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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Art Guild Of Port Washington Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 113532550
NY · NTEE A25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Grossman, Executive Director / CEO ($65,885) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 151 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

151 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 151 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,989 total compensation of comparable organizations → $233,140 $65,885
$23,83310th
$50,29425th
$73,896Median
$94,41775th
$123,19490th
$65,885This org · 36th
p10$23,833
p25$50,294
p50$73,896
p75$94,417
p90$123,194
$65,885

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
Arthouse Studio Inc CA$489,139 Executive Dir. $113,300 $108,269 2024
Artists Working In Education Inc WI$491,931 Executive Dir. $85,213 $98,485 2024
The Shine Arts Foundation TX$487,667 President $38,252 $42,345 2024
Tian Yue Academy Of The Arts MA$486,571 Director $48,000 $49,144 2023
Trilogy Cultural Arts Centre Inc KS$486,373 Board Member $35,586 $42,545 2024
Write On Door County Inc WI$494,616 Executive Di $67,191 $77,656 2024
Luna Composition Lab Inc NY$485,571 Executive Director $81,332 $81,332 2024
Fellowship School Of Creative Arts TN$495,865 President $52,654 $59,671 2025
I-park Foundation Inc CT$497,869 Treasurer $87,808 $93,802 2023
Wyoming Fine Arts Center OH$482,274 Executive Dir. $75,246 $88,197 2024
Bloom Arts Foundation Inc CA$481,207 Ececutive Director $104,137 $99,513 2024
North Pole Studio OR$500,055 Executive Director $53,176 $53,240 2025
Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens CA$476,911 President $37,015 $36,416 2023
Garage Cultural MI$503,479 Executive Director $24,000 $27,414 2024
Renaissance Music Academy Of Va VA$475,464 President $28,456 $31,304 2023
Cardboard Cares MN$474,863 President $81,667 $89,303 2024
Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions CA$506,580 Executive Director $95,271 $91,040 2024
Fashioneer Org CA$510,314 Director $30,000 $28,668 2024
Faribault Art Center Inc MN$467,473 Executive Di $61,040 $66,747 2024
Opry Heritage Foundation Of Oklahoma OK$467,347 Executive Director $51,150 $64,171 2023
Pittsburgh Center For Creative Reuse PA$513,125 Executive Dir. $81,968 $93,131 2023
Fabarts Inc GA$464,606 President $64,336 $71,588 2024
Teentix WA$463,808 Exec. Dir. $75,968 $75,268 2024
Intersect Arts Center MO$519,112 Executive Director $115,262 $131,618 2025
Glass Art Kalamazoo MI$459,047 Executive Di $70,265 $82,630 2023

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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Lisa Grossman) 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 151 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,885 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.