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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Actors' Equity Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 132513378
NY · NTEE T70Z
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joan Glazer, Executive Director / CEO ($106,581) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 8 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joan Glazer — reported title “MANAGING DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

8 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 8 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,966 total compensation of comparable organizations → $307,148 $106,581
$19,62910th
$28,89225th
$45,984Median
$99,15675th
$218,02890th
$106,581This org · 75th
p10$19,629
p25$28,892
p50$45,984
p75$99,156
p90$218,028
$106,581

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
Orange County Teachers Of The Year Award CA$3,350 Principal/president $188,191 $179,834 2024
Ea Holding NC$3,590 President And Ceo $48,900 $55,915 2024
American International Educators Inc MA$2,999 President & Director $300,000 $307,148 2023
William C & Jane B Marcil Family ND$2,493 Secretary $29,687 $36,053 2024
Lippincott Family Foundation AZ$4,518 Treasurer & Secretary (Thru 12/23) $27,677 $29,456 2024
Charitable Holdings Ii TX$4,700 Asst Secretary $24,570 $27,199 2024
Toledo Community Foundation OH$4,899 Secretary/treasurer Thru August 2024 $61,652 $72,263 2024
Soar Youth And Adult Choir CO$4,938 Music Director $1,800 $1,966 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Joan Glazer) 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 8 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $106,581 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.