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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Crowley Museum And Nature Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237374527
FL · NTEE A560
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dixie Resnick, Executive Director / CEO ($75,417) against the 2000 closest of 2,975 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dixie Resnick — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,975 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4 total compensation of comparable organizations → $301,153 $75,417
$18,74210th
$38,73425th
$61,457Median
$81,01675th
$99,15690th
$75,417This org · 69th
p10$18,742
p25$38,734
p50$61,457
p75$81,016
p90$99,156
$75,417

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 FL 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
Pawleys Island Festival Of Music SC$461,049 Executive Director $60,000 $64,720 2024
Art Of Elan CA$461,100 Executive Director $78,916 $70,457 2024
Youth Choirs Inc TX$460,601 President $128,750 $133,161 2024
Sam First CA$460,597 Executive & Artistic Director $35,305 $31,521 2024
Childrens Ballet Of San Antonio TX$460,569 Executive Dir. $25,000 $26,620 2023
Southern Memorial Association VA$460,504 Executive Di $65,430 $67,249 2023
Huntington Historical Society NY$461,277 Executive Director $75,500 $70,540 2024
Renewal Ministries TN$461,326 President $63,000 $68,470 2024
Music At Gretna Inc PA$460,354 Executive Di $85,000 $87,642 2024
Arnot Art Museum NY$460,339 Trustee $4 $4 2023
Lowell's Maritime Foundation Inc MA$460,259 Executive Director $75,602 $70,243 2024
Women Wonder Writers CA$460,237 Lead Instructor $42,317 $38,897 2023
Pacific Youth Choir OR$460,226 Executive Di $69,525 $66,756 2024
World Around Inc NY$461,660 Executive Director $120,000 $115,428 2023
Early Ford V-8 Foundation Inc IN$460,035 Secretary $78,040 $87,605 2023
Phoenix Chamber Music Society AZ$461,745 Executive Director $56,375 $57,713 2023
The Story Collider Inc NY$461,809 Executive Dir. $97,565 $91,155 2024
Iris Music Project MD$461,813 Executive Director $85,000 $84,591 2023
Naples Ballet And Company Inc FL$459,852 Coo, Artistic Director $84,938 $82,501 2024
Beaumont Community Players Inc TX$459,825 Executive Dir $75,000 $77,570 2024
Young Artists Conservatory Of Music CA$459,777 Executive Director And Former Brd Director $28,000 $25,737 2023
Sieminski Theater Inc NJ$462,005 President & Ceo $61,550 $56,820 2024
Kona Historical Society HI$459,661 Executive Di $50,375 $46,632 2024
Parent Child Relationship Association Inc NY$459,625 Executive Director $57,487 $53,710 2024
Riverviewjazz Org NJ$462,102 Director $44,000 $40,619 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2023 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 FL 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Dixie Resnick) 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 13, 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 $75,417 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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 13, 2026.