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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Downtown Northampton Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 933541377
MA · NTEE S30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jillian Duclos, Executive Director / CEO ($51,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 168 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

168 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 168 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$360 total compensation of comparable organizations → $271,539 $51,000
$17,15710th
$48,04425th
$81,296Median
$110,39775th
$146,30790th
$51,000This org · 28th
p10$17,157
p25$48,044
p50$81,296
p75$110,397
p90$146,307
$51,000

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
Kanaka Economic Development Alliance HI$305,646 Executive Director $72,193 $74,051 2023
South Charleston Convention & WV$304,135 Executive Di $53,560 $64,534 2024
South Central Dakota Regional Council ND$307,001 Executive Director $102,661 $125,372 2024
Virginia Black Chamber Of Commerce Foundation VA$307,711 President $105,883 $117,129 2023
The Foundation For Community Betterment VA$302,924 Executive Director $44,710 $49,459 2023
The Design Platform LA$307,980 Secretary $186,153 $234,843 2023
The Blacksburg Partnership VA$308,696 President $110,738 $118,986 2024
Market Project Inc DC$301,703 Executive Director $47,168 $46,061 2024
Dickinson County Economic KS$300,644 Executive Di $98,410 $118,311 2024
Chris White Community Development Corporation DE$310,665 Director $2,604 $2,837 2024
Richardson Center Corporation NY$311,633 President $164,168 $169,959 2023
Taylorville Main Street Inc IL$299,108 Executive Director $9,000 $9,846 2024
Progress Lakeshore Inc WI$298,559 Executive Director $78,528 $91,265 2024
Village MO$313,544 Founder $90,000 $106,078 2024
Benton Economic Partnership Inc MN$297,127 Executive Dir. $134,525 $147,923 2024
Challenge Detroit MI$314,019 Executive Director And C.o.o. $96,000 $110,268 2024
High Plains Community NM$315,306 Manager $43,325 $50,519 2025
Spokane Independent Metro WA$315,469 Executive Director $82,176 $81,873 2024
Conifer Area Chamber Of Commerce CO$316,512 Executive Dir. $58,000 $60,294 2025
Harrisburg Economic Development SD$317,410 Executive Director $61,215 $77,402 2023
Fox Oakland Theater Inc CA$293,046 President $138,422 $136,942 2023
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation AZ$318,652 Executive Director Until 3/21/24 $40,135 $42,954 2024
Warren County Local Economic IN$318,950 Former Execu $90,908 $109,835 2023
Sullivan County Land Bank NY$319,120 Chair $10,602 $10,976 2023
World Trade Center Utah Foundation UT$319,722 Ceo $13,093 $15,353 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.

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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Jillian Duclos) 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 168 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,000 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.