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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Conflict Resolution Center Of Montgomery

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522327231
MD · NTEE I51
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Page, Executive Director / CEO ($95,542) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,665 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,556 $95,542
$41,37810th
$53,27825th
$71,943Median
$84,85075th
$102,15890th
$95,542This org · 82nd
p10$41,378
p25$53,278
p50$71,943
p75$84,850
p90$102,158
$95,542

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
Dispute Resolution Center Of MI$453,541 Executive Director $81,931 $90,455 2023
Center For Dispute Resolution MI$420,565 Executive Director (Current) $37,359 $41,246 2023
Northwest Mediation Center WA$420,213 Executive Dir. $67,725 $62,996 2024
Benton Franklin Dispute Resolution Ctr WA$459,789 Executive Director $75,059 $71,880 2023
Dispute Resolution Center MN$414,096 Executive Di $90,389 $95,533 2023
Northern Virginia Mediation VA$468,491 Executive Director $100,500 $100,816 2024
Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc HI$408,892 Executive Di $84,779 $76,826 2025
Accord A Center For Dispute NY$473,999 Executive Director $78,729 $72,006 2025
Mediation Services Of Maui Inc HI$474,303 Executive Di $86,330 $82,673 2023
Triad Restorative Justice NC$403,331 Executive Director $49,420 $53,052 2024
Court Referral Services AL$383,578 Director $47,535 $53,353 2024
Northwest Consumer Law Center WA$373,988 Executive Director $124,364 $115,679 2024
Piedmont Mediation Center Inc NC$373,596 Executive Di $56,372 $60,516 2024
The Buck Squad VA$510,701 Executive Director $43,000 $44,409 2023
Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution WA$365,647 Executive Director $89,211 $82,982 2024
Upstate Mediation Center SC$515,154 Executive Di $60,901 $66,009 2024
Fort Bend County Dispute TX$358,183 Executive Di $76,034 $76,982 2025
Community Dispute Settlement Center Inc MA$534,451 Executive Director (Former) $63,899 $59,657 2024
St Louis Mediation Project Inc MO$344,806 President/treasurer $1,470 $1,665 2023
Tri Community Mediation Inc MD$335,301 Executive Di $38,010 $36,919 2024
Community Mediation Services WA$548,898 Executive Director $77,636 $72,215 2024
Alabama Center For Dispute AL$562,037 Executive Di $145,000 $167,556 2023
Mediation Services For Anoka County MN$564,958 Executive Director $99,238 $101,877 2024
Utah Dispute Resolution UT$313,746 Executive Director $69,783 $72,290 2025
Resolution Center Of Jefferson And NY$312,427 Executive Di $56,488 $53,031 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 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Christopher Page) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I51), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,542 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.