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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arts In Reach-encouraging Growth

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020507428
NH · NTEE A25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Minicucci, Executive Director / CEO ($39,437) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 159 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Minicucci — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

159 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 159 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$166 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,157 $39,437
$12,18410th
$31,74925th
$57,151Median
$79,19575th
$95,60090th
$39,437This org · 32nd
p10$12,184
p25$31,749
p50$57,151
p75$79,195
p90$95,600
$39,437

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 NH 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
Signal Return Inc MI$327,321 Artistic Director $72,422 $80,956 2024
Arts In Schools Collaborative PA$329,237 President $13,842 $15,391 2023
Ez Kids Creativity Shell TX$326,040 Facilities Dir $45,000 $48,750 2024
Celebration Barn Theater ME$330,876 Executive Artistic Director $62,000 $69,221 2023
Outerarts Maryland Inc MD$325,261 Executive Di $65,000 $65,813 2024
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park ND$324,690 President $28,000 $34,261 2023
Palm Springs Modern Committee CA$322,975 Exec Director $85,000 $77,440 2025
Gulf Beach Art Center FL$321,701 Administrator $32,200 $32,760 2024
1111 A Creative Collective CA$321,147 President $38,875 $37,428 2023
Rochester Construction Training NY$321,061 Executive Di $88,825 $84,685 2025
Harmony Project Phoenix AZ$320,409 Secretary/ex $90,000 $96,507 2023
Lovewell Institute For The Creative Arts Inc FL$336,134 Employee $63,000 $65,989 2023
Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc VT$337,905 Executive Di $74,200 $78,797 2025
Access Art FL$317,475 Director $13,000 $13,226 2024
Salt Lake Music School Foundation UT$339,397 Executive D $4,089 $4,532 2024
Able - Artists Breaking Limits & IL$315,868 Executive Dir. $56,050 $59,677 2024
Nw Film Camp CA$340,757 President $9,562 $8,942 2024
Hogfish Maine ME$340,928 Executive Director $3,570 $3,871 2024
Coupeville Arts Center WA$344,715 Executive Director $55,170 $55,074 2023
Childrens Arts Guild NY$310,730 Founding President And Ceo $100,000 $100,753 2023
Overflow Fine Arts Inc FL$310,576 President $19,036 $19,367 2024
Milton Art Center Inc MA$309,748 Executive Director $95,220 $95,405 2023
National Conservatory Of Dramatic Arts DC$308,410 President $34,706 $32,983 2024
Actors Garage NY$308,152 Trustee $152,016 $148,767 2024
Santa Theresa Tileworks (Imago Dei AZ$307,319 President $29,858 $31,098 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Jennifer Minicucci) 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 159 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,437 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.