850 | $57,327 | 2024 |
| Texas Association Of Mid-size Schools | TX | $350,715 | Executive Director | $80,833 | $92,639 | 2023 |
| American Academy Of International Culture And Educ | NY | $351,526 | Executive Director | $94,640 | $95,168 | 2024 |
| American Autonomic Society | CA | $355,775 | Executive Director | $36,538 | $36,147 | 2023 |
| Indiana Head Start Association Inc | IN | $301,197 | Executive Director | $99,711 | $117,014 | 2024 |
| National Prevention Science Coalition To Improve Lives Inc | CA | $300,201 | Co-director | $10,000 | $9,609 | 2024 |
| Oregon Music Teachers | OR | $300,071 | District Pre | $2,511 | $2,528 | 2025 |
| Women's Field Association Of | CA | $366,364 | Executive Director | $243,029 | $233,532 | 2024 |
| Minority Accounting Career Resource Society | MI | $367,092 | President And Ceo | $15,000 | $17,229 | 2024 |
| Society For American Music | WA | $367,955 | Executive Di | $34,269 | $34,143 | 2024 |
| Delaware Mathematics Coalition Inc | DE | $290,372 | Executive Officer | $54,213 | $59,072 | 2024 |
| Washington State Music Teachers | WA | $287,883 | President | $1,000 | $996 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Society For Technology In | OK | $372,429 | Executive Di | $57,625 | $68,792 | 2025 |
| Israel-texas Science And Education Foundation Inc | TX | $375,000 | Hellerstein | $197,080 | $225,863 | 2023 |
| The Corporation For Community And Economic Dev Uni | FL | $375,500 | Executive Director | $111,450 | $119,953 | 2023 |
| Judaism Alive Dba Jewish Rock Radio | MO | $375,866 | Executive Dir. | $78,000 | $94,650 | 2023 |
| Consortium For Entrepreneurship | WV | $283,070 | Ceo | $75,000 | $93,036 | 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.
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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 78th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 81st |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 78th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 72nd |
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.
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
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.