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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Comparative Literature

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203083618
IL · NTEE A70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Fanucchi, Executive Director / CEO ($85,586) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Danielle Fanucchi — reported title “Chief Admin Off”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$263 total compensation of comparable organizations → $111,027 $85,586
$7,74310th
$26,62425th
$46,520Median
$62,04275th
$84,79290th
$85,586This org · 90th
p10$7,743
p25$26,624
p50$46,520
p75$62,042
p90$84,792
$85,586

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 IL 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
Faulkner Morgan Archive KY$288,069 President & Executive Director $52,771 $57,669 2023
Western Political Science Association OR$288,787 Executive Dir. $7,000 $6,422 2024
Atlanta Writers Club GA$289,485 Executive Director $31,500 $32,217 2023
Lama Foundation NM$280,456 Director $1,008 $1,103 2023
Christian Home Educators Assn Of Calif CA$278,232 Treasurer $300 $263 2023
Project Sycamore A Nfp Corporation TX$273,382 Executive Director $84,000 $85,469 2023
Marine Mills Folk School MN$272,489 Pt Exec Dire $23,336 $23,455 2023
Helping Link WA$302,762 Executive Director $125,517 $111,027 2024
Split This Rock Inc DC$267,649 Director $64,281 $57,377 2023
The Aftermath Project Inc CA$303,880 Secretary $51,000 $44,795 2023
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Tyler Inc TX$305,892 Executive Dir. $71,340 $70,505 2024
Association Of Bookmobile & IA$307,645 Executive Director $46,519 $50,323 2024
Arborlea Study Center TX$308,165 Treasurer $27,752 $28,237 2023
Missoula Writing Collaborative MT$309,975 Prev Exec. Dir. $34,808 $37,070 2024
Living Tongues Institute OR$310,319 President $42,000 $39,673 2023
Archaeology In The Community DC$316,182 Executive Director $54,049 $48,244 2023
The Center For Khmer Studies Inc DC$317,166 President & Ceo $50,000 $44,630 2023
Roaring Fork Center For Community CO$249,768 Executive Director $52,772 $49,994 2024
Zbigniew Herbert Polish Supplementary School Of Li Inc NY$244,930 Principal/ceo $17,460 $15,186 2025
Ether Sea Projects Inc Dba Litmus Press NY$243,647 Executive Dir. $22,000 $19,641 2024
Oregon Hope Chinese School OR$329,095 President $73,140 $69,088 2023
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center CA$240,398 Executive Dir. $78,000 $64,829 2025
Northmont Fellowship Association PA$238,368 President $13,000 $12,808 2024
Family Cornerstones Inc TN$237,771 Exec. Director $51,300 $53,276 2024
The 1947 Partition Archive CA$333,750 Executive Dir. $62,000 $54,456 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Danielle Fanucchi) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,586 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.