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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Lighthouse Museum

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134055215
NY · NTEE A57
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda Dianto, Executive Director / CEO ($78,999) against the 2000 closest of 3,055 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Linda Dianto — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,055 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $313,083 $78,999
$13,74810th
$33,05325th
$55,677Median
$76,10375th
$96,24290th
$78,999This org · 78th
p10$13,748
p25$33,053
p50$55,677
p75$76,103
p90$96,242
$78,999

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
The Art Experience Inc MI$358,089 Executive Director $46,165 $51,220 2024
New York Neo-futurists NY$358,046 Co-artistic Director $67,734 $67,734 2023
Wimberley Players Inc TX$357,953 Technical Director $52,824 $58,476 2023
Chaldean Community Council CA$358,275 Director Of Operations $62,500 $59,725 2023
Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee Inc WI$358,300 Executive Director $67,708 $76,008 2024
American Society For Eighteenth Century OR$357,871 Executive Director $89,592 $89,432 2024
Juneau Symphony Inc AK$358,417 Executive Di $68,933 $72,932 2023
Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera SC$357,749 General Dire $34,490 $38,676 2024
Amazing Things Arts Center Inc MA$357,744 Executive Director $67,234 $64,943 2024
Building Youth Through Music WA$358,467 President $131,071 $129,864 2023
Akropolis Quintet Inc MI$358,605 Executive Di $52,000 $57,693 2024
Vermont Granite Museum Of Barre VT$358,624 Executive Director $87,750 $94,938 2024
Hispanic Cultural Center Of Midland TX$357,562 Executive Director $65,016 $69,908 2024
Kenya Diaspora Media AL$357,374 Ceo $80,000 $95,644 2023
Oye Group Inc NY$357,335 Co-chairman $3,200 $3,108 2024
Bossier Arts Council LA$357,335 Executive Di $34,833 $42,447 2023
Youth Performance Company MN$357,276 Managing Director $76,470 $81,221 2024
The Zephyr Theatre MN$357,265 Interim Executive Director $48,000 $50,982 2024
The Summer Solstice Celebration Inc CA$358,935 Executive Dir. $60,000 $55,691 2024
The Museum Of Public Relations NJ$356,754 President & Ceo $70,833 $69,987 2023
Hulls Angels Inc VA$359,458 Executive Director $29,743 $30,870 2024
Association Of Film Commissioners CA$359,507 Executive Director $120,000 $114,671 2023
Andalusia Ballet Association AL$356,670 Secretary/tr $29,496 $35,264 2023
Allied Arts Association WA$356,635 Scholarships $7,560 $7,275 2024
Chicago National Association Of IL$356,604 Principal $14,000 $15,232 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 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Linda Dianto) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,999 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.