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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Beverly Main Streets Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562306350
MA · NTEE S20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Truex, Executive Director / CEO ($93,549) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 309 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

309 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 309 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$697 total compensation of comparable organizations → $284,911 $93,549
$20,34310th
$41,40425th
$71,414Median
$92,22475th
$123,77790th
$93,549This org · 76th
p10$20,343
p25$41,404
p50$71,414
p75$92,224
p90$123,777
$93,549

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 MA 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
Millburn Short Hills Business Organization Inc NJ$318,755 Executive Director $110,318 $112,509 2024
The Urban Oasis Inc MD$318,154 Executive Director $71,318 $74,198 2025
Volunteer Center Of East Central WI$317,651 Executive Di $74,823 $89,260 2024
Freeway Park Neighborhood Group WA$321,133 Executive Director $87,707 $89,696 2024
Central Adirondack Partnership For NY$316,243 Executive Di $59,980 $61,910 2024
Southwest Collective IL$316,035 Exec Director $59,427 $66,735 2024
The Orinda Association CA$321,844 Secretary $17,125 $16,891 2024
Bayside Village Business Improvement NY$322,011 Executive Dir. $38,178 $39,407 2024
Friends Of Georgetown DC$322,036 Executive Director $77,787 $77,971 2024
Dubois County Area Development Corp IN$322,485 President-co $116,244 $144,162 2023
Uptown Parnership Incorporated CA$323,144 Executive Director $95,434 $96,911 2023
Believe In Bristol Inc TN$324,220 Ex Dir $60,000 $70,184 2025
Gric Urban Members Association Inc AZ$312,925 Chair $4,800 $5,273 2024
Springfield Avenue Partnership NJ$312,687 Executive Director $105,462 $107,556 2024
Capital Area Health Alliance MI$325,169 Executive Di $107,540 $126,790 2024
Fulton Economic Development Corp IN$325,896 Executive Director $82,355 $99,204 2024
World Servants Inc PA$326,260 Executive Di $90,000 $102,519 2024
Tappahannock Main Street VA$327,098 Executive Director $66,900 $75,963 2023
Al Community Development Corporation TX$310,318 Secretary $40,922 $46,759 2024
Blues To Green Inc MA$327,638 Executive Di $59,208 $60,775 2024
Northend Rise Inc FL$327,715 Executive Director (Former) $152,690 $168,686 2023
West End Revitalization Association NC$327,896 Co-founder Director $37,450 $45,506 2023
The Pest Management Foundation Inc VA$328,040 Ceo Npma $37,002 $42,015 2023
Livermore Downtown Inc CA$308,752 Executive Director $105,232 $103,795 2024
Main Street Medina Inc OH$329,790 Executive Director $68,377 $82,725 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Erin Truex) 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 309 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,549 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.