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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dance Augusta Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 010872738
GA · NTEE A62
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katherine Deloach, Executive Director / CEO ($9,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 110 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Katherine Deloach — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

110 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 110 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$280 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,565 $9,900
$7,59210th
$17,64825th
$32,163Median
$51,90075th
$73,40190th
$9,900This org · 15th
p10$7,592
p25$17,648
p50$32,163
p75$51,900
p90$73,401
$9,900

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 GA 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
Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater OR$231,453 President $23,869 $22,045 2024
Blue 13 Dance Company Inc CA$232,003 Executive Director $18,708 $16,066 2024
Sjdanceco CA$232,074 Artistic Director & Founder $7,200 $6,366 2023
Resilience Dance Company Stl MO$232,570 Executive And Artistic Director $23,803 $24,427 2025
Stockton Folk Dance Camp CA$229,159 Director $2,700 $2,319 2024
Encinitas Ballet Academy And Arts Center CA$234,736 Ceo, Artistic Director $43,750 $38,682 2023
The Arte Flamenco Dance Theatre Inc CA$227,916 President $24,814 $21,940 2023
Jazz Of Yuma Inc AZ$227,755 Executive Director $25,200 $24,103 2024
Gafa Studios NC$226,424 President $24,000 $24,663 2024
Dance Studies Association IL$236,904 Executive Director $50,797 $49,667 2024
Happendance Inc MI$225,566 Executive Director $35,892 $37,933 2023
Positive Outcome Mentoring & Dance Inc MD$237,831 Founder And Director $8,499 $7,699 2025
Developing Connections Northeast OH$238,232 Executive Di $76,867 $78,883 2025
Mdsa Foundation TX$224,425 President $1,080 $1,106 2023
Sb Dance UT$223,976 Executive Dir. $42,500 $43,261 2024
Tl Tango Lovers Organization Inc FL$223,495 Coo $21,600 $20,777 2023
Namah Ensemble Inc CA$223,420 Director/pre $23,000 $19,752 2024
Dalton Dance Company GA$240,550 Board Member $13,900 $13,900 2024
Dance Masters Of New England Chapter 5 Inc MA$222,168 President $1,000 $894 2024
Spotlight Productions & Co Inc MA$241,520 Executive Di $85,082 $76,039 2024
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company Inc NY$221,500 Director $12,040 $10,820 2024
Issaquah Dance Theatre Ensemble WA$220,686 Artistic Dir $103,462 $92,125 2024
Homestead Youth Arts Center Inc FL$219,882 President $29,500 $27,562 2024
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Of Wisconsin Inc WI$218,705 Executive Director $51,420 $53,408 2024
West Florida Dance Company Booster Club Inc FL$244,948 President $300 $280 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Katherine Deloach) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 110 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,900 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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 10, 2026.