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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Huntington Dance Theatre Ltd

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311559990
WV · NTEE A62Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kayleigh Stevens, Executive Director / CEO ($11,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kayleigh Stevens — reported title “Studio Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$260 total compensation of comparable organizations → $130,535 $11,600
$5,31210th
$15,75925th
$29,247Median
$46,43475th
$62,65190th
$11,600This org · 20th
p10$5,312
p25$15,759
p50$29,247
p75$46,434
p90$62,651
$11,600

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 WV 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
Leap Of Faith Arts Ministries IL$204,024 Director $18,819 $17,592 2023
Edge School Of The Arts Dance Legacy Inc NY$204,650 Director $80,000 $68,738 2023
Eryc Taylor Dance Incorporated NY$205,752 President $24,700 $21,223 2023
Arts Live Theatre Inc AR$206,979 Executive Director $42,760 $44,391 2024
Nrithya Sangeeth IL$206,990 Officer $90,000 $84,132 2023
Traffic Jam Inc IL$210,150 President $9,895 $8,985 2024
Ballet Des Ameriques School & Company Inc NY$195,967 Pres/exec Director $33,866 $28,264 2024
Heart Of Dance MN$212,823 Interim Executive Director $47,878 $43,694 2024
Fist & Heel Performance Group NY$191,790 Executive Director $35,800 $29,878 2024
Jon Lehrer Dance Inc NY$216,161 Artistic Director/board Member $36,800 $29,920 2025
Black Label Movement MN$216,725 President $13,327 $11,848 2025
Pack Dance MO$216,838 Executive Director $84,078 $82,246 2024
Keigwin And Company Inc NY$190,606 Executive Di $51,458 $44,214 2023
New Dialect TN$217,297 Director $44,375 $44,352 2023
Miami Dance Futures Inc FL$217,941 President $4,560 $4,074 2023
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Of Wisconsin Inc WI$218,705 Executive Director $51,420 $49,597 2024
Nca Dance Studio CA$188,340 Director $4,421 $3,630 2023
Homestead Youth Arts Center Inc FL$219,882 President $29,500 $25,595 2024
Issaquah Dance Theatre Ensemble WA$220,686 Artistic Dir $103,462 $85,551 2024
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company Inc NY$221,500 Director $12,040 $10,048 2024
Anikaya Akhra Inc MA$185,771 Artistic Director $9,700 $8,050 2024
Dance Masters Of New England Chapter 5 Inc MA$222,168 President $1,000 $830 2024
Calidanza Dance Company CA$185,250 C/o $18,575 $14,814 2024
Namah Ensemble Inc CA$223,420 Director/pre $23,000 $18,343 2024
Tl Tango Lovers Organization Inc FL$223,495 Coo $21,600 $19,294 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Kayleigh Stevens) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $11,600 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.