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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Music In Common Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263195366
GA · NTEE A68
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Todd Mack, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 177 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

177 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 177 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$561 total compensation of comparable organizations → $171,043 $60,000
$14,04410th
$31,43725th
$53,248Median
$73,45475th
$90,52390th
$60,000This org · 62nd
p10$14,044
p25$31,437
p50$53,248
p75$73,454
p90$90,523
$60,000

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 GA 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
We Make Noise Inc AZ$395,290 President $52,285 $50,009 2024
Redtone Records CA$395,896 Ed/pres/boar $14,230 $12,581 2023
Porchfest Dc DC$394,155 Co-executive Director $32,092 $28,835 2023
Little Village Foundation CA$392,844 Executive Director $86,000 $76,037 2023
Bach Concert Series Inc MD$397,487 Music Director $40,300 $37,471 2024
Choral Masterworks Festival Inc FL$397,541 Executive Director $59,815 $54,444 2025
Juneau Jazz & Classics AK$390,873 Executive Di $73,253 $71,709 2023
29 11 International Exchange MN$399,583 Executive Artistic Director/co-founder $49,075 $48,227 2024
Ted Brown Music Outreach WA$389,619 Executive Director $36,723 $32,699 2024
Columbia Music Festival Association SC$388,941 Exec Director $81,250 $84,301 2024
American Choral Directors Association Of MN$386,926 Executive Director $98,504 $94,307 2025
Summit Choral Society Inc OH$385,171 Executive Dir. $80,720 $85,029 2024
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra CA$405,189 President $40,000 $35,366 2023
Aiken Music Festival SC$383,906 Executive Di $75,000 $77,817 2024
Vibe Of Portland OR$408,947 Executive Director, Founder, Board President $44,700 $41,285 2024
Global Arts Corporation CA$380,948 Ceo $63,009 $54,112 2024
Corpsvets Inc GA$376,069 Executive Director $16,196 $16,196 2024
Girls Rock Dc Inc DC$375,969 Executive Director $61,270 $53,473 2024
Friends Of The Orchestra CO$374,591 Executive Dir. $29,345 $27,985 2024
Jazz At The Ballroom Inc CA$416,145 Executive Direc $2,414 $2,134 2023
Chamber Music Monterey Bay CA$373,584 Operations Manager $69,075 $59,321 2024
Chamber Music Society Of St Louis Inc MO$418,086 Executive & Artistic Director $67,250 $70,840 2024
Fontana Chamber Arts MI$371,972 Director $53,523 $53,527 2025
Free Guitars 4 Kids MN$369,229 Executive Director $112,198 $113,516 2023
Creative Ability Development Inc NY$420,918 Vice Chair/executive Director $83,488 $77,247 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA cost of living and 2024 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 GA 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Todd Mack) 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 177 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.