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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago School Of Violin Making Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300149937
IL · NTEE B30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Antoine Nedelec, Executive Director / CEO ($95,699) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Antoine Nedelec — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,740 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,811 $95,699
$27,88910th
$39,99325th
$69,506Median
$98,41275th
$130,77590th
$95,699This org · 73rd
p10$27,889
p25$39,993
p50$69,506
p75$98,412
p90$130,775
$95,699

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 IL 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
Wisconsin Education Innovations Inc WI$421,906 Executive Director $57,720 $61,316 2024
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 568 Appren MS$433,287 Former Union Trustee $49,040 $55,556 2024
Ironworkers Local #12 Education And NY$434,499 Trustee $75,954 $69,813 2024
Northeast Iowa Ironworkers IA$413,362 Trustee Alte $9,513 $10,322 2025
Unite Here Local 54 Training & NJ$406,192 Chairperson/union Trustee $28,157 $26,327 2023
Restore Texas Ministries TX$449,381 Ceo $68,624 $71,887 2023
Chedvas Bais Yaakov OH$451,871 Trustee $49,756 $53,604 2024
Bell Tech Career Institute TX$452,245 Trustee $81,816 $83,247 2024
Berkeley Herbal Center CA$460,216 Exec Directo $91,616 $80,469 2024
Total Beauty Institute FL$465,191 President $51,269 $48,990 2024
Iowa State Trowel Trades Apprentice IA$385,735 Trustee $102,959 $114,669 2024
Spirit Of Aloha Outreaches HI$375,679 President $102,291 $95,906 2023
Friends Of Amateur Rocketry Inc CA$485,160 President $8,532 $7,715 2023
South Carolina Indian Development Council Inc SC$368,454 Exec. Director $63,346 $65,487 2025
Montana Iec Education MT$487,047 School Admin $72,336 $79,313 2024
Circadium PA$367,508 Executive Director $28,516 $29,780 2023
Aim Inc - Ambitious Imaginative Motivated NJ$488,357 Director Ceo $57,890 $52,574 2024
Regional Training Institute Inc AL$489,416 Director Of Education $38,540 $43,602 2023
Chafer Theological Seminary NM$362,482 President $42,350 $47,701 2023
Urban Youth Racing School Inc PA$359,241 Executive Director $71,760 $74,941 2023
Plumbing-heating-cooling Contractors Academy Of San Diego CA$497,446 Cheif Executive Officer $30,720 $27,779 2023
Upright Wellness Center Inc CA$355,126 Ceo $150,000 $131,750 2024
Journi Incorporated MI$500,222 Chief Executive Officer $96,427 $101,238 2024
Local 107 Development And Training WI$354,146 Union Truste $135,907 $140,653 2025
Association Of Camp Nursing Inc KY$349,998 Ceo $31,577 $34,508 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Antoine Nedelec) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,699 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.