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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocates For Massachusetts Charter

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463578809
MA · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Pape, Executive Director / CEO ($9,266) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,498 $9,266
$5,78910th
$18,59325th
$39,498Median
$72,80875th
$93,46590th
$9,266This org · 18th
p10$5,789
p25$18,593
p50$39,498
p75$72,808
p90$93,465
$9,266

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 MA 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
Orphans International Helpline MI$199,233 President $48,000 $56,763 2023
Families Mentoring Families UT$200,946 President $18,000 $20,501 2024
For The Love Of Mateoinc MO$198,616 Edwards $6,337 $7,469 2024
Bridging Hope Inc CO$202,194 Founder Ed $37,110 $39,599 2024
Pimentel Project Inc NC$203,239 Executive Secretary $15,996 $18,936 2023
The Rose International Fund For Children WA$204,515 Executive Director/president $7,307 $7,495 2023
Creative Women Of The World Inc IN$205,034 Executive Dir. $43,677 $51,257 2024
Mae El Salvador OH$205,761 Cofounder $20,968 $25,444 2023
Sweetwater Outreach Inc AL$206,358 Coo $18,000 $21,640 2024
The Medical Centers Of West Africa Inc LA$206,663 Team Leader $55,800 $70,395 2023
Every Tribe International CO$192,674 Executive Director $70,000 $74,694 2024
Serving Our Neighbor International MI$207,383 Vice President $16,187 $18,593 2024
Key Of Hope MI$192,227 President $4,000 $4,594 2024
Capacitar Inc CA$208,079 Executive Dir. $102,354 $98,354 2024
Advocates For Africa's Children WA$208,526 Pres, Exec D $31,038 $30,924 2024
American Pakistan Foundation DC$208,528 Director Of Operations $118,775 $115,988 2024
Vietnamese American Nongovernmental CA$209,651 President $30,500 $30,174 2023
Athanatos World Inc CO$210,132 Executive Director $135,417 $144,498 2024
Pinetree Aid CA$211,036 President $24,500 $23,543 2024
Children At Heart Adoption Svcs Inc NC$187,892 President $50,400 $57,952 2024
Friends Of The Third World Inc IN$187,426 President/administrative Coordinator $3,200 $3,755 2024
Hope For Our Sisters Inc MA$212,996 President And Director $10,000 $10,717 2022
Women To The World Inc GA$186,095 President $22,800 $26,265 2023
The Alta Project WA$215,385 Executive Dir. $30,770 $31,562 2023
Living Hope Ministries In Haiti Inc OH$216,615 Presient $6,770 $8,215 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Danielle Pape) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,266 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.