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Compensation Comparability Determination

Newport Festivals Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274099544
MA · NTEE A68
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Albert Jay Sweet, Executive Director / CEO ($348,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 315 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Albert Jay Sweet — reported title “BOARD MEMBER/EXECUTIVE DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

315 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 315 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,835 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,126,726 $348,200
$133,40810th
$200,98125th
$280,368Median
$363,36875th
$470,69690th
$348,200This org · 71st
p10$133,408
p25$200,981
p50$280,368
p75$363,368
p90$470,696
$348,200

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 MA 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
Sanford Laboratories For Innovative CA$12,532,763 Cfo $247,852 $245,202 2023
National Links Trust DC$12,540,988 Executive Director $108,104 $108,685 2023
Holocaust Memorial Foundation Of Illinois Inc IL$12,544,688 Chief Executive Officer $457,177 $500,167 2024
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association CA$12,509,950 Interim President/ceo Thru 1/1/24 $181,058 $173,983 2024
The Childrens Museum Of Denver Inc CO$12,509,117 President An $328,858 $341,866 2025
🔒 310 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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:

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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.