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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dress For Success Charity New Orleans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721444242
LA · NTEE J200
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Lorraine Byargeon, Executive Director / CEO ($64,901) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$561 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,728 $64,901
$20,97410th
$36,54025th
$61,321Median
$73,29675th
$85,94490th
$64,901This org · 56th
p10$20,974
p25$36,540
p50$61,321
p75$73,296
p90$85,944
$64,901

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 LA 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
Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition CO$455,269 Executive Dir. $72,000 $65,269 2022
Ur Chicago Alliance IL$458,467 Executive Director $74,293 $66,330 2023
Logosworks PA$448,075 Ceo $106,648 $96,585 2023
Mass Afl-cio Workforce Development MA$458,934 President $79,037 $62,650 2024
Transitional Supported Employ Of Mn MN$459,164 Coordinator $60,960 $54,703 2023
The Fountain Of Youth Program IA$447,294 Executive Dir. $68,575 $66,233 2024
Chaverim Israel Family Services Inc NJ$445,755 President $26,631 $20,974 2024
Massachusetts Regional Employment MA$441,223 Executive Director Until 3/23 $178,570 $145,728 2023
Carteret County Domestic Violence Program Inc NC$437,802 Executive Director $68,744 $62,656 2024
Hopeful Opportunities Presented To FL$433,601 President $74,000 $61,321 2024
Midlands Education & Business SC$431,427 Regional Car $78,610 $72,341 2024
Worker Justice Wisconsin WI$475,866 Executive Director $70,200 $64,671 2024
Strategic Workforce Solutions MI$428,749 President $55,175 $51,719 2023
Racine Education Uniserv Council Inc WI$479,535 Rea President $111,944 $103,126 2024
Disabledperson Inc CA$482,638 President $78,600 $59,869 2024
Alabama Trucking Assn Foundation AL$422,418 Secretary $38,343 $36,540 2024
Tampa Bay Community & Family Development Corp FL$422,244 Chair $69,577 $56,170 2025
Burlington West Burlington Area IA$486,600 Secretary $4,627 $4,469 2024
Dress For Success Cleveland OH$417,983 Ceo $75,417 $70,460 2024
Specialized Employment Services Inc MI$492,044 Vice President $81,160 $76,077 2023
Links To Success FL$492,551 Executive Director $82,961 $68,747 2024
Genesis At Work Foundation OH$413,827 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $23,085 2023
Members Assistance Program Inc NY$494,087 Vice President $100,000 $79,709 2024
Brighter Boston Inc MA$495,437 Executive Director $80,250 $63,612 2024
Medtech & Biotech Veterans Program Inc MA$407,344 President And Executive Director $102,307 $81,096 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Mary Lorraine Byargeon) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,901 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.