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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Five Myles Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134078810
NY · NTEE A60
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hanne Tierney, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 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: Hanne Tierney — reported title “Founder”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,098 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,684 $50,000
$7,59810th
$12,34725th
$22,140Median
$33,93875th
$62,44890th
$50,000This org · 85th
p10$7,598
p25$12,347
p50$22,140
p75$33,938
p90$62,448
$50,000

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
Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra NC$115,843 Executive Director (Ex-officio) $25,440 $29,090 2024
Korean American Youth Performing CA$116,512 President $30,000 $29,515 2023
Chinese Christian Church Music Institute CA$104,020 Admin $25,500 $24,368 2024
Music From China Inc NY$104,010 Executive Director $28,200 $28,200 2024
Marigold Arts Development Inc SC$103,128 Ceo $16,900 $19,511 2024
Studio Place Arts Inc VT$123,837 Executive Director $65,805 $73,298 2024
Team Sunshine Performance Corp PA$101,673 Co-artistic $28,280 $31,210 2024
The Golandsky Institute Inc NY$125,617 President $16,635 $17,126 2023
Small Wonder Puppet Theatre Inc NY$97,235 Executive Director $55,215 $55,215 2024
Eicher Arts Center Inc PA$93,230 Coordinator $13,977 $15,881 2023
Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop OH$137,763 Executive Director $29,565 $34,654 2024
The Stage Door Inc UT$87,427 Managing Dir $8,000 $9,061 2024
Mountain Home Arts Council Inc ID$83,708 Executive Director $16,294 $19,748 2023
Cor Mundi Center For Sacred Music TX$83,397 President And Artistic Director $6,500 $7,195 2024
Arts Mentorship Program Inc CA$82,824 Executive Dir. $34,766 $33,222 2024
Oconee Youth Playhouse GA$82,270 Executive Di $7,450 $8,535 2023
United Lakes & Trail Riders Association MN$81,106 Gambling Manager $6,971 $7,623 2024
Manassas Community Chorale Inc VA$146,889 Executive Director And Vu Coordinator $9,171 $9,799 2024
Boerne Performing Arts TX$146,986 Artistic/tech Coordinator $20,000 $22,140 2024
California Music Center CA$148,884 Execdir To 6 $42,461 $40,576 2024
The Shining Stars Project Inc CA$77,600 Chief Executive Officer $19,385 $19,072 2023
Inta Inc NY$149,778 Artistic Director $83,662 $86,133 2023
Americans For The Arts Foundation DC$76,278 President & Ceo $14,898 $14,895 2023
Chestnut Fine Arts Center Inc KS$162,453 Executive Director $77,737 $95,684 2023
The Gerald Arpino Foundation IL$162,771 Executive Director $6,750 $7,560 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Hanne Tierney) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.