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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Centerstage Theatre Company

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300259599
CO · NTEE A65
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony Sandoval, Executive Director / CEO ($1,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 320 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

320 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 320 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$723 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,838 $1,200
$10,02110th
$25,42725th
$44,806Median
$62,27475th
$76,58090th
$1,200This org · 2nd
p10$10,021
p25$25,427
p50$44,806
p75$62,274
p90$76,580
$1,200

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 CO 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
Rorschach Theatre DC$360,105 Board Of Directors And Co-artistic Director $61,231 $56,036 2024
New York Neo-futurists NY$358,046 Co-artistic Director $67,734 $65,717 2023
Wimberley Players Inc TX$357,953 Technical Director $52,824 $56,734 2023
Soho Think Tank Inc NY$362,005 Member/ad $47,536 $46,120 2023
Youth Performance Company MN$357,276 Managing Director $76,470 $78,801 2024
The Children's Theatre Company Inc NY$356,467 Executive Artistic Director $4,800 $4,657 2023
Manitou Art Theatre CO$356,011 Executive Director $39,234 $40,393 2023
Facetime Theatre Inc PA$364,499 Executive Director $17,504 $18,742 2023
Parkway Playhouse Of Burnsville NC$365,272 Exc Director $31,607 $34,059 2024
Prime Stage PA$365,478 Treasurer $7,600 $8,137 2023
Oklahoma Shakespeare In The Park OK$365,936 Exec & Artis $58,168 $66,798 2024
Capital City Theatre WI$365,982 Managing Director/director $43,652 $48,948 2023
Scoundrel And Scamp Theatre Inc AZ$352,459 Artistic Dir $9,750 $9,779 2024
Richmond Shakespeare VA$367,435 Managing Director $60,000 $62,201 2023
New Art City Theatre CA$352,132 Founder/arti $23,500 $21,163 2024
Hope Stone Inc TX$351,828 Founder & President $70,000 $73,025 2024
Centerstage Theatre WA$351,431 Executive Director $53,440 $51,370 2023
Spotlight Youth Theatre AZ$368,952 Managing Director $11,050 $11,410 2023
Summit Theatre Group MO$369,198 President $1,980 $2,187 2024
Co Lab Theater Group Inc NY$369,803 Executive Director Resigned 1/14/24 $89,374 $84,224 2024
Filament Theatre Ensemble Nfp IL$347,996 Ex Officio $46,875 $49,480 2023
Ridgway Chautauqua CO$372,005 Executive Director $133,883 $137,838 2023
North American Cultural Laboratory NY$347,461 Executive Di $45,013 $42,419 2024
Ensemble Studio Theatre The La Project CA$372,384 Artistic Director $14,500 $13,443 2023
Labyrinth Inc NY$346,568 Interim Managing Director $16,000 $15,078 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted3rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Anthony Sandoval) 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 320 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,200 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.