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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mainstreet Las Vegas Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203922979
NM · NTEE A80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John M Peranteau, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: John M Peranteau — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$215 total compensation of comparable organizations → $201,399 $25,000
$3,14510th
$12,42825th
$21,386Median
$28,03875th
$47,10190th
$25,000This org · 65th
p10$3,145
p25$12,428
p50$21,386
p75$28,038
p90$47,101
$25,000

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 NM 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
Whitesville Historical Society Inc KY$86,210 Executive Di $21,012 $21,609 2023
Jackson County Historical Society IA$84,497 Curator $25,000 $25,450 2024
The Nolumbeka Project Inc MA$83,733 President $250 $215 2023
Dublin Community Center NH$87,586 Center Director $24,999 $21,462 2024
Crawford Family Historical Museum Inc TX$87,830 Secretary-treasurer $29,952 $28,680 2023
Electrical Workers Historical Society DC$81,472 President (Eff. 1/4/23) $239,765 $201,399 2023
Historical Society Of Perry County PA$91,041 Employee $930 $862 2024
Historic Marion Revitalization SC$91,900 Executive Dir. $27,394 $25,886 2025
Historic Poole Forge Inc PA$77,468 Director $45,200 $41,909 2024
Fort Preservation Society CA$75,251 Executive Director $14,880 $12,300 2023
Old Santa Fe Association Inc NM$96,670 Executive Di $69,783 $69,783 2024
Historic St Mary's Mission Inc MT$97,317 Executive Director $24,249 $24,303 2024
Appelo Archives Center WA$73,356 Administration $23,914 $20,494 2023
Central European History Society GA$72,068 Editor Of Ce $1,000 $963 2023
Exchange Arts PA$99,483 Executive Director $51,674 $49,326 2023
Goldfield Superstition Historical Society Inc AZ$102,180 Clerk $29,200 $26,110 2024
Friends Of Col Ben Stephenson House IL$68,398 Museum Director $44,318 $41,706 2023
Heath Community Arts Council OH$67,989 Executive Di $40,000 $40,553 2023
Waupaca Historical Society WI$66,228 Director $24,473 $23,763 2024
Hartford Preservation Alliance Inc CT$66,165 Executive Dir. $21,000 $18,847 2023
Center For Civil War Photograp PA$63,774 Exec Director $5,400 $5,007 2024
The John P Parker Historical Society Inc OH$63,235 Docent $10,179 $10,320 2023
Hawaii Japanese Center HI$61,982 President $24,700 $20,561 2024
Reflections Of Manatee Inc FL$61,848 Executive Director $5,000 $4,496 2023
Shelton Historical Society Inc CT$111,059 Executive Director $24,445 $21,310 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (John M Peranteau) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,000 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.