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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Minnesota Chorale

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237272193
MN · NTEE A6B2
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alyssa K Breece, Executive Director / CEO ($65,208) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 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: Alyssa K Breece — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,603 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,283 $65,208
$29,49810th
$43,02425th
$62,877Median
$83,41875th
$103,57890th
$65,208This org · 55th
p10$29,498
p25$43,024
p50$62,877
p75$83,418
p90$103,578
$65,208

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 MN 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
Chamber Music Charleston SC$435,776 President And Artistic Director $101,109 $106,750 2025
Vox Femina Los Angeles CA$447,588 Executive Dir. $97,000 $87,010 2024
American Festival Chorus UT$448,629 Manag. Director $30,000 $31,896 2024
Girls Choral Academy MI$428,431 Executive Director $87,750 $91,662 2025
Pacific Youth Choir OR$460,226 Executive Di $69,525 $67,071 2024
Society For The Preservation Of MO$412,643 Executive Director $29,500 $32,458 2024
Kantorei CO$475,392 Managing Artistic Director $82,086 $81,765 2024
The Hymn Society In The United States DC$399,922 Executive Director $102,302 $96,011 2023
Columbus & Central Ohio Children's OH$399,094 Managing Dir $57,225 $61,339 2025
Miami Childrens Chorus Inc FL$398,251 Executive Director $48,600 $48,828 2023
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus AZ$481,517 Director $86,466 $86,384 2024
Voena CA$390,949 Executive Director $110,167 $98,821 2024
Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale MN$490,284 President & Ceo $68,428 $68,428 2025
Allegro Choirs Of Kansas City Inc KS$494,052 President $97,640 $106,753 2025
Singomaha Inc NE$379,388 Executive Di $75,000 $86,272 2023
Portland Symphonic Girlchoir Assn OR$507,452 Executive Director $46,830 $45,177 2024
The City Choir Of Washington DC$369,405 Artistic Director/ex Officio $80,000 $72,927 2024
Texas Girls Choir Inc TX$513,289 Director $80,000 $83,131 2024
San Diego Gay Men's Chorus Inc CA$513,850 Executive Director $44,023 $40,656 2023
Association Of Dominican Classical NY$515,299 Executive Dir. $36,213 $33,117 2025
Colorado Springs Children's Chorale CO$518,684 Executive Di $42,000 $40,757 2025
Roanoke Valley Childrens Choir Inc VA$360,633 Rvcc Director $74,106 $74,330 2024
Arkansas Choral Directors AR$359,780 Exec Director $55,000 $64,222 2024
Broadway Inspirational Voices Inc NY$523,438 Executive Dir. $45,000 $42,242 2024
Musyca CA$530,040 Ceo $24,000 $22,164 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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)55th
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 (Alyssa K Breece) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A6B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,208 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.