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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northern Virginia Mediation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541566587
VA · NTEE I510
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Arleen Borysiewicz, Executive Director / CEO ($100,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Arleen Borysiewicz — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,660 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,031 $100,500
$41,26710th
$59,47025th
$71,988Median
$95,23475th
$118,40390th
$100,500This org · 79th
p10$41,267
p25$59,470
p50$71,988
p75$95,234
p90$118,403
$100,500

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 VA 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
Accord A Center For Dispute NY$473,999 Executive Director $78,729 $71,782 2025
Mediation Services Of Maui Inc HI$474,303 Executive Di $86,330 $82,415 2023
Benton Franklin Dispute Resolution Ctr WA$459,789 Executive Director $75,059 $71,655 2023
Dispute Resolution Center Of MI$453,541 Executive Director $81,931 $90,171 2023
Conflict Resolution Center Of Montgomery MD$439,875 Executive Dir. $95,542 $95,243 2023
The Buck Squad VA$510,701 Executive Director $43,000 $44,270 2023
Upstate Mediation Center SC$515,154 Executive Di $60,901 $65,802 2024
Center For Dispute Resolution MI$420,565 Executive Director (Current) $37,359 $41,116 2023
Northwest Mediation Center WA$420,213 Executive Dir. $67,725 $62,798 2024
Dispute Resolution Center MN$414,096 Executive Di $90,389 $95,234 2023
Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc HI$408,892 Executive Di $84,779 $76,586 2025
Triad Restorative Justice NC$403,331 Executive Director $49,420 $52,886 2024
Community Dispute Settlement Center Inc MA$534,451 Executive Director (Former) $63,899 $59,470 2024
Community Mediation Services WA$548,898 Executive Director $77,636 $71,988 2024
Court Referral Services AL$383,578 Director $47,535 $53,186 2024
Alabama Center For Dispute AL$562,037 Executive Di $145,000 $167,031 2023
Northwest Consumer Law Center WA$373,988 Executive Director $124,364 $115,317 2024
Piedmont Mediation Center Inc NC$373,596 Executive Di $56,372 $60,326 2024
Mediation Services For Anoka County MN$564,958 Executive Director $99,238 $101,558 2024
Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution WA$365,647 Executive Director $89,211 $82,721 2024
Fort Bend County Dispute TX$358,183 Executive Di $76,034 $76,741 2025
St Louis Mediation Project Inc MO$344,806 President/treasurer $1,470 $1,660 2023
Tri Community Mediation Inc MD$335,301 Executive Di $38,010 $36,804 2024
Cleveland Mediation Center OH$627,293 Executive Director $37,654 $41,305 2024
Dispute Resolution Centers Of Michigan Inc MI$653,621 Executive Director $95,875 $102,491 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Arleen Borysiewicz) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I51), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,500 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.