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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chamber Music Monterey Bay

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237001657
CA · NTEE A680
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alcide Guillory, Executive Director / CEO ($69,075) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alcide Guillory — reported title “OPERATIONS MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,907 $69,075
$13,11110th
$38,60825th
$63,009Median
$85,53275th
$101,23590th
$69,075This org · 55th
p10$13,111
p25$38,608
p50$63,009
p75$85,532
p90$101,235
$69,075

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 CA 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
Take Me To The River Education CA$368,685 Board Member $37,500 $38,608 2023
Global Arts Corporation CA$380,948 Ceo $63,009 $63,009 2024
Camarada Inc CA$356,020 Executive Director $72,750 $70,875 2025
Little Village Foundation CA$392,844 Executive Director $86,000 $88,540 2023
Redtone Records CA$395,896 Ed/pres/boar $14,230 $14,650 2023
Jacarandamusic CA$347,407 Artistic & E $48,000 $48,000 2024
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra CA$405,189 President $40,000 $41,181 2023
Music At Kohl Mansion Inc CA$336,836 Exec. Dir. $90,417 $93,088 2023
Jazz At The Ballroom Inc CA$416,145 Executive Direc $2,414 $2,485 2023
Braver Players Musical Theater Foundation CA$326,173 President $50,000 $50,000 2024
Aimusic Us CA$424,303 Executive Director $90,750 $88,411 2025
United States Open Music Competition CA$318,411 President $1,000 $1,000 2024
Tahoe School Of Music CA$435,812 Director $62,313 $62,313 2024
Los Angeles Youth Symphony Orchestra CA$293,994 President And Program Director $102,000 $105,013 2023
Young Artists Conservatory Of Music CA$459,777 Executive Director And Former Brd Director $28,000 $28,827 2023
Sam First CA$460,597 Executive & Artistic Director $35,305 $35,305 2024
Art Of Elan CA$461,100 Executive Director $78,916 $78,916 2024
Mercury Soul Inc CA$463,634 Executive Dir. $120,000 $116,907 2025
Sweetwater Music Hall Inc CA$282,170 Executive Dir. $68,454 $70,476 2023
Envelop CA$267,859 Executive Dir. $106,000 $106,000 2024
Music City Artist Development CA$267,297 Executive Director $6,955 $6,955 2024
Ppc Entertainment Inc CA$480,329 Artistic Dir. $69,583 $69,583 2024
Music In Place CA$258,414 Mkting Adm Off. $39,708 $39,708 2024
Noe Valley Chamber Music CA$495,560 Co-artistic Director And Co-executive Director, Board Member $74,107 $72,197 2025
Bach Dancing And Dynamite Society Inc CA$496,421 President & Ceo $85,532 $85,532 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Alcide Guillory) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,075 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.