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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Brew House Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251676975
PA · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Natalie Sweet, Executive Director / CEO ($47,661) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 198 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Natalie Sweet — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

198 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 198 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$41 total compensation of comparable organizations → $466,562 $47,661
$11,33110th
$22,90025th
$53,712Median
$77,87475th
$102,43090th
$47,661This org · 44th
p10$11,331
p25$22,900
p50$53,712
p75$77,874
p90$102,430
$47,661

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
Midnight Circus In The Parks IL$292,133 President & Secretary $65,000 $62,241 2024
Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation OR$293,154 Director $12,259 $10,802 2025
Northeast States Emergency Consortium Inc MA$289,654 Executive Director $89,364 $78,216 2024
Discover Sugar River Region Foundation NH$295,525 Executive Director $47,953 $42,016 2025
Wisconsin Environmental Initiative Inc WI$285,741 President $235,712 $246,852 2023
Boulevard Harambee MI$299,527 President $14,243 $14,742 2023
Unitypoint Health-marshalltown IA$285,145 Former President/ceo Amhc (To 8/23) $136,439 $145,509 2024
Broken Men Foundation VA$284,925 Chief Officer $15,100 $14,201 2024
Storeydreams Foundation Inc CA$284,256 President $153,377 $132,809 2023
Slavic International Association WA$283,976 President $57,600 $50,229 2024
Shoreline Public Schools Foundation WA$301,206 Executive Director $40,240 $35,091 2024
Poway Valley Water Polo Club Inc CA$301,640 President $3,749 $3,153 2024
Autism Connection Of Pa PA$301,785 President And Ceo $29,280 $29,280 2023
Padre Pio Academy CA$302,702 Principal $20,700 $17,924 2023
Westchester Putnam Health Management Systems Inc NY$305,000 Director/president $116,415 $102,461 2024
Colorado Park Housing Corporation CA$306,194 President & Ceo $65,738 $56,922 2023
Orange County Bar Association Charitable CA$306,363 Ceo / Executive Director $17,519 $14,734 2024
New York State Recreation & NY$306,420 Executive Dir. $55,000 $48,407 2024
Music Mends Minds Inc CA$278,012 Executive Director $98,000 $82,423 2024
Mariposa Housing Inc CA$307,819 Executive Dir. $3,602 $3,030 2024
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Center CA$307,891 Executive Dir. $93,222 $78,404 2024
Sharecare Faith In Action PA$275,686 Executive Dir. $63,041 $61,232 2024
James Demelo Ministries TX$274,491 President $150,000 $146,147 2024
Baltimore Zionist District Inc MD$310,449 Executive Di $109,000 $99,256 2024
Salem Arms Community Housing WA$310,832 Executive Director $71,600 $62,438 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Natalie Sweet) 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 198 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,661 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.