Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert C Carlsen, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against the 2000 closest of 3,026 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Robert C Carlsen — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 CT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Communications Inc | NE | $332,983 | General Mana | $57,348 | $65,785 | 2024 |
| Musical Youth Artist Repertory Theatre | CA | $332,871 | President | $75,955 | $72,018 | 2023 |
| Germantown Community Theatre Inc | TN | $332,841 | Executive Director | $53,420 | $58,344 | 2025 |
| Kidz Konnection Inc | CT | $333,085 | President | $50,833 | $49,523 | 2025 |
| Theatre With A Twist Inc | MA | $333,118 | Director | $43,569 | $41,757 | 2024 |
| Aguilas | CA | $333,217 | Executive Di | $41,845 | $38,538 | 2024 |
| Israeli Chamber Project Inc | NY | $332,660 | Vice President | $80,025 | $77,124 | 2024 |
| Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation | NY | $332,587 | General Manager/director | $43,952 | $42,359 | 2024 |
| Elmhurst Symphony Association Inc | IL | $333,330 | Executive Director | $45,250 | $47,446 | 2024 |
| Ann Arbor Street Art Fair Inc | MI | $332,538 | Executive Director | $76,981 | $87,248 | 2023 |
| Bessemer Historical Society Inc | CO | $332,515 | Executive Director | $86,409 | $88,369 | 2024 |
| Providence Foundation | VA | $332,489 | President | $92,500 | $95,256 | 2024 |
| Red Media Inc | NM | $332,453 | Program Director | $44,150 | $52,141 | 2023 |
| David Labkovski Project | CA | $333,503 | Executive Director | $117,075 | $107,821 | 2024 |
| Mitte Cultural District | TX | $332,344 | Executive Dir. | $75,000 | $82,379 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Theatresports | CA | $333,547 | Board Member | $780 | $740 | 2023 |
| Merely Players | CO | $333,603 | Member | $1,000 | $1,023 | 2024 |
| Bozeman Art Museum | MT | $332,259 | Executive Director | $49,000 | $56,334 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Guild Of Craftsmen | PA | $333,636 | Exec Dir Out | $22,212 | $23,624 | 2024 |
| The 1947 Partition Archive | CA | $333,750 | Executive Dir. | $62,000 | $58,786 | 2023 |
| Robert Moses Kin | CA | $333,756 | Artistic Dir. | $10,868 | $9,751 | 2025 |
| San Anto Cultural Arts | TX | $333,818 | Executive Dir. | $61,799 | $65,932 | 2024 |
| Museum Of The Palestinian People | DC | $333,859 | Director | $96,300 | $92,791 | 2023 |
| Florida Film Institute Inc | FL | $333,870 | President | $69,675 | $69,810 | 2024 |
| Danceast Collective | TN | $334,000 | Executive Director | $1 | $1 | 2025 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 CT 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 20th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 20th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 21st |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 18th |
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.
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
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.