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Berkshire Opera Festival Inc

Berkshire Opera Festival Inc's latest filing in the PeerBasis snapshot reports a Part VII D + F figure of $80,363 for Brian Garman, Artistic Director & Co-founder (FY 2024). Column F can include amounts from the filing and related organizations.

After indexing supported filing years to 2025 comparison dollars, the subject figure is $82,478. It is higher than the D + F figure for 10 of 21 peer organizations selected under the disclosed tier Same NTEE sector (A6A), nationwide + size band 0.67–1.5× revenue (approximately 48%; median $87,234). This is descriptive, not a reasonableness conclusion.

$853,340Total revenue (FY 2024)
$80,363Reported Part VII D + F figure
10 / 21Selected peers with a strictly lower 2025-dollar figure (approximately 48%)

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Selected peer organizations

Actual selection tier: Same NTEE sector (A6A), nationwide + size band 0.67–1.5× revenue. Displayed D + F figures from supported filing years are indexed to 2025 comparison dollars with BLS CPI-U; a nationwide tier also uses 2024 BEA RPP as a consumer price-level proxy when both the subject and peer have supported state codes. Unsupported state codes receive no interstate adjustment. Comparison values can differ from the raw filing. Column F may include related-organization amounts.

OrganizationStateRevenueD + F (2025 dollars)
Tri-cities Opera Company Inc NY$863,726 $77,613
Heartbeat Opera Ltd NY$842,777 $70,393
The Haymarket Opera Company Nfp IL$817,010 $52,120
Anchorage Opera Company AK$769,405 $97,556
Opera Montana MT$760,013 $87,234
Opera Memphis Inc TN$952,508 $137,208
Opera Birmingham Inc AL$728,295 $109,217
Pacific Opera Project CA$1,005,402 $82,394

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