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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Timeless Melodies Fnd For Education Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200275765
CA · NTEE A68
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Larry Maurer, Executive Director / CEO ($23,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 226 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Larry Maurer — reported title “Executive Direc”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

226 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 226 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,494 $23,750
$3,69710th
$8,01325th
$19,295Median
$34,42775th
$56,71390th
$23,750This org · 57th
p10$3,697
p25$8,013
p50$19,295
p75$34,427
p90$56,713
$23,750

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
The Houston Center For After School Jazz Programs TX$55,008 Musician $1,950 $2,319 2024
Club Portuguese Of Stockton California CA$55,235 Secretary $1,200 $1,268 2023
Story Preservation Initiative NH$55,576 Executive Director $26,918 $30,418 2023
Good News Unlimited CA$54,482 President $25,144 $26,572 2023
The Society For The Restoration Of The Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium IN$54,419 Manager $12,962 $16,729 2023
Western North Carolina Journalism NC$55,767 Executive Director $53,333 $65,507 2024
Zumix Firehouse Inc MA$54,182 Clerk $8,417 $8,991 2024
Olathe Youth Symphony Association KS$54,116 Music Director $6,500 $8,132 2025
Juneteenth Festival Inc NY$54,055 Office Clerk $12,352 $13,268 2024
Sandhills Family Heritage Association NC$53,524 Executive Director $17,854 $21,929 2024
Sherwood Forest Foundation MO$56,861 Executive Director $42,364 $54,913 2023
216 E Washington Blvd Foundation IN$56,979 Treasurer $1,000 $1,291 2023
Central Texas Musical Arts TX$57,008 Music And Artistic Director $5,430 $6,457 2024
Beethoven Festival Orchestra Inc NY$52,957 President $2,000 $2,148 2024
Ingersoll Gender Center WA$52,906 Executive Director $108,414 $118,789 2023
Southwest Florida Military Museum & Library Inc FL$57,296 Vp Aug - Dec $12,600 $15,080 2022
Educational Center For The Blind And The Handicapped Of Puerto Rico PR$52,731 Director $3,551 $3,753 2023
The Legacy Project Inc VA$57,462 Executive Director $16,540 $19,545 2023
Fashion Accessories Benefit Ball Inc CT$57,479 Executive Director $45,000 $51,636 2023
Saecula Choir Foundation Inc CT$52,519 President $16,000 $17,832 2024
Pearl's Serenity House PA$52,498 President $45,100 $55,042 2023
Evansville Civic Theatre Inc IN$52,360 Managing Artist Director $14,216 $17,361 2025
Shands Auxiliary Inc FL$52,360 Chairman/president/ceo Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics (Thru July 2022) $38,142 $43,852 2023
Trinity Communication Group Inc IN$58,094 Director $18,000 $22,564 2024
Oliver Hazard Perry Shipyard PA$58,200 Executive Director/ceo/pre $20,630 $24,456 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2025 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Larry Maurer) 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 226 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,750 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.