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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Down Syndrome Network Of Montgomery County Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453139194
MD · NTEE P82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brooke Levey, Executive Director / CEO ($46,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 77 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brooke Levey — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

77 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 77 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,236 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,795 $46,800
$13,99310th
$27,11525th
$46,684Median
$70,02375th
$93,61290th
$46,800This org · 51st
p10$13,993
p25$27,115
p50$46,684
p75$70,023
p90$93,612
$46,800

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 MD 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
Hanover Arc Inc VA$263,583 Executive Director $18,375 $19,538 2023
Lennons House NJ$265,025 Executive Director $24,000 $22,920 2024
Mi-journey MI$258,518 Executive Director $59,472 $65,659 2024
Watch Care Inc FL$254,439 President $35,000 $36,208 2023
Alstrom Syndrome International MD$253,997 President $16,500 $16,987 2023
The Arc Washington County Inc PA$270,228 Executive Director $94,985 $101,317 2024
Possibility Place TN$271,742 Executive Dir. $35,083 $38,428 2025
Cura Personalis Project Inc MD$272,993 Program Director & Co-founder $99,496 $102,435 2023
Missouri Inclusive Housing MO$275,431 Secretary $50,000 $55,185 2025
Lucky Project UT$279,993 President $39,000 $43,956 2023
Shared Support Maryland Inc MD$280,339 Executive Dir. $65,302 $65,302 2024
Happyfeatorg Of Georgia Inc GA$242,189 Executive Director $51,450 $55,334 2024
Faces Of Courage Foundation Inc FL$282,004 Ceo $95,385 $95,846 2024
Athletes Without Limits OR$283,783 Board Of Directors $2,550 $2,715 2022
Hillyard Senior Center WA$237,810 Executive Dir. $62,530 $59,881 2024
Next Step Farms AL$236,519 Ceo $40,400 $46,684 2024
Washoe Ability Resource Center NV$288,621 President/ Ceo Ex-officio $218,059 $233,795 2024
Joshuas Place Early Learning & Enrichment Center Inc MD$232,456 Executive Director $45,728 $45,728 2024
Ridin High Inc TN$231,541 Program Director $57,131 $66,131 2023
Wide Horizons Incorporated CA$230,862 Chief Executive Officer $12,500 $11,886 2023
Learning On The Log GA$292,874 Executive Dir. $20,000 $21,510 2024
Down Syndrome Association Of Maryland MD$228,905 Executive Dir. $67,607 $67,607 2024
Center For All Abilities Inc NY$227,654 Executive Director $40,000 $38,662 2024
Toby House Iv Inc AZ$227,069 President/ceo $31,340 $32,239 2024
Catholic Coalition For Special MD$300,534 Executive Director $24,150 $24,150 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Brooke Levey) 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 77 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,800 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.