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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Enrichment Through The Arts Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 113051230
NY · NTEE A250
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maureen Hartje, Executive Director / CEO ($5,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Maureen Hartje — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $349,263 $5,000
$1,77010th
$4,99325th
$11,933Median
$42,66275th
$77,52090th
$5,000This org · 25th
p10$1,770
p25$4,993
p50$11,933
p75$42,662
p90$77,520
$5,000

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
Janusz Korczak Polish Language RI$26,608 President $1,880 $1,938 2024
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Inc NY$27,011 Trustee $1,000 $971 2024
Automata Arts CA$26,116 Vice-presiden $3,272 $2,959 2025
Theatre Bam IL$27,385 President $10,477 $11,399 2023
Transcultural Exchange MA$27,464 Executive Director And President $33,000 $31,875 2024
The Mcghee Foundation VA$25,512 Secytreas $81,000 $84,067 2024
Twoculturesunited Inc CA$25,000 President $3,650 $3,488 2023
Nebrada Foundation Inc FL$28,341 President $36,697 $37,056 2024
The Confectionery Foundation DC$24,900 Nca Staff $31,807 $30,002 2024
Duquesne Club Charitable Foundation PA$24,842 Secretary $5,585 $5,832 2025
Foundation For The Long Beach Symphony CA$24,839 Vice President Of Finance $11,531 $11,019 2023
Greenpoint Monitor Museum NY$28,535 President $200 $200 2023
The Time In Childrens Arts Initiative Inc NY$24,497 Secretaryexec Director $33,575 $32,612 2024
Maryland Cultural And Conference Center MD$24,406 Executive Director, Board $6,920 $7,160 2023
San Francisco Chanticleer Endowment CA$29,137 Dir Ops/touring $9,770 $9,336 2023
Whitney Plantation Museum LA$23,809 Executive Director $12,252 $14,930 2023
The City Of Socorro Community Initiative TX$23,642 Executive Director $69,894 $77,372 2023
Us-china Language & Culturefoundation CA$23,580 President $580 $538 2024
Philadelphia Assembly Inc PA$30,008 Executive Director $105,600 $116,539 2023
Claude Heater Foundation CA$23,205 Ceodirector $70,000 $66,892 2023
Lobby Theatre Inc CA$30,336 Producing Di $570 $529 2024
Sfte Inc NM$22,897 Presidentdirector $13,670 $15,804 2024
Doshinokai Foundation CA$30,546 Ceo $9,000 $8,354 2024
Wayne County Historical Society IL$22,599 Director / Curator $4,830 $5,104 2024
The Buddhayana Foundation Inc MA$22,435 Treasurer $24,000 $23,182 2024

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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Maureen Hartje) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,000 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.