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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dmax Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463713176
PA · NTEE F99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ethan Jewett, Executive Director / CEO ($100,719) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,214 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,063 $100,719
$27,39310th
$43,12725th
$60,854Median
$79,22375th
$99,10290th
$100,719This org · 91st
p10$27,393
p25$43,127
p50$60,854
p75$79,223
p90$99,102
$100,719

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 PA 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
Healing Hoofbeats Of Ct Inc CT$271,558 Executive Director $78,000 $73,337 2023
Unity Hall CA$275,819 Chairperson $112,628 $97,524 2023
Lower Shore Friends Inc MD$277,577 Executive Director $64,911 $60,854 2023
Intouch Outreach Resource Ctr IN$280,000 Executive Director For Programs $108,000 $114,208 2023
Mental Health Services Of Snohomish WA$283,668 President/ceo, Compass Health $29,848 $26,029 2024
Itp International CA$284,778 President $86,742 $75,110 2023
Operation Happy Nurse VA$286,417 Founder/principal Officer $39,000 $37,761 2023
Intentions NC$289,140 Director $30,000 $31,084 2023
Mental Health News Education Inc MA$290,736 Executive Di $103,219 $88,014 2025
How To Read Your Baby CO$295,443 Executive Director $88,620 $82,767 2024
Made Of Millions Foundation Inc NY$242,670 Executive Director/chair Of The Board $29,073 $25,588 2024
The Ark Foundation CA$297,592 President $62,219 $52,330 2024
Nami Yolo County CA$237,958 Executive Director $87,400 $75,679 2023
First Aid Arts WA$304,007 Board Member $62,694 $56,286 2023
Free To Smile Foundation Inc OH$305,209 Executive Director $120,260 $124,063 2024
Alliance180 Inc NY$306,877 Founder And Director $48,461 $43,912 2023
Breaking The Silence New Mexico NM$309,573 Executive Dir. $63,057 $66,058 2024
Employee Assistance Program Of Warren NY$312,220 Executive Dir. Effective $108,890 $98,669 2023
California Chaplain Corps CA$313,397 Exec. Director $76,310 $64,181 2024
Faithbridge Portland OR$320,862 President $129,162 $120,280 2023
St Bernard Parish Adult Drug Court Inc LA$324,421 Daigle $58,811 $64,939 2023
Teens4teens Help CA$215,165 Co-founder $72,000 $60,556 2024
Comeback Yoga CO$325,609 Executive Director $106,420 $99,391 2024
The Mcclean Fletcher Center Inc MS$212,869 Executive Director $51,827 $54,773 2025
Arlee Rehabilitation Center MT$209,898 Program Director $46,492 $50,255 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Ethan Jewett) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,719 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.