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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Daly Mansion Preservation Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810446899
MT · NTEE A82I
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Darlene Gould, Executive Director / CEO ($28,982) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 104 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

104 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 104 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,315 total compensation of comparable organizations → $163,337 $28,982
$11,67110th
$40,69525th
$57,098Median
$72,79275th
$85,08190th
$28,982This org · 15th
p10$11,671
p25$40,695
p50$57,098
p75$72,792
p90$85,081
$28,982

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 MT 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 Historical Society IL$330,531 Executive Di $90,686 $82,709 2024
Atlanta Preservation Center Inc GA$328,685 Executive Director $157,007 $146,453 2024
Historic Boulder Inc CO$325,467 Executive Di $42,120 $37,468 2024
Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation WV$323,890 Executive Di $51,450 $51,679 2024
Amador Livermore Valley Historical Society CA$323,760 Executive Director $90,273 $74,450 2023
Wichita County Heritage Society TX$340,597 Executive Direc $37,400 $33,812 2025
Albany County Historical Association NY$320,977 Executive Director $57,689 $49,789 2023
Dana-thomas House Foundation Inc IL$344,076 Executive Director $50,502 $46,059 2024
Utah Heritage Foundation UT$344,820 Executive Di $77,447 $73,534 2024
Kennebunkport Historical Society ME$348,424 Executive Di $63,902 $59,361 2024
Fort Ross Conservancy CA$313,041 Executive Dir. $65,000 $52,069 2024
Frankenmuth Historical Association MI$350,718 Executive Di $57,263 $54,831 2024
Carousel Society Of The Niagara NY$310,499 Executive Director $64,395 $55,576 2023
Lambda Archives Of San Diego CA$310,154 Managing Direct $81,671 $65,424 2024
Ross County Historical Society Inc OH$305,685 Executive Director $69,182 $69,984 2023
American Society For Eighteenth Century OR$357,871 Executive Director $89,592 $77,184 2024
Hampton Community Library PA$359,860 Director $59,800 $55,323 2024
Oneida County Historical Society Inc NY$302,691 Executive Director $66,992 $56,159 2024
Landmark West Inc NY$360,533 Exec Director $118,410 $99,262 2024
Highlands Historical Society PA$301,090 Executive Director $58,333 $55,559 2023
Morris Jumel Mansion Inc NY$366,499 Executive Director $96,635 $81,008 2024
Oaklands Association Inc TN$367,420 Executive Director $72,985 $71,170 2024
Anne Frank Center Usa Inc NY$368,364 Chief Executive Officer $173,077 $145,089 2024
Smithtown Historical Museums NY$369,725 Executive Director $110,923 $92,986 2024
Preservation Greensboro Inc NC$291,437 Executive Dir. $43,321 $41,526 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Darlene Gould) 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 104 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,982 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.