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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Construction Specifications Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 753090752
TN · NTEE L05
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Dorsey, Executive Director / CEO ($56,581) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mark Dorsey — reported title “CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,934 $56,581
$5,95710th
$10,16925th
$20,999Median
$47,98875th
$76,58490th
$56,581This org · 85th
p10$5,957
p25$10,169
p50$20,999
p75$47,988
p90$76,584
$56,581

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 TN 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
Center For Housing Resources TX$33,160 Executive Dir. $86,029 $81,869 2024
Neighborhood Housing Services Of PA$33,483 Ceo, Assistant Treasurer $25,763 $24,442 2024
Fswp-gl V Inc PA$33,611 Ceo $28,093 $27,440 2023
Miracleplace Pasco Initiative Inc FL$32,864 Cfo $20,166 $18,023 2024
Somersworth Community Development NH$33,722 Member $10 $9 2024
Pch Homes Inc NJ$33,783 Executive Director $37,693 $32,962 2023
Bridge Impact Capital CA$32,684 President $45,067 $37,022 2024
Dreamkey Partners Mortgage Inc NC$32,610 President $40,412 $39,725 2024
Alaw Ogden Gardens Inc PA$33,948 Director Of Construction $13,787 $13,466 2023
Hba Charitable & Educational MI$34,044 Executive Officer $7,030 $6,903 2024
Rotary Valley Inc CA$32,377 Evp/cfo $120,262 $98,794 2024
Gbc Inc OR$34,164 President $2,750 $2,430 2024
Shenandoah Housing Corporation VA$32,294 Vice President $21,899 $20,116 2024
Sherman Oaks Services Corporation CA$32,208 President $7,252 $5,957 2024
Friendship Senior Options Foundation Nfp IL$34,533 Ceo $24,360 $22,784 2024
Partnership Housing Inc CA$34,591 Chief Executive Officer $12,105 $10,238 2023
Southwest Neighborhood Housing Corp CO$34,711 Executive Director $8,935 $8,151 2024
Lifetime Housing Development Corporation NY$31,753 President & Ceo $19,027 $16,357 2024
Mp St Matthew Inc CA$31,437 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $63,639 2024
Ashmore Homes Inc MD$31,435 Chair $7,418 $6,793 2023
Independence Iv Inc NJ$31,417 President $59,141 $50,235 2024
Mosaic Housing Corp Viii NE$35,443 President $26,896 $27,521 2024
Creative Housing Inc Ix OH$35,583 President $9,011 $9,080 2024
Fellowship Realty Corp Of Massachusetts Inc RI$35,635 President $45,988 $43,190 2023
Fcs Community Finance Inc GA$36,024 President $31,662 $31,181 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Mark Dorsey) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,581 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.