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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Educare Central Maine

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264176872
ME · NTEE B990
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Suzanne Walsh, Executive Director / CEO ($29,486) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 426 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Suzanne Walsh — reported title “SECRETARY/TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

426 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 426 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$126 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,567 $29,486
$13,98610th
$32,24925th
$52,908Median
$76,89875th
$104,78690th
$29,486This org · 23rd
p10$13,986
p25$32,249
p50$52,908
p75$76,898
p90$104,786
$29,486

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 ME 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
Gods' Warriors Inc GA$297,298 President $72,000 $72,298 2024
Harpswell Neck Fire & Rescue Inc ME$296,538 Fire Chief $6,000 $6,000 2024
Westminster Afc Inc CO$297,458 Executive Director $15,231 $15,016 2023
Bad Girl Ventures Inc KY$296,082 President & Ceo $109,199 $117,163 2024
Game Meets Game Inc MD$295,966 President & Ceo $58,253 $54,388 2024
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $41,782 2023
National Association Of DC$295,686 Executive Director $6,630 $5,982 2023
Justice And Soul Foundation WA$298,489 Executive Director $35,000 $32,218 2023
Harbaugh Coaching Academy Inc MD$298,889 Secretary $25,717 $24,011 2024
Impact Bay Area CA$294,978 Executive Dir. $62,184 $53,624 2024
Lowcountry Maritime School SC$299,340 Executive Director $64,414 $65,380 2025
Fletcher Park Baptist Youth Foundation Inc WY$294,388 Director, Secretary $48,812 $53,741 2023
Equalai Charitable Foundation DC$300,000 Director, President $16,788 $14,712 2024
Project Diva MN$300,416 Executive Director $80,495 $77,384 2025
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $62,635 2024
Marshallese American Network For Interacting Together OR$300,457 Executive Director/secretary $67,800 $62,879 2024
262 Foundation Inc MA$300,469 President $42,000 $37,691 2024
C2e Incorporated GA$300,619 Finance Dir $6,572 $6,599 2024
Ulster Literacy Association Inc NY$293,107 Executive Director $67,500 $60,913 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $104,165 2023
Eastern Educational Resource OR$301,148 President $52,500 $50,128 2023
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $54,479 2025
Womens Center For Economic Opportunity OH$291,671 Ceo $44,250 $48,187 2023
Academy Of Finance Nevada NV$291,500 Director $4,500 $4,389 2025
Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Cente OH$302,833 Executive Di $75,561 $79,923 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Suzanne Walsh) 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 426 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,486 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.