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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Masonic Club Of Darien Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 060725962
CT · NTEE P30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Zecchin, Executive Director / CEO ($3,030) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,272 total compensation of comparable organizations → $90,131 $3,030
$12,28110th
$18,22325th
$31,468Median
$50,60775th
$67,40890th
$3,030This org · 0th
p10$12,281
p25$18,223
p50$31,468
p75$50,607
p90$67,408
$3,030

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 CT 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
Jeeah's Hope Inc GA$77,066 Director $67,103 $71,961 2023
Ambassadors Of Fathers House NJ$80,101 Vice President $13,846 $12,807 2024
Central Mississippi Prevention MS$71,465 Executive Di $14,732 $16,997 2024
Orphans First CA$71,304 President $12,000 $11,052 2023
Links Of Hope Inc FL$83,181 Executive Director $35,000 $34,062 2024
Family Ministries Of America Inc NC$65,398 Executive Director $50,000 $53,521 2024
Mind Power Enterprise Ii Inc VA$64,286 President $42,901 $42,911 2024
Project Life Positeen SC$93,444 Director $25,950 $28,874 2023
New Mexico Child First Network Inc NM$93,491 Executive Di $19,500 $22,369 2023
At The Well Conferences Inc NJ$95,406 Executive Director $23,000 $21,902 2023
My Brothers Keeper Inc WI$104,417 President Founder Mentor $85,512 $90,131 2025
Hba Charitable Foundation OK$107,625 Secretary $30,300 $35,584 2023
Hope Center Of Leroy Inc NY$107,728 Development Director $26,180 $25,231 2023
Childrens Lifeline International Inc CO$108,936 President $50,000 $51,134 2023
Girls Inc Foundation TX$109,250 Ceo $14,570 $15,098 2024
Casa Ramona Inc CA$111,506 Executive Director $73,174 $65,457 2024
Ojisda Sustainable Indigenous Futures NY$112,965 Founder & Executive Director $52,373 $49,026 2024
Childrens Humanitarian Services WA$113,611 President $5,304 $5,272 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (David Zecchin) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,030 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.