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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maine Dental Association Charitable

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271270353
ME · NTEE E30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Therese Cahill, Executive Director / CEO ($19,636) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 291 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

291 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 291 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$446 total compensation of comparable organizations → $984,486 $19,636
$6,68710th
$18,61125th
$35,374Median
$59,53375th
$98,56290th
$19,636This org · 27th
p10$6,687
p25$18,611
p50$35,374
p75$59,533
p90$98,562
$19,636

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
Grace Center For Maternal And MD$111,549 Exec Director $56,813 $54,610 2023
Deaconess Health Associations Fund Inc OH$111,568 Chief Executive Officer $7,123 $7,756 2023
Good Samaritan Free Clinic Inc WV$111,670 Director $55,000 $59,471 2024
Carewell Health Medical Center NJ$112,260 President $7,500 $6,687 2024
Pregnancy Support Center Of The Tri-cities VA$112,333 Executive Director $32,278 $32,043 2023
Reynoldsville Area Ambulance A PA$110,762 President $5,720 $5,865 2023
Family Care & Pregnancy Center IL$110,476 Executive Di $49,905 $48,997 2024
Ren Xue Center For Whole Life WA$112,736 Board President $67,058 $61,728 2023
Mariahs Miracle AZ$110,076 Executive Director $12,500 $12,005 2024
Roland Park Place Health Care Corporation MD$113,150 President $29,258 $28,124 2023
On Site For Seniors Inc ID$109,940 Executive Di $50,000 $54,687 2023
Council Of International Neonatal Nurses Inc PA$109,876 Prullage $48,000 $49,215 2023
Centro De Apoyo Integrado Y Kinesiologia Energetic PR$109,815 Executive Director $36,254 $36,254 2024
Signature Healthcare Urgent Care Inc MA$109,501 Pres.,clerk,ceo $66,406 $59,594 2024
Community Emergency Medical AZ$109,427 Director $96,000 $92,202 2024
Sheffield Area Medical Center Inc PA$108,890 Executive Director $17,612 $18,058 2023
Queen City Cocoa Beans Incorporated NC$114,472 Executive Di $49,267 $50,838 2024
One Patient - Global Health IL$108,630 Vice President $71,500 $72,272 2023
Saint Alphonsus Foundation-baker City OR$108,490 Secretary; Regional Phil Specialist $14,767 $14,099 2023
Nassau-suffolk Hospital Shared Services NY$108,442 President/chief Executive Officer $36,392 $32,841 2024
Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas Inc PA$114,708 Executive Directordoula $43,050 $44,140 2023
Face2face Healing Inc PA$114,738 Executive Director Co-founder $35,500 $35,354 2024
Northwinds Integrated Health Network Ipa NY$114,876 Executive Director $151,000 $136,265 2024
Dentmed Inc MD$108,200 Business Manager $5,000 $4,668 2024
Hudson Headwaters Supporting Corp NY$108,166 Director $86,967 $78,480 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Therese Cahill) 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 291 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,636 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.