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Compensation Comparability Determination

Democracy Now Productions Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 010708733
NY · NTEE A30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Goodman, Executive Director / CEO ($232,566) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 347 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amy Goodman — reported title “PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

347 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 347 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,568 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,088,332 $232,566
$108,56510th
$178,81925th
$260,441Median
$332,69775th
$446,90690th
$232,566This org · 40th
p10$108,565
p25$178,819
p50$260,441
p75$332,697
p90$446,906
$232,566

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 NY 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
The Lake Placid Association For NY$10,930,703 Executive Di $87,154 $84,654 2024
Midland Center For The Arts Inc MI$10,928,817 Ceo $234,100 $259,729 2024
Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc AK$10,953,244 President/ceo $227,086 $233,367 2024
American Association Of Museums VA$10,908,160 President & Ceo From 4/22/24 $341,971 $354,920 2024
The Perlman Music Program Inc NY$10,906,603 Executive Director $232,326 $219,844 2025
🔒 342 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 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 NY 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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:

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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.