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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Theatre Network Of Texas Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237258333
TX · NTEE A190
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dennis Yslas, Executive Director / CEO ($58,665) against the 2000 closest of 2,011 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dennis Yslas — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,011 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $286,456 $58,665
$6,41110th
$19,11825th
$37,982Median
$57,20275th
$74,94990th
$58,665This org · 77th
p10$6,411
p25$19,118
p50$37,982
p75$57,202
p90$74,949
$58,665

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 TX 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
Youth Chorale Of Central Minnesota MN$198,106 Executive Director $40,000 $39,512 2024
Fort Totten Little Theater Company ND$198,130 President $1,500 $1,694 2023
Connecticut Society Of Genealogists Inc CT$197,852 Office Manager $47,234 $43,132 2025
Make Music Nola LA$197,775 Executive Director $90,268 $96,805 2025
Charles Houston Cultural Project Inc MA$197,585 President $16,798 $15,090 2024
Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation CA$198,559 Executive Director $52,382 $45,218 2024
Lynnville Area Arts Association Inc TN$198,597 Executive Director $16,900 $18,283 2023
Oklahoma City Art Museum Affiliated OK$198,654 Secretary $25,864 $29,312 2023
Empact Inc NY$198,656 President $5,000 $4,517 2024
Children's Theatre Of Southern Indiana IN$198,732 Ceo $45,031 $46,249 2025
Boulder School For German Language And Culture CO$198,752 President $27,093 $26,738 2023
Yeiser Art Center Inc KY$198,758 Exec Director $42,921 $47,460 2023
Open Source Media Inc MA$197,246 President & Director $73,462 $65,994 2024
Dimensions Variable (Dv) FL$198,940 Co-founder & Chair $21,754 $20,430 2024
What A Do Theatre MI$198,941 Executive Di $53,109 $53,388 2025
Glendale Arts CA$199,034 Ceo $89,804 $75,523 2025
Massachusetts Educational Theater MA$199,088 Exec Director (Ex-officio) $23,004 $21,275 2023
Franklin Pond Chamber Music Inc GA$196,945 Executive Director $25,000 $25,129 2024
Volunteer Odyssey TN$196,873 Executive Director $67,379 $70,803 2024
Hale Puna HI$196,791 Treasurer $21,224 $18,996 2024
International Horn Society CA$199,373 Executive Director $44,000 $37,982 2024
Alliance Francaise & Language Ctr RI$199,404 Former Direc $11,600 $10,833 2025
National Museum Of Gospel Music IL$196,675 President And Executive Director $68,750 $67,568 2024
Orlando Gay Chorus Inc FL$199,468 Treasurer $6,500 $5,947 2025
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum On IL$199,486 President $30,200 $30,558 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Dennis Yslas) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,665 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.