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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Resident Services Empowerment Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832304984
MA · NTEE L11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Goran Smiljic, Executive Director / CEO ($54,581) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Goran Smiljic — reported title “DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,349 total compensation of comparable organizations → $87,865 $54,581
$12,85310th
$22,59125th
$29,814Median
$42,26275th
$64,41490th
$54,581This org · 84th
p10$12,853
p25$22,591
p50$29,814
p75$42,262
p90$64,414
$54,581

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 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
St Matthew San Mateo Inc CA$306,585 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $74,440 2024
Larksfield Place Foundation Inc KS$334,331 President/ceo $15,674 $19,400 2023
Rci Village Properties PA$353,722 Executive Director $1,216 $1,349 2024
Rockland Mha Holding Inc NY$363,735 President & Ceo $36,012 $37,283 2023
Poah Support Corporation 2 MA$271,585 Director/president $28,959 $29,814 2023
Community Development WI$378,835 Exec Directo $18,000 $21,538 2023
Cedar Crest Foundation WI$256,369 President/ceo $42,325 $49,190 2024
Firehouse 23 Qalicb WA$386,624 Treasurer Thru 11/23 $11,842 $12,147 2023
Prelude Si Corporation NY$250,254 Executive Director/treasurer $29,726 $29,892 2024
Tulsa Jewish Retirement Foundation OK$248,725 Ceo $50,522 $61,908 2024
Augusta Community Center CA$390,007 Executive Director $25,405 $24,412 2024
The Carol Woods Charitable Fund Inc NC$396,721 President And Ceo $19,972 $23,643 2023
Bethesda Foundation Of Willmar MN$406,571 Ceo $42,961 $47,240 2024
Norwegian Christian Home Foundation NY$223,642 Exec Director/treasurer $34,536 $35,754 2023
Morningstar Senior Living Foundation PA$415,192 Bm-mslf, Pres./ceo-msl(until 9/30/23) $25,632 $29,285 2023
Swap Community Land Trust Inc RI$220,415 Executive Director $11,860 $13,029 2023
Broadway Housing Communities Foundation NY$421,008 Executive Director $31,386 $31,561 2024
Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation Inc DC$428,196 Executive Director $92,357 $87,865 2025
Boston Public Housing Corporation MA$457,270 President Until 8/4/2023 $27,754 $27,754 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 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 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Goran Smiljic) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,581 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.