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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Frostburg First - A Maryland Main St Community Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522351834
MD · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Deirdre Robertson, Executive Director / CEO ($49,680) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,622 total compensation of comparable organizations → $183,328 $49,680
$30,30810th
$46,73525th
$62,446Median
$84,49875th
$98,85290th
$49,680This org · 33rd
p10$30,308
p25$46,735
p50$62,446
p75$84,498
p90$98,852
$49,680

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
African Women's Cancer Awareness Association Inc MD$392,297 President $60,000 $63,407 2023
Wetati Academy Inc MD$360,093 Founder, President, Ceo $89,500 $91,868 2024
Stellas Girls Inc MD$358,729 Ceo $80,695 $82,830 2024
Children In Need Inc MD$341,231 Executive Director $55,000 $56,455 2024
Churches For Streets Of Hope Inc MD$340,035 Dir. Of Oper $57,359 $58,877 2024
Luna Family Support Services Inc MD$340,004 Executive Director $72,000 $76,088 2023
Compassion For Life Corporation MD$336,355 President & Ceo $52,500 $55,481 2023
Baltimore Action Legal Team Inc MD$430,058 Executive Director $68,000 $71,861 2023
Brown Girl Wellness Incorporated MD$333,317 Director $12,000 $12,318 2024
Historically Black Colleges And Universities Wrestling Initiative MD$433,143 Executive Director $178,602 $183,328 2024
Community Engagement & Consultation Group Inc MD$437,841 Chief Finance Officer $8,400 $8,622 2024
Prepare Inc MD$326,107 Co-founder Director Of Advocacy $43,771 $44,929 2024
Boundless Expectations Inc MD$459,857 Director And President $45,000 $46,191 2024
Minority Access Inc MD$302,145 President $47,283 $48,534 2024
Manor Apartments Inc MD$300,321 President & Ceo $54,890 $58,006 2023
Revisions Community Housing Development MD$293,430 President $25,805 $27,270 2023
Corpsthat Inc MD$293,102 Field And Logistics Director $59,091 $62,446 2023
Centro Tepeyac Inc MD$288,520 Former Director $31,500 $32,333 2024
Tearfund Usa Inc MD$481,512 Executive Officer $120,115 $120,115 2025
Hope Esperanza Restoratn & Empwrmnt Cntr MD$278,168 Executive Dir. $43,184 $43,184 2025
Talmar Inc MD$273,215 Executive Director $84,686 $89,494 2023
Found In Faith Ministries Inc MD$268,559 Executive Director $47,278 $47,278 2025
Shalom Tikvah Inc MD$267,070 Board Chair $85,308 $87,565 2024
No Struggle No Success Inc MD$500,620 President & Ceo $61,016 $62,630 2024
Chesapeake Voyagers Inc MD$502,646 Executive Director $83,945 $86,166 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 2025 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Deirdre Robertson) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + MD + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,680 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.