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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Field Of Dreams Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272464658
CA · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aileen Dermody, Executive Director / CEO ($30,150) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 140 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Aileen Dermody — 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

140 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 140 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$916 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,519 $30,150
$14,30910th
$33,82125th
$55,077Median
$86,14875th
$105,18490th
$30,150This org · 22nd
p10$14,309
p25$33,821
p50$55,077
p75$86,148
p90$105,184
$30,150

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 CA 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
Communities United For Action OH$237,858 Executive Director $77,297 $94,811 2024
Info For Families Inc GA$238,935 President $161,548 $188,111 2024
Seeds Of Harmony Inc AZ$237,318 Executive Dir. $56,791 $63,251 2024
El Sistema Usa NC$240,424 Executive Director $95,000 $117,035 2023
Word Game Players Organization MN$240,589 Treasurer, Director $3,800 $4,348 2024
Lets Go Services VA$240,936 Executive Director $33,231 $37,158 2024
Evangelical Alliance For Immigration AR$241,550 Director $80,500 $104,790 2024
Crack House Ministries OH$234,126 President $78,230 $98,790 2023
Woosaa Wellness Inc NY$242,434 Chair $70,019 $75,437 2023
Mount Olives Community Center Inc MA$233,125 President $15,735 $16,859 2023
Entrusted Houston TX$243,479 Executive Dir. $40,000 $47,706 2023
Desert Sol Inc AZ$232,668 President/ceo $3,000 $3,341 2024
Beyond Violence Inc PA$244,604 Executive Director $43,680 $51,935 2023
Extended Family AL$230,175 Executive Director $39,646 $49,602 2024
Fish For Life Inc CA$246,187 President $70,000 $70,000 2024
Victory Restoration Centers LA$246,790 President $3,462 $4,415 2024
Refuge Widowers Inc GA$229,326 Founder/ceo $91,567 $106,623 2024
Welcome Home Montrose Inc CO$229,142 Executive Director $41,500 $46,084 2024
Williamsburg Area Faith In Action I VA$247,693 Executive Director $69,615 $77,842 2024
Gift Of Hope Inc MO$247,837 Executive Di $83,121 $99,326 2025
Waterfront Village Inc DC$248,116 Executive Director $77,500 $78,759 2024
Next Steps The Colony TX$249,284 Case Manager $75,371 $89,891 2023
The More We Love WA$226,863 Executive Director $59,918 $62,125 2024
Center For African Health And Education OR$226,533 President $40,840 $43,922 2024
Merrimack Valley Dream Center Inc MA$226,466 President And Execuitve Director $13,000 $13,529 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Aileen Dermody) 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 140 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,150 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.