Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marlene Howard, Executive Director / CEO ($42,830) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 135 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Marlene Howard — reported title “EXEC DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 KY cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maury County Senior Citizens Inc | TN | $273,001 | Chief Exec O | $34,109 | $31,578 | 2025 |
| Faith In Action Of Bloomington Normal | IL | $275,613 | Executive Director | $54,923 | $48,816 | 2024 |
| Mascoutah Senior Services | IL | $270,242 | Director | $26,772 | $24,498 | 2023 |
| Elderday Center | IL | $276,559 | Ceo | $67,049 | $61,354 | 2023 |
| Music For All Seasons Inc | NJ | $269,405 | President | $25,002 | $20,778 | 2023 |
| Kearsarge Area Council On Aging Inc | NH | $277,438 | Executive Director | $96,538 | $80,589 | 2024 |
| Vermont Aging Network Consortium Inc | VT | $267,660 | Coo/cfo | $41,026 | $37,333 | 2024 |
| Senior Citizens Of Fulton County Inc | KY | $265,059 | Executive Direc | $12,000 | $12,000 | 2023 |
| Franklin County Senior Citizens Inc | ID | $283,097 | Site Manager | $27,950 | $26,881 | 2024 |
| Pillar Inc | CO | $262,834 | Executive Director | $82,457 | $73,593 | 2023 |
| Jerome County Senior Citizens | ID | $283,745 | Executive Director | $49,520 | $47,625 | 2024 |
| Faribault Area Senior Citizens Inc | MN | $284,670 | Executive Di | $70,000 | $62,533 | 2024 |
| Tipton Co Commission On Aging | TN | $285,980 | Exec Director | $34,165 | $33,426 | 2023 |
| Centro Ramon Frade Inc | PR | $258,115 | Executive Director | $30,275 | $34,040 | 2021 |
| Cokeville Senior Citizen Center Inc | WY | $288,546 | Site Director | $29,562 | $28,619 | 2024 |
| Crescent Cities Charities Inc | MD | $289,816 | President | $4,550 | $3,959 | 2023 |
| Richland County Commission On Aging | MT | $255,674 | Administrator | $40,856 | $38,790 | 2025 |
| Rapp At Home | VA | $291,247 | Executive Director | $63,667 | $55,576 | 2024 |
| Connellsville Area Senior | PA | $291,594 | Executive Di | $42,921 | $38,697 | 2024 |
| Senior Needs Committee Of Wells And Ogunquit | ME | $291,770 | Director At Large | $45,797 | $41,459 | 2024 |
| Options In Aging | PA | $254,534 | Outgoing Executive Director | $70,252 | $63,337 | 2024 |
| Newton At Home Inc | MA | $254,243 | Executive Director | $48,820 | $38,640 | 2025 |
| Care-community Action Respecting Elders | MN | $253,734 | Executive Dir. | $56,107 | $50,122 | 2024 |
| Fair Park Activity Center | TN | $293,399 | Exc Director | $45,000 | $42,764 | 2024 |
| My Home Inc | CA | $252,354 | Administrator | $36,000 | $28,934 | 2023 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 KY 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 53rd |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 44th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 28th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 50th |
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.
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
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.