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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Basque Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260513270
ID · NTEE A60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patty Gabica Haas, Executive Director / CEO ($13,071) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 136 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Patty Gabica Haas — reported title “SECRETARY/TR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

136 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 136 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,155 $13,071
$14,55410th
$29,57025th
$48,953Median
$61,33275th
$85,21990th
$13,071This org · 10th
p10$14,554
p25$29,570
p50$48,953
p75$61,332
p90$85,219
$13,071

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 ID 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
Marquee Youth Stage IL$439,452 Executive Dir. $61,154 $54,895 2024
Cincinnati Children's Choir OH$431,289 Executive Director $44,425 $41,855 2025
Urban Music Theatre Inc IN$430,269 Executive Director/vice Chairman $40,000 $38,515 2024
Portland Taiko OR$430,188 Board Member $1,025 $869 2024
Bitterroot Performing Arts Council Inc MT$468,455 Executive Dir. $21,376 $20,497 2025
Katia And Company Inc CA$427,041 President $1,800 $1,461 2023
Conundrum Theatre Company Inc CA$424,860 Executive Direc $88,720 $69,950 2024
Roshni CO$423,743 Executive/artistic Director $99,000 $86,677 2024
Hued Songs Inc FL$475,996 President $51,600 $44,261 2024
Ethel's Foundation For The Arts Inc NY$476,928 Director $65,250 $55,426 2023
Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation Corp NY$418,930 Chairman $109,334 $92,873 2023
Les Delices OH$478,951 Executive Di $73,568 $69,312 2025
Theater Reaching Young People & Schools MO$417,834 Executive Artistic Director $45,000 $43,519 2024
Cypress Creek Foundation For The TX$482,142 Executive Di $67,500 $61,651 2024
Mondo Bizarro Productions LA$414,694 Executive Director $7,000 $7,246 2023
New Mexico Jazz Workshop Inc NM$482,828 Director $62,345 $61,226 2024
Music Export Memphis TN$412,991 Executive Director. $90,857 $87,201 2024
Luminary Arts Corporation CA$410,560 President $60,331 $47,567 2024
Child Hope International CA$410,405 Executive Director $94,738 $74,695 2024
Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute PA$487,691 Executive Director $38,000 $35,623 2023
Marion Art Center Inc MA$487,843 Executive Dir. $77,171 $63,319 2024
Linton Incorporated OH$407,275 Executive Director $65,291 $65,007 2023
Notable Music And Arts Organization CA$490,000 Officer, Director $30,000 $23,653 2024
Gilmer Arts & Heritage Association GA$406,349 Excutive Director $48,000 $44,068 2024
Riverside Arts Center Foundation Inc MI$405,796 Executive Dir. $88,580 $83,482 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Patty Gabica Haas) 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 136 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,071 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.