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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Massachusetts Center For The Book Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200796417
MA · NTEE B60
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Courtney Andree, Executive Director / CEO ($88,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 141 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Courtney Andree — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

141 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 141 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,251 total compensation of comparable organizations → $299,949 $88,250
$19,73710th
$49,82325th
$77,813Median
$103,97875th
$153,36190th
$88,250This org · 60th
p10$19,737
p25$49,823
p50$77,813
p75$103,978
p90$153,361
$88,250

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
Western Montana Professional Learning MT$450,600 Co-director $17,883 $22,669 2023
Des-cpr Inc PA$451,312 Executive Director $60,515 $68,933 2024
Nccpa Health Foundation Inc GA$435,893 President And Ceo, Nccpa $93,946 $107,900 2024
Maimonides Heritage Center Ltd NY$435,255 Founder & Dean $65,000 $67,092 2024
Southern California Regional Transit CA$455,596 Executive Dir. $163,500 $161,268 2024
The Workwell Partnership NJ$455,944 Executive Dir. $46,250 $47,169 2024
Maker Works Community Workshops MI$431,266 Executive Di $19,392 $22,863 2024
Mv Center For Education And Training (Mvcet) MA$458,472 Executive Director $13,416 $14,178 2023
East Coast Core PA$460,000 Secretary $8,000 $9,113 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of Charlottesvilleabermarle VA$461,974 Executive Director $87,500 $96,504 2024
Senior Citizens Activities Network NJ$466,645 Executive Di $72,402 $76,021 2023
Charlotte Mason Educational Center Of PA$467,511 Executive Director $72,847 $80,841 2025
Voca Center Inc NY$421,632 Director/president $126,710 $130,788 2024
Midwest Implant Institute Inc OH$468,195 Co-director $40,000 $49,823 2023
Texas Choral Directors Association TX$419,703 Executive Di $97,978 $111,951 2024
Strategic Education International VA$419,700 Executive Director $194,240 $220,556 2023
Literacy Network Of South Berkshire Inc MA$419,592 Executive Director $100,534 $103,194 2024
Financial Health Institute Npo CO$416,846 Founding Dir $24,000 $26,287 2024
Professional Psych Seminars CA$412,099 Pres & Director $51,900 $49,872 2025
Texas Apartment Association Education TX$412,003 Ceo $50,298 $57,472 2024
Why Not Win Institute Inc AL$411,158 Former - Ed $85,000 $104,893 2024
Your Money Matters WA$479,748 Founder $120,588 $123,323 2024
Write Around Portland OR$409,223 Executive Di $79,507 $86,830 2023
Texas Bar College TX$482,376 Executive Director Tbc $16,090 $18,385 2024
Economic Growth Business Incubator TX$406,170 Executive Director $93,588 $106,935 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 2025 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Courtney Andree) 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 141 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,250 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.