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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

North Shore Historical Museum Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 113463951
NY · NTEE A540
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Driscoll, Executive Director / CEO ($5,025) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 100 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amy Driscoll — reported title “FORMER DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

100 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 100 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$206 total compensation of comparable organizations → $119,981 $5,025
$2,00010th
$5,90125th
$16,125Median
$30,52975th
$51,40690th
$5,025This org · 21st
p10$2,000
p25$5,901
p50$16,125
p75$30,529
p90$51,406
$5,025

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
Delilah Charity Inc CA$38,650 Officer $18,655 $17,827 2024
Center For Environmental Structure CA$38,804 Secretary, Director $30,048 $28,714 2024
Thiokol Memorial Project GA$38,496 Adviser $500 $556 2024
Beavercreek Historical Society OH$38,924 Director $1,680 $1,969 2024
Rogers Museum Foundation AR$38,934 Acting Executive Director $36,000 $44,782 2024
Phoenix Art Museum Endowment Fund Inc AZ$38,958 Ceo $4,148 $4,546 2023
The Centralia Area Historical IL$39,167 Executive Di $8,554 $9,306 2024
Sayat Nova Dance Co Inc MA$39,235 Officer $12,000 $12,285 2023
Seattle Piano Institute Inc WA$37,538 Artistic Dir $3,500 $3,468 2024
Allentown Public Theatre PA$40,250 President $8,070 $8,906 2024
Long Island Association Of The NY$36,905 Chairman $4,500 $4,633 2023
Center On Modernity In Transition NC$36,231 Consultant $55,000 $62,891 2024
Decatur Fine Arts Academy Inc GA$41,280 President, Ceo $9,390 $10,757 2023
Northwest Collaborative Center WA$35,940 President $6,240 $6,183 2024
Michael S Rosen Foundation NY$41,453 Secretary $30,887 $30,887 2024
Combat Diver Foundation FL$41,576 President $2,100 $2,183 2024
Miami Arts Commission AZ$35,513 Executive Director $2,105 $2,306 2023
Center For Technology & Innovation Inc NY$35,089 Executive Director $6,600 $6,795 2023
Quasimondo Inc WI$34,937 Executive Dir. (Non-voting $45,760 $52,887 2024
Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society OH$42,419 Director $20,000 $24,135 2023
Goethe House Wisconsin Inc WI$42,578 Executive Director $21,506 $24,855 2024
Alaska Jewish Historical Museum & AK$34,613 Museum Curator $54,577 $57,743 2024
Shirley Plantation Foundation VA$34,428 President $1,154 $1,233 2024
Hellbender Gathering Of Poets Inc NC$34,092 President $86,667 $99,101 2024
Art Museum Support Corporation OH$34,064 Director $43,560 $51,057 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 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 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Amy Driscoll) 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 100 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,025 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.