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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dolls & Dreams

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822090712
DC · NTEE B11
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Remy Hendersonsmith, Executive Director / CEO ($106,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 148 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Remy Hendersonsmith — reported title “Executive Director Interim Chair”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

148 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 148 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$762 total compensation of comparable organizations → $608,162 $106,500
$6,88710th
$20,25625th
$46,310Median
$81,10175th
$126,40490th
$106,500This org · 86th
p10$6,887
p25$20,256
p50$46,310
p75$81,101
p90$126,404
$106,500

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 DC 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
Village Association OR$386,169 Board Member $720 $762 2024
Global Risk Management Institute NY$388,639 President $76,312 $80,903 2023
Northeast Arkansas Charitable Foundation Inc AR$389,317 2901 Doyle, Newport Ar 72112 $5,400 $6,917 2024
Cuny School Of Professional Studies NY$376,120 Interim Dean $146,720 $151,083 2024
Keya Foundation Llc SD$390,425 Director $57,202 $71,941 2024
Aggie Sandstone Foundation UT$375,484 Director & Treasurer $78,986 $89,748 2025
Bartholomew Consolidated School IN$391,263 Executive Director $35,000 $43,303 2023
New Century Academy Affiliated Building MN$375,000 Executive Director $9,880 $11,125 2024
Good Shepherd Mission Network Inc LA$370,465 Chief Executive Officer $16,192 $20,318 2024
Friends Of Baystate Academy Charter MA$396,862 President $151,453 $159,674 2023
Fern Creek High School KY$369,368 Chair $18,000 $22,038 2024
Forest Hills Foundation For OH$398,447 Executive Di $45,500 $53,501 2025
Monte Cassino Charitable Trust OK$367,245 Ex-officio Trustee $22,085 $28,531 2023
Friends Of Martin Luther King Jr MA$367,135 President $145,936 $153,857 2023
Midland County Public Library Foundation TX$399,268 Executive Director $91,290 $104,063 2024
Robert E And Elizabeth L Kahn NH$366,440 Trustee $156,890 $169,961 2023
Magellan Education Foundation Inc NC$365,340 Secretary $15,529 $18,825 2023
Palm Arts Inc CO$402,787 Managing Dir $16,771 $17,854 2025
Midlothian Band Boosters TX$361,798 Treasurer $1,200 $1,333 2025
Cyberwarrior Foundation Inc MA$404,839 Executive Director $120,193 $126,716 2023
Bms Building Company MN$360,320 Executive Director $8,035 $9,314 2023
The Maggie L Walker Governor's School VA$358,293 Executive Director $85,000 $91,115 2025
St Coletta Of Wisconsin WI$408,422 Director (Thru June 2024) $8,312 $9,892 2024
Maine Center Ventures ME$357,196 Ceo (Resigned September 2022) $47,244 $55,502 2023
Charter Facilities Support Corp CA$353,153 Ceo $36,704 $37,184 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Remy Hendersonsmith) 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 148 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $106,500 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.