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Compensation Comparability Determination

Martha Graham Center Of Contemporary

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 132571063
NY · NTEE A620
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Larue Allen, Executive Director / CEO ($209,963) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1200 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,200 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,200 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,680 total compensation of comparable organizations → $877,555 $209,963
$67,77910th
$98,84225th
$138,086Median
$180,67075th
$232,47690th
$209,963This org · 85th
p10$67,779
p25$98,842
p50$138,086
p75$180,670
p90$232,476
$209,963

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
National Women's History Museum DC$2,913,820 President & Ceo - As Of 04/2023 $187,708 $182,287 2023
Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Inc NY$2,913,312 Executive Director $90,000 $87,418 2024
Songwritingwithinc TN$2,913,188 Exofficio Executive Direct $110,999 $125,414 2024
Don Harrington Discovery Center TX$2,916,318 Chief Exec. $141,699 $152,360 2024
Society Of Children's Book Writers CA$2,912,142 Executive Director $188,943 $175,373 2024
🔒 1195 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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:

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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.