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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southern Shakespeare Company

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300749713
FL · NTEE A99
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bianca Montague, Executive Director / CEO ($41,082) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 90 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

90 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 90 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$774 total compensation of comparable organizations → $121,896 $41,082
$11,43210th
$25,73725th
$50,855Median
$68,43675th
$77,83590th
$41,082This org · 39th
p10$11,432
p25$25,737
p50$50,855
p75$68,436
p90$77,835
$41,082

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 FL 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
Center Stage Inc MS$269,178 Artistic Director $33,034 $38,155 2025
On Our Own Of Roanoke Valley Inc VA$269,820 Exec Director $56,423 $57,992 2024
Teen Start Program OH$270,544 Greathouse $10,367 $12,033 2023
Love Bldg Incorporated MI$268,289 Executive Director 18 Million Rising $11,004 $12,447 2023
Create Wisconsin Inc WI$270,848 Executive Dir. $61,667 $68,556 2024
Korea Creative Content Agency Inc NY$271,047 President $11,950 $11,495 2024
Studio 395 Foundation CA$265,130 Ceo $39,520 $36,326 2024
Wi Fairs Inc WI$274,828 Executive Di $33,000 $36,686 2024
Academy Of Criminal Sciences MD$275,171 Exec. Dir. $77,000 $76,630 2024
Art Camp 504 LA$262,363 Executive Director $51,150 $59,955 2024
Arts In Health Ocala Metro Inc FL$278,656 Executive Di $75,140 $77,359 2023
Hear Now Music Festival CA$280,055 President And Artistic Direct $40,500 $38,326 2023
Sacred Lands Conservancy WA$258,606 President $16,800 $16,011 2024
Minnesota Council Of Teachers Of Mathematics MN$281,564 Executive Director $11,220 $12,150 2023
Bailey Foundation MO$255,540 Executive Director $44,880 $52,095 2023
Ssj Inc OR$254,528 Executive Dir. $66,600 $67,781 2023
Mariachi Womens Foundation CA$253,146 Executive Dir. $50,000 $47,317 2023
Denver Architecture Foundation CO$253,046 Executive Dir. $66,975 $70,381 2023
Recreation Foundation Inc OR$286,403 President $30,000 $30,532 2023
Save The Hampton House Incorporated IL$287,280 President And Chairman $48,846 $52,628 2023
Leu Civic Center Inc IL$288,552 Executive Di $34,774 $36,391 2024
Territory Nfp IL$249,132 Executive Director $66,221 $69,301 2024
Portsmouth Museums Foundation VA$290,118 Interim Executive Director $53,840 $55,337 2024
Arts In Ct CT$246,837 Executive Di $74,366 $76,415 2023
City Of Miami Black Police Precinct FL$292,864 Executive Di $83,077 $83,077 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Bianca Montague) 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 90 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,082 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.