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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Gloucester Preservation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202744649
VA · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Gilmartin, Executive Director / CEO ($53,872) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 311 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

311 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 311 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$632 total compensation of comparable organizations → $258,327 $53,872
$19,20010th
$37,93625th
$66,579Median
$85,17775th
$117,49290th
$53,872This org · 34th
p10$19,200
p25$37,936
p50$66,579
p75$85,177
p90$117,492
$53,872

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 VA 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
One Horizon Institute Inc KY$344,308 President And Board Chair $140,171 $155,969 2024
Mount Vernon Downtown Association WA$342,231 Executive Dir. $78,678 $72,955 2024
Old Takoma Business Association Inc MD$341,440 Executive Di $101,487 $101,170 2023
Miami Childrens Initiative Inc FL$341,089 President Ceo $110,434 $110,620 2023
Rogue Valley Food System Network OR$341,087 Executive Director $88,931 $85,533 2024
Brighton Main Streets Inc MA$340,554 Executive Director $65,005 $58,939 2025
St Jude Great Commission Community Development Cor FL$340,550 Pceo $16,322 $15,880 2024
86th Street Bay Ridge District NY$340,050 Executive Direc $60,660 $55,306 2025
Main Street Deland Association Inc FL$348,394 Executive Director $48,596 $47,281 2024
Midtown Greenway Coalition MN$349,180 Executive Director $76,641 $78,432 2024
Makers Collective SC$349,248 Executive Dir. $20,400 $22,042 2024
Detroit Community Solutions Inc MI$336,465 Ceo Non Voting $51,326 $54,868 2024
Pike Township Educational Foundation IN$351,107 Executive Dir. $38,608 $41,081 2025
Booc Inc IL$352,023 Executive Director $94,576 $96,297 2024
Rochester Hope Inc NY$334,931 Executive Director $24,279 $22,722 2024
Hellgate Management Corporation NY$334,528 President $70,634 $68,057 2023
Downtown Statesville Development NC$334,303 Executive Dir. $63,839 $68,317 2024
Civic Results CO$353,127 Former Principal $100,673 $102,931 2023
Homsite Fund Inc NY$333,879 Director $19,020 $17,800 2024
Kodiak Community Support Inc AK$353,699 President 2023 $35,789 $35,437 2024
Concerned Communities For America Inc DC$333,333 Ceo $75,000 $70,176 2023
Extreme Community Makeover CO$333,208 Executive Director $86,241 $85,646 2024
Masters Of Coin AZ$333,005 Presceo $43,003 $42,833 2024
Sustaining Way SC$332,175 Executive Di $77,258 $83,475 2024
Dimplez 4 Dayz Incorporated PA$355,232 Executive Director $77,000 $81,876 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Ashley Gilmartin) 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 311 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,872 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.