Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rowena Kay Mascarenhas, Executive Director / CEO ($6,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1069 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Rowena Kay Mascarenhas — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharing Center Properties Inc | FL | $183,333 | President & Ceo | $20,495 | $21,426 | 2024 |
| Acec-ri American Council Of | RI | $183,283 | Executive Di | $75,000 | $82,393 | 2023 |
| Equidad Atx Inc | TX | $183,387 | President And Exec Dir | $109,819 | $122,247 | 2024 |
| Home Builders Association Of Hickory-catawba Valley Inc | NC | $183,432 | Executive Officer | $56,782 | $67,219 | 2023 |
| Adult Day Health Care Council Inc | NY | $183,162 | Executive Director | $7,024 | $7,063 | 2024 |
| Missional Chaplains Incorporated | MI | $183,503 | Executive Di | $69,996 | $80,399 | 2024 |
| Westwater Financial Inc | CA | $183,506 | Executive Director | $78,049 | $74,999 | 2024 |
| The Quilt Corporation Nfp Inc | IL | $183,028 | President | $11,700 | $12,800 | 2024 |
| Butler County Medical Society | OH | $183,653 | Exec Assistant | $15,000 | $17,680 | 2024 |
| Sustain Blaine Inc | ID | $182,961 | Executive Director | $110,000 | $130,219 | 2024 |
| The Hundred Year Association Of Ny Inc | CT | $182,749 | President | $35,250 | $36,780 | 2024 |
| Big Apple Greeter Inc | NY | $184,029 | Executive Director | $60,045 | $60,380 | 2024 |
| Allegheny Clarion Development Corp | PA | $184,087 | Executive Di | $35,650 | $40,731 | 2023 |
| New Entrepreneurs Opportunity Fund | OH | $182,506 | Executive Director | $42,000 | $50,966 | 2023 |
| Texas Business Roundtable | TX | $182,354 | Exec Director | $66,000 | $75,639 | 2023 |
| Mountain Laurel Chamber Of Commerce | PA | $182,329 | Executive Director | $34,798 | $38,617 | 2024 |
| Gallatin Valley Foundation For Economic | MT | $182,243 | Executive Dir | $12,546 | $15,050 | 2024 |
| Cedar Branch Project | CA | $184,429 | Executive Director | $14,523 | $14,368 | 2023 |
| Twin Cities Innovation Alliance | MN | $181,975 | Founder Board Member | $71,030 | $76,091 | 2025 |
| Neighborhood Association Of The Back Bay Inc | MA | $181,874 | Director And Executive Administrator | $70,554 | $70,554 | 2024 |
| Cement Masons' Local 780 Holding | NY | $181,869 | President | $6,000 | $6,211 | 2023 |
| Center For Participatory Change | NC | $184,834 | Co-director | $60,300 | $71,383 | 2023 |
| Brilliance Labs | OR | $184,887 | President And Executive Director | $48,900 | $52,027 | 2023 |
| Medical Toxicology Foundation | AZ | $185,030 | Executive Director/board M | $39,714 | $42,503 | 2024 |
| Colorado Civil Justice League | CO | $185,106 | Executive Director | $77,000 | $84,590 | 2023 |
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.
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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 5th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 6th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 0th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 78th |
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.
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
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.