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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fox Oakland Theater Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141972505
CA · NTEE S30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kelley Kahn, Executive Director / CEO ($138,422) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 157 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kelley Kahn — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

157 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 157 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$363 total compensation of comparable organizations → $274,474 $138,422
$15,98610th
$45,00025th
$78,404Median
$107,57875th
$146,05290th
$138,422This org · 87th
p10$15,986
p25$45,000
p50$78,404
p75$107,578
p90$146,052
$138,422

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 CA 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
All Together Now Pennsylvania Inc PA$290,911 Co-director $32,500 $36,457 2024
Ellensburg Downtown Association WA$289,361 Executive Director $75,405 $75,940 2024
Benton Economic Partnership Inc MN$297,127 Executive Dir. $134,525 $149,522 2024
Progress Lakeshore Inc WI$298,559 Executive Director $78,528 $92,251 2024
Adac Inc IN$287,218 Executive Di $41,154 $48,817 2024
Taylorville Main Street Inc IL$299,108 Executive Director $9,000 $9,953 2024
Dickinson County Economic KS$300,644 Executive Di $98,410 $119,590 2024
Market Project Inc DC$301,703 Executive Director $47,168 $46,559 2024
The Creative Coast Inc GA$284,241 Executive Director (April-present) $51,326 $58,050 2024
Intown Concord NH$284,189 Executive Di $75,487 $78,404 2024
The Foundation For Community Betterment VA$302,924 Executive Director $44,710 $49,994 2023
South Charleston Convention & WV$304,135 Executive Di $53,560 $65,232 2024
Elizabeth Avenue Partnership Inc NJ$281,262 Executive Director $95,240 $98,476 2023
The Downtown Northampton Association Inc MA$305,416 Executive Director $51,000 $51,551 2024
Kanaka Economic Development Alliance HI$305,646 Executive Director $72,193 $74,852 2023
Washington Business Improvement Dis NJ$279,277 Executive Di $69,507 $71,869 2023
South Central Dakota Regional Council ND$307,001 Executive Director $102,661 $126,727 2024
Virginia Black Chamber Of Commerce Foundation VA$307,711 President $105,883 $118,395 2023
The Design Platform LA$307,980 Secretary $186,153 $237,382 2023
Crawford County Economic Development Par IN$278,080 Executive Director $29,400 $35,905 2023
The Blacksburg Partnership VA$308,696 President $110,738 $120,272 2024
Chris White Community Development Corporation DE$310,665 Director $2,604 $2,868 2024
Central Arkansas Council AR$275,000 Director $5,000 $6,509 2023
Renaissance Heights Foundation TX$274,703 Executive Dir. $105,401 $118,597 2024
Ypo Dfw TX$274,534 Chapter Manager $20,000 $21,923 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Kelley Kahn) 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 157 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $138,422 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.