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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Solas Nua Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202454448
DC · NTEE A65
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andrew Dolan, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 319 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

319 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 319 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$888 total compensation of comparable organizations → $215,918 $75,000
$16,56410th
$39,59125th
$59,228Median
$78,52275th
$98,89290th
$75,000This org · 71st
p10$16,564
p25$39,591
p50$59,228
p75$78,522
p90$98,892
$75,000

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 DC 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
Augusta Mini Theatre Inc GA$500,509 Executive Direc $31,777 $37,486 2023
Prospect Theater Project CA$500,736 Executive Dir. $29,449 $28,978 2024
One More Productions Inc CA$498,048 President $80,514 $79,227 2024
The Sacred Fools Theater CA$501,859 Managing Director $27,500 $27,060 2024
Georgia Ensemble Theatre Company GA$497,310 Producing Artistic Director $38,347 $43,938 2024
Tennessee Theater Company TN$495,163 Director $96,000 $114,992 2024
Lubbock Community Theatre TX$504,919 Executive Dir. $48,830 $57,306 2023
Theatre 831 CA$494,859 Artistic Director $50,400 $51,060 2023
Children's Theatre Of Annapolis Inc MD$505,114 Executive Director $53,939 $57,466 2024
Educational Theatre Company VA$494,757 Managing Director $78,896 $89,373 2023
Fort Hill Performing Arts Center Inc NY$494,348 President $36,067 $37,140 2024
Lifeline Productions Inc IL$493,881 Managing Dir. $30,010 $32,754 2025
The New Harmony Project Inc IN$506,461 Executive Artistic Director $36,372 $43,710 2024
Shattered Globe Theatre IL$490,442 Director $75,000 $84,024 2024
Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd NY$510,205 Executive Dir. $53,083 $54,662 2024
Theatre Tallahassee Inc FL$510,540 Executive Director $80,719 $88,964 2023
Great Barrington Public Theater Inc MA$488,819 Development Director $41,250 $42,241 2024
Mabou Mines Development Foundation Inc NY$488,018 President $18,120 $18,659 2024
Green Room Theatre Company CA$513,689 Executive Artistic Director $23,950 $23,567 2024
Salt Pa PA$486,137 Vice President $37,233 $43,562 2023
Coastal Stages Inc FL$514,108 Executive Director $88,302 $97,322 2023
New Light Theater Project Inc NY$514,137 Director $55,000 $56,636 2024
Alpine Theatre Project Inc MT$514,262 Executive Di $46,568 $57,203 2024
Halifax Repertory Theatre FL$485,446 President $22,500 $23,466 2025
Vermont Stage Company VT$485,273 Executive Di $60,000 $68,820 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Andrew Dolan) 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 319 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.