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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Main Street Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222888176
VT · NTEE A20Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Storrow, Executive Director / CEO ($30,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 190 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ashley Storrow — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

190 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 190 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$628 total compensation of comparable organizations → $292,220 $30,300
$7,41810th
$21,82725th
$41,663Median
$58,25375th
$73,58190th
$30,300This org · 36th
p10$7,418
p25$21,827
p50$41,663
p75$58,253
p90$73,581
$30,300

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 VT 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
Carl Cherry Foundation CA$180,011 Executive Director $46,501 $40,949 2024
Tualatin Valley Creates OR$183,224 Executive Director $47,578 $45,059 2024
Orlando Community Arts Inc FL$183,943 President $13,500 $13,315 2023
Second's New Vision And Outreach Ministries MI$184,006 Board Member $9,450 $9,947 2024
Folk School Of Fayetteville Inc AR$184,466 Officer $11,400 $13,454 2023
Eleventh Hour Prayer Network Inc AZ$184,686 President $297,950 $292,220 2024
Creative Downtown Appleton Inc WI$175,874 Executive Director $3,167 $3,373 2024
Western Justice OR$186,494 Director/sec/treas $30,000 $28,412 2024
Leadership Hendricks County IN$186,890 Executive Director $55,860 $60,074 2024
Capitol View Arts TX$187,062 President $66,000 $67,328 2024
Zgd Inc NY$173,301 Director $1,000 $949 2023
Arts & Crafts Association Of Meriden CT$188,286 Treasurer $34,546 $32,181 2025
Snap Cultural Events Inc FL$173,240 President $33,660 $33,200 2023
Bird & Beckett CA$188,725 Treasurer $27,759 $25,167 2023
88 International Corp NY$171,603 President $23,650 $21,794 2024
Prizm Projects Inc FL$190,595 President $2,500 $2,567 2022
Port Warwick Foundation VA$191,200 Executive Director $32,020 $32,460 2023
North Bend Downtown Foundation WA$191,687 Executive Director $75,164 $68,628 2024
Fundacion Nacional Para La Cultura Popular PR$169,885 Administratror $9,000 $9,238 2024
Walking Shadow Theatre Company MN$169,065 Executive Director $6,500 $6,381 2025
Arts Center In Orange Inc VA$192,812 Executive Director $52,500 $51,695 2024
Appalachian Arts Craft Center Inc TN$168,701 Executive Director $48,115 $51,577 2024
Ne Sculpture Gallery Factory MN$168,662 Secretary $59,833 $60,293 2024
Center For Arts & Learning Inc VT$168,343 Executive Director $28,411 $30,024 2023
Philadelphia Folklore Project PA$193,855 Executive Di $13,000 $13,221 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Ashley Storrow) 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 190 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,300 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.