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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dress For Success Worcester Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263168663
MA · NTEE J20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justina Lachapelle, Executive Director / CEO ($80,604) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,892 total compensation of comparable organizations → $620,912 $80,604
$31,16710th
$50,10725th
$74,538Median
$92,07375th
$102,13790th
$80,604This org · 61st
p10$31,167
p25$50,107
p50$74,538
p75$92,073
p90$102,137
$80,604

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
Diffvelopment NJ$281,193 Ceo $43,750 $43,469 2024
Northern Tier Industry And Education Consortium In PA$280,735 Executive Director $37,798 $41,946 2024
Njea Frederick L Hipp Foundation For NJ$288,553 President $195,157 $193,903 2024
Career Transitions Inc MT$289,279 Executive Dir. $85,736 $100,194 2025
Dress For Success Sw Florida Inc FL$290,787 Executive Director $75,510 $81,270 2023
Nevada Business Opportunity Fund NV$292,801 Executive Director $556,640 $620,912 2024
Ccyp Inc MA$273,215 Ceo $92,060 $94,779 2023
Belvedere Real Care Providers Network Inc MD$297,411 Vice President $24,000 $25,707 2023
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Kerr County TX$301,268 Executive Director $70,092 $78,024 2024
Siskiyou County Jobs Council CA$266,910 Executive Dir. $26,689 $26,403 2023
Inter-city Services Inc CA$266,608 Executive Director $30,382 $29,195 2024
First Call For Help Of Ellis County Inc KS$302,465 Executive Dir $46,689 $56,131 2024
The Diversity Pledge Institute OH$265,693 Executive Director $102,385 $120,676 2024
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Mclennan TX$264,639 Executive Director $64,260 $73,645 2023
Michigan Assessing Coalition Inc MI$261,634 Executive Director $21,177 $24,324 2024
Dress For Success Des Moines IA$258,798 Executive Director $42,692 $52,019 2024
Executive Alliance Inc MD$257,280 Exec. Director $95,000 $98,837 2024
Experience Now Inc VA$256,444 President & Ceo $36,924 $40,846 2023
Pennsylvania Farm Link Inc PA$254,281 Executive Di $68,987 $76,558 2024
Jackson County Twenty First Century Coun AL$316,326 Director $62,000 $74,538 2024
Harrison House Of Hope AR$252,102 Ex Director $43,260 $55,711 2023
Partnership For Career Development PA$250,914 President $125,000 $138,718 2024
Project Success Coalition UT$317,875 Director $72,241 $84,709 2023
Minnesota Africans United MN$248,785 Ceo $95,762 $108,410 2023
Save A Suit CT$321,014 Executive Dir. $43,686 $45,582 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 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Justina Lachapelle) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,604 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.