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Sample Benchmark Summary. See what you get.

A real Benchmark Summary for one peer set, the same PDF you download for your own.

  • Benchmark Summary PDF
  • IRS Form 990 data
  • Full methodology
  • Complete peer set

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Cover page of the sample Benchmark Summary

The peer set in this sample

  • Role

    CEO / Executive Director

  • Sector

    Housing & Shelter

  • Budget

    $2.5M – $5M

  • State

    North Carolina

  • Organizations

    16

  • Median pay

    $109,626

Report page: Executive Summary
Report page: Compensation Summary

What is a Benchmark Summary?

You pick the organizations to compare against by sector, budget size and geography, then pick the role. PeerSet finds the nonprofits whose Form 990 filings match and shows what they report paying for that role, with the percentiles, the distribution and the trend.

The Benchmark Summary is the PDF of a peer set’s percentiles, with the criteria behind them, the full methodology and, for a peer set of 50 or fewer, every organization in it.

Report page: Executive Summary

Executive Summary

The 25th to 75th percentile range
Every criterion behind the peer set

Role, title match, schedule, sector, budget, geography, organization type and tax years.

The years of data and how recent they are

Each tax year’s share of the filings, and the month the IRS data runs through.

Report page: Compensation Summary

Compensation Summary

Five percentiles on one scale

The 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th.

The range and the mean
The notice and the data sources
Report page: Appendix A: Methodology

Appendix A: Methodology

A summary of the benchmark rules

Which records count, from the tax years and titles to the minimum pay.

The full methodology

The same text as the methodology page on the site.

What each rule removed
Report page: Appendix B: Complete Peer Set

Appendix B: Complete Peer Set

Organizations from the peer set, by name

Sorted by organization name.

Each one’s EIN, state, title, budget, pay and tax year
The statistics use every organization in the set

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