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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Threshold Choir

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261852507
CA · NTEE A6B
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leeann Enright, Executive Director / CEO ($69,949) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 57 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

57 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 57 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,736 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,850 $69,949
$12,97910th
$22,58525th
$42,882Median
$61,50075th
$74,48090th
$69,949This org · 86th
p10$12,979
p25$22,585
p50$42,882
p75$61,500
p90$74,480
$69,949

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 CA 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
Heartland Youth Choir IA$231,728 Former Artistic Director $31,790 $39,154 2024
Orpheus Male Chorus Of Phoenix AZ$232,072 Artistic Director Exofficio Board Member $49,873 $53,952 2024
The Mississippi Mass Choir Ministries Inc MS$226,110 President $14,000 $17,539 2024
Bucks County Choral Society PA$219,753 Ex Officio $36,000 $40,382 2024
Chattanooga Boys Choir TN$243,379 Finance Director $42,292 $48,716 2025
Bach Cantata Choir OR$243,472 President & Artistic Director $5,000 $5,223 2024
Youth Chorus Of Kansas City Inc MO$217,944 Executive Officer $36,000 $41,785 2025
The Lira Ensemble IL$216,384 Artistic Director Gm $4,000 $4,309 2025
Magnum Chorum MN$215,490 Executive Director $18,000 $20,598 2023
Rogue World Music OR$213,377 Executive Director $46,000 $48,051 2024
Northwest Choir Resources WA$212,816 Secretary And Artistic Director $120,000 $120,850 2024
Carolina Master Chorale Inc SC$210,799 Executive Director $17,005 $19,440 2025
Pacific International Choral OR$209,346 Artistic/exe $21,000 $22,585 2023
The Bach Chorale Singers Inc IN$206,377 Managing Dir $24,748 $30,224 2023
Peninsula Cantare A California Nonprofit Benefit Corporation CA$257,317 Artistic Director $64,008 $62,172 2024
Baltimore Childrens Choir Inc MD$257,972 Artistic Director $16,818 $17,230 2025
Classical Chorus Of Abilene TX$203,831 Executive Dir $43,116 $49,947 2023
James Toland Vocal Arts CA$261,470 Executive Dir. $45,000 $43,709 2024
Cantores In Ecclesia OR$200,876 Officer: Choir Music Director <1099-nec> $24,000 $25,070 2024
Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation Inc CT$262,203 Admin. Director $66,589 $70,230 2024
Orlando Gay Chorus Inc FL$199,468 Treasurer $6,500 $6,692 2025
Golden Gate Boys Choir CA$264,289 Artistic Director $26,000 $26,000 2023
Youth Chorale Of Central Minnesota MN$198,106 Executive Director $40,000 $44,459 2024
Saginaw Choral Society Inc MI$266,006 Executive Di $50,000 $58,052 2024
Kidsingers CA$196,337 Executive Dir. $67,275 $63,661 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Leeann Enright) 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 57 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A6B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,949 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.