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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cambridge Main Street Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521965201
MD · NTEE S20
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret E Boehm, Executive Director / CEO ($65,371) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 160 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

160 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 160 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$793 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,678 $65,371
$12,37610th
$33,78125th
$52,491Median
$79,34075th
$100,80590th
$65,371This org · 61st
p10$12,376
p25$33,781
p50$52,491
p75$79,340
p90$100,805
$65,371

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
Willow Apts Group Home Inc KY$164,382 Director $56,355 $64,762 2023
Downtown Natchez Alliance MS$164,494 Executive Director $39,587 $45,806 2024
Abayomi Community Development MI$162,260 Director $60,000 $64,342 2024
Brewery District Community Urban Redeveloment Corporation OH$162,110 Trail Director $61,543 $69,722 2023
Into The Field OH$166,593 President Executive Director $3,500 $3,852 2024
The Greater Beloit Economic Development WI$161,789 President/ceo $40,293 $43,719 2024
Sac Economic & Tourism Development IA$161,772 Executive Director $63,500 $74,369 2023
Wilmington Works Inc VT$161,614 Program Coordinator $42,550 $44,495 2024
Fields Corner Main Street Inc MA$167,385 Executive Director $101,777 $92,571 2025
Acres Home Chamber For Business And TX$161,208 Chairman & Ceo $24,000 $25,679 2023
Main Street Martinsburg Inc WV$160,986 Executive Director $67,304 $75,710 2024
Vamos Concertacion Ciudadana Inc PR$167,716 Support Services $36,750 $36,750 2023
Sharon Community Development Corp PA$171,378 Executive Director $92,533 $95,870 2024
Alamogordo Main Street NM$157,250 Executive Director $48,625 $52,935 2025
Peacedale Global Arts Inc NY$157,222 Secretary And Ceo $31,786 $29,072 2025
Main Street Corydon Ind Inc IN$171,895 Executive Director $56,846 $62,282 2024
Florida Alliance For Community Solutions Inc FL$155,796 Executive Director $46,807 $45,684 2024
The Good Deed Project NV$155,782 Executive Director $38,417 $41,189 2023
Alton Forward IL$172,875 Executive Dir. (Thru Nov 2024) $125,685 $128,374 2024
Afrikana Corporation NY$173,239 Executive Dir. $12,000 $11,266 2024
For Good Pgh PA$154,812 Board Member $45,000 $46,623 2024
Main Street Greenwood Inc MS$154,618 Director $41,334 $47,828 2024
Jasper County Neighbors United Inc SC$174,569 Executive Director $130,000 $137,271 2025
Nuiqsut Community Development Fdn AK$175,000 Executive Di $148,500 $151,858 2023
Dyersville Events Inc IA$175,347 President $22,375 $26,205 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Margaret E Boehm) 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 160 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,371 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.