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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wyoming Fine Arts Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311454096
OH · NTEE A250
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ramona Toussaint, Executive Director / CEO ($75,246) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 153 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ramona Toussaint — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

153 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 153 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,697 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,906 $75,246
$20,37710th
$41,92825th
$61,200Median
$79,92275th
$103,91890th
$75,246This org · 69th
p10$20,377
p25$41,928
p50$61,200
p75$79,922
p90$103,918
$75,246

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 OH 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
Bloom Arts Foundation Inc CA$481,207 Ececutive Director $104,137 $84,900 2024
Luna Composition Lab Inc NY$485,571 Executive Director $81,332 $69,389 2024
Trilogy Cultural Arts Centre Inc KS$486,373 Board Member $35,586 $36,298 2024
Tian Yue Academy Of The Arts MA$486,571 Director $48,000 $41,928 2023
Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens CA$476,911 President $37,015 $31,069 2023
The Shine Arts Foundation TX$487,667 President $38,252 $36,127 2024
Renaissance Music Academy Of Va VA$475,464 President $28,456 $26,708 2023
Arthouse Studio Inc CA$489,139 Executive Dir. $113,300 $92,371 2024
Cardboard Cares MN$474,863 President $81,667 $76,189 2024
The Art Guild Of Port Washington Inc NY$490,098 Executive Director $65,885 $56,210 2024
Artists Working In Education Inc WI$491,931 Executive Dir. $85,213 $84,023 2024
Write On Door County Inc WI$494,616 Executive Di $67,191 $66,253 2024
Fellowship School Of Creative Arts TN$495,865 President $52,654 $50,909 2025
Faribault Art Center Inc MN$467,473 Executive Di $61,040 $56,946 2024
Opry Heritage Foundation Of Oklahoma OK$467,347 Executive Director $51,150 $54,748 2023
I-park Foundation Inc CT$497,869 Treasurer $87,808 $80,028 2023
Fabarts Inc GA$464,606 President $64,336 $61,076 2024
North Pole Studio OR$500,055 Executive Director $53,176 $45,422 2025
Teentix WA$463,808 Exec. Dir. $75,968 $64,216 2024
Garage Cultural MI$503,479 Executive Director $24,000 $23,389 2024
Glass Art Kalamazoo MI$459,047 Executive Di $70,265 $70,497 2023
Community School Of Music And Arts Inc NY$458,719 Executive Director $66,346 $56,604 2024
Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions CA$506,580 Executive Director $95,271 $77,672 2024
Batavia Artists Association Nfp Inc IL$457,708 Fmr Exec Direct $28,625 $26,570 2024
Creative Arts Center In Chatham Inc MA$456,071 Executive Di $96,453 $81,834 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Ramona Toussaint) 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 153 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,246 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.