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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dispute Resolution Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411441352
MN · NTEE I51
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roslyn Harmon, Executive Director / CEO ($90,389) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Roslyn Harmon — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,576 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,533 $90,389
$40,82110th
$50,33825th
$68,009Median
$78,36875th
$95,78990th
$90,389This org · 81st
p10$40,821
p25$50,338
p50$68,009
p75$78,368
p90$95,789
$90,389

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 MN 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
Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc HI$408,892 Executive Di $84,779 $72,689 2025
Northwest Mediation Center WA$420,213 Executive Dir. $67,725 $59,604 2024
Center For Dispute Resolution MI$420,565 Executive Director (Current) $37,359 $39,025 2023
Triad Restorative Justice NC$403,331 Executive Director $49,420 $50,196 2024
Conflict Resolution Center Of Montgomery MD$439,875 Executive Dir. $95,542 $90,397 2023
Court Referral Services AL$383,578 Director $47,535 $50,480 2024
Dispute Resolution Center Of MI$453,541 Executive Director $81,931 $85,584 2023
Northwest Consumer Law Center WA$373,988 Executive Director $124,364 $109,451 2024
Piedmont Mediation Center Inc NC$373,596 Executive Di $56,372 $57,257 2024
Benton Franklin Dispute Resolution Ctr WA$459,789 Executive Director $75,059 $68,009 2023
Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution WA$365,647 Executive Director $89,211 $78,513 2024
Northern Virginia Mediation VA$468,491 Executive Director $100,500 $95,387 2024
Fort Bend County Dispute TX$358,183 Executive Di $76,034 $72,837 2025
Accord A Center For Dispute NY$473,999 Executive Director $78,729 $68,129 2025
Mediation Services Of Maui Inc HI$474,303 Executive Di $86,330 $78,222 2023
St Louis Mediation Project Inc MO$344,806 President/treasurer $1,470 $1,576 2023
Tri Community Mediation Inc MD$335,301 Executive Di $38,010 $34,931 2024
The Buck Squad VA$510,701 Executive Director $43,000 $42,018 2023
Utah Dispute Resolution UT$313,746 Executive Director $69,783 $68,397 2025
Upstate Mediation Center SC$515,154 Executive Di $60,901 $62,454 2024
Resolution Center Of Jefferson And NY$312,427 Executive Di $56,488 $50,176 2024
Community Dispute Settlement Center Inc MA$534,451 Executive Director (Former) $63,899 $56,444 2024
Conflict Resolution Center Inc NC$285,387 Executive Director $44,101 $43,639 2025
Restorative Arlington VA$280,733 Executive Director $68,091 $64,626 2024
Community Mediation Services WA$548,898 Executive Director $77,636 $68,326 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2023 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 MN 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Roslyn Harmon) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I51), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,389 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.