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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dance Notation Bureau Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 131869805
NY · NTEE A64Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lynne Weber, Executive Director / CEO ($5,275) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 753 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Lynne Weber — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - VICE PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

753 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 753 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$249 total compensation of comparable organizations → $479,158 $5,275
$5,02710th
$14,73325th
$31,094Median
$52,15775th
$71,44990th
$5,275This org · 10th
p10$5,027
p25$14,733
p50$31,094
p75$52,157
p90$71,449
$5,275

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
International Royal Order Of Jesters Inc IN$124,859 Executive Director $11,040 $12,514 2024
Small Steps Nurturing Center Foundation TX$124,777 Executive Director $9,640 $10,671 2023
Museum Of Deaf History Arts And Culture KS$124,707 Co-executive Director $45,833 $54,796 2023
Golden Tones Inc MA$125,163 Exec Director $66,096 $63,844 2024
Greater Rochester Arts And Cultural Trust MN$125,170 Ceo $15,007 $15,939 2024
Shakespearean Youth Theater Company MN$124,596 Managing Director $36,000 $39,366 2023
Captain Avery Museum Inc MD$124,562 Executive Director $46,688 $48,304 2023
East End African American Museum NY$124,562 Executive Di $20,000 $20,000 2023
Susan B Anthony Birthplace Museum Inc MA$124,399 Executive Director $70,000 $67,615 2024
Granby Community Access And Media Inc MA$124,269 Executive Director $25,449 $24,582 2024
Kyl Dancers Inc PA$125,561 Executive Director $42,500 $45,557 2024
Bloomfield Access Television CT$124,200 Executive Director $67,813 $68,344 2024
The Golandsky Institute Inc NY$125,617 President $16,635 $16,635 2023
500 Sails MP$125,662 Executive Dir. $61,475 $59,711 2024
Denver Ballet Theatre CO$124,128 Artistic Director $40,000 $42,446 2023
Life On Art CA$125,745 Executive Director (Start 7/2024) $76,154 $70,684 2024
Ballet Afsaneh Art & Culture Society CA$124,017 Executive Director $19,500 $18,100 2024
Masscreative Inc MA$125,953 Executive Di $83,203 $80,368 2024
Studio Place Arts Inc VT$123,837 Executive Director $65,805 $71,195 2024
Cca North Corporation NH$126,000 Vice-president $11,414 $11,329 2024
Codington County Historical Society SD$123,793 Museum Director $49,778 $60,796 2023
The Star Spangled Banner MD$126,011 Executive Director $56,923 $57,204 2024
Chsee Inc NY$123,771 Treasurer $4,760 $4,623 2024
Listening Point Foundation MN$126,150 Executive Director $24,960 $27,294 2023
Magnes Museum Foundation CA$126,193 Director, Secretary $20,421 $18,954 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Lynne Weber) 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 753 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,275 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.