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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dances For A Variable Population Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264572204
NY · NTEE A62
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Naomi Goldberg Haas, Executive Director / CEO ($69,054) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Naomi Goldberg Haas — reported title “BOARD MEMBER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,887 total compensation of comparable organizations → $290,264 $69,054
$17,70010th
$42,09025th
$67,925Median
$79,07675th
$96,53490th
$69,054This org · 53rd
p10$17,700
p25$42,090
p50$67,925
p75$79,076
p90$96,534
$69,054

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 NY 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
Dance Entropy Inc NY$433,896 Advisor $97,300 $92,072 2025
Dmf Youth Inc NY$417,709 Executive Director, Member $69,200 $69,200 2023
Covenant Ballet Theatre Of Brooklyn NY$475,054 Executive Director $80,000 $77,705 2024
New York Dance Theatre Inc NY$401,286 Executive Artistic Director $43,333 $42,090 2024
Flight Path Dance Foundation Inc NY$396,508 Program Director $106,276 $103,227 2024
Big Dance Theater Inc NY$395,854 Executive Director $80,315 $78,011 2024
Art Sweats Inc NY$379,913 Executive Director $40,270 $40,270 2023
Dance Heginbotham Inc NY$372,989 Artistic Dir $14,675 $13,887 2025
Dancing Dreams NY$524,733 Executive Dir. $69,931 $67,925 2024
Misnomer Inc NY$526,955 Artistic Direct/ceo $290,264 $290,264 2023
Dova Inc NY$541,296 Executive Director And Artistic Director $83,566 $79,076 2025
Dance Project Of Washington Heights Inc NY$545,344 Executive Director/ Director $66,624 $66,624 2023
Diversity Of Dance Inc NY$334,776 Artistic Director $15,825 $15,825 2023
Afro Brazil Arts Inc NY$324,806 Board Chair, President $87,880 $85,359 2024
Latsky Dance Inc NY$324,119 Treasurer $63,500 $63,500 2023
Triskelion Arts-kick-standance Inc NY$573,903 Executive Dir. $62,295 $62,295 2023
Moving Theater NY$306,167 Artist $18,950 $18,950 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Naomi Goldberg 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A62) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,054 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.