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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Franklin Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 231370501
PA · NTEE A25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Larry Dubinski, Executive Director / CEO ($1,063,589) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 86 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

86 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 86 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$40,301 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,073,388 $1,063,589
$215,97410th
$341,95425th
$496,852Median
$687,26675th
$884,50190th
$1,063,589This org · 99th
p10$215,974
p25$341,954
p50$496,852
p75$687,266
p90$884,501
$1,063,589

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 PA 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
Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc FL$51,072,954 President And Ceo $426,035 $401,337 2024
The Brooklyn Institute Of Arts NY$50,937,193 Museum Director $1,059,936 $988,813 2023
Shen Yun Performing Artsinc NY$51,515,988 Board Of Director $43,200 $40,301 2023
Open Technology Fund DC$50,635,708 President $246,480 $216,894 2024
Twin Cities Public Television Inc MN$51,760,017 President & Ceo $495,905 $491,369 2024
🔒 81 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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:

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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.