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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trilogy An Opera Company

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161681342
NJ · NTEE A68
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Maynor, Executive Director / CEO ($19,150) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kevin Maynor — reported title “ARTISTICEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,190 total compensation of comparable organizations → $70,957 $19,150
$6,15310th
$14,99125th
$27,832Median
$46,91175th
$59,40090th
$19,150This org · 34th
p10$6,153
p25$14,991
p50$27,832
p75$46,911
p90$59,400
$19,150

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 NJ 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
Tanner Gift Of Music Trust UT$113,311 Secretary/tr $8,500 $10,031 2023
International Federation For Choral Music TX$113,444 Office Manager $36,960 $41,409 2024
Lake County Symphony CA$114,856 President $1,230 $1,190 2024
Da Capo Virginia VA$103,840 Executive & Vivo Director/past-president $43,633 $47,186 2024
Picco Music Academy Inc CA$96,948 President $15,500 $14,991 2024
The Classical Saxophone Project Inc NY$128,004 President $27,500 $27,832 2024
Musiconnects Inc MA$128,066 Executive Di $65,000 $63,735 2025
Arco Collaborative Inc NY$93,123 President $39,000 $39,471 2024
Spokane Chamber Music Association WA$90,126 Marketing Director $11,100 $11,131 2024
Alice And Eleonore Schoenfeld CA$132,945 Ceo $60,000 $58,028 2024
Korea Music Foundation Inc NY$132,970 President $3,000 $3,126 2023
International Jazz Day Az AZ$87,344 Executive Dir. $18,215 $19,620 2024
Music For Autism CA$87,168 Executive Director $35,744 $35,591 2023
William Lewis School Of Opera TX$135,149 Vice President $36,000 $40,333 2024
York County Honors Choirs Inc PA$137,484 Executive Director $26,000 $29,040 2024
Agc Of Oklahoma Education Foundation OK$82,641 Executive Director $13,188 $16,746 2023
Festival Music Society Inc IN$78,111 Managing Director $22,800 $26,930 2024
Composers Now Inc NY$145,117 Board Chair Artistic Director $34,275 $34,689 2024
Songs Of Solomon An Inspirational Ensemble Inc NY$146,131 President $24,412 $25,437 2023
Detroit Performing Artists Inc MI$153,760 Executive Di $21,186 $25,216 2023
Alleghany Jam NC$155,028 Executive Director $53,791 $60,646 2025
C'est Bon Music Inc CA$156,557 Ceo $14,300 $13,830 2024
One Heart Beat Inc GA$156,857 Co-founder & Executive Dir $50,000 $56,308 2024
Seasun Theatre Artist Group CA$157,161 Director $6,940 $6,910 2023
Cleveland Rocks Past Present And Future OH$159,775 Key Employee $15,600 $19,053 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Kevin Maynor) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,150 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.