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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sean Brook House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611572201
MA · NTEE L20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Frank Connell, Executive Director / CEO ($29,252) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,702 total compensation of comparable organizations → $84,400 $29,252
$2,70210th
$5,06925th
$18,939Median
$31,65775th
$38,80790th
$29,252This org · 67th
p10$2,702
p25$5,069
p50$18,939
p75$31,657
p90$38,807
$29,252

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
Broadwal Inc MA$185,519 Executive Director $18,487 $17,957 2024
Roxbury Main Streets Revitalization Corporation MA$189,221 Executive Director $86,893 $84,400 2024
St Francis Of Assisi Residences At MA$190,168 Exec. Dir./p $3,180 $3,180 2023
Hope House Iii Inc MA$166,386 President, Ceo $31,555 $30,650 2024
4 Bishop Street Inc MA$211,199 Pres. & Ceo $15,150 $14,715 2024
Coyne Road Inc MA$157,172 Executive Director $19,712 $19,146 2024
Fort Hill Avenue Inc MA$145,235 President (As Of 8/22/22) $2,702 $2,702 2023
Appleton Housing Corporation MA$143,893 President (As Of 8/22/22) $2,702 $2,702 2023
Merrimack Housing Corporation MA$143,623 President (As Of 8/22/22) $2,702 $2,702 2023
Fenway Lodging House Inc MA$226,173 Director (As Of 5/24) $19,498 $18,939 2024
Fhi Lawrenceandover Inc MA$236,259 President & Ceo $38,739 $38,739 2023
Twentieth Association Properties Inc MA$236,638 President & Ceo $7,164 $6,958 2024
Plymouth Bay Housing Corporation MA$248,798 Ceo $40,000 $38,852 2024
Stop It Now Inc MA$262,040 President/ceo $32,663 $32,663 2023
Moreland Affordable Housing Corporation MA$272,007 President (As Of 1/2024) $19,566 $19,005 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 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 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Frank Connell) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20) + MA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,252 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.