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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Puget Sound Accesscarco Theater

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311791062
WA · NTEE A32
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Johnathon Crick, Executive Director / CEO ($59,211) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,113 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,422 $59,211
$26,57610th
$48,71425th
$67,387Median
$84,76675th
$110,62890th
$59,211This org · 33rd
p10$26,576
p25$48,714
p50$67,387
p75$84,766
p90$110,628
$59,211

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 WA 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
Okemo Valley Tv Corp VT$268,060 Director $67,717 $73,945 2024
Inside Out Media CA$266,598 Executive Direc $52,000 $48,714 2024
Hamilton Wenham Community Access & Media Inc MA$277,593 Key Employee $58,173 $56,713 2024
Nevada County Digital Media Center CA$277,660 President $27,635 $25,221 2025
Springfield Area Public Access VT$262,650 Former Exec Dir $46,565 $50,848 2024
The Defiance Community Cultural OH$259,524 Executive Di $32,692 $38,675 2023
Amesbury Community Television Inc MA$250,491 Exec. Dir. $42,148 $42,304 2023
Billings Community Cable Corp MT$293,831 Executive Director $88,448 $103,435 2024
Community Media Of The Foothills CA$246,617 Executive Dir. $66,620 $64,253 2023
Salisbury Community Tv & Media Center Inc MA$298,299 Executive Director $78,832 $76,853 2024
Summit Public Radio And Tv Inc CO$298,564 Board Member $6,131 $6,378 2024
Community Television Network Inc IL$237,584 Executive Dir. $41,832 $44,617 2024
New Castle Community Television Inc NY$310,078 Executive Di $122,837 $120,422 2024
Christian Education Enterprises Inc IN$227,489 President $20,700 $23,682 2024
Chelsea Community Cable Television Inc MA$219,326 Executive Director $101,780 $96,668 2025
Talking Eyes Media Inc NJ$218,402 Executive Director $85,000 $84,766 2023
Hartford Public Access Television Inc CT$216,000 Executive Director $73,846 $75,116 2024
Pleasantville Community Television Inc NY$211,864 Station Manager $114,138 $111,893 2024
Saco River Community Television ME$210,663 Executive Di $60,802 $66,053 2024
Behold The Lamb Ministries IL$331,541 President $30,000 $31,997 2024
Wayland Community Access And Media Inc MA$335,416 Highly Compensated Employee $115,877 $116,305 2023
Millis Community Media Inc MA$205,615 Board Treasurer $5,850 $6,113 2022
Duluth Superior Public Access Community Television MN$204,500 Co-executive Director $58,431 $62,638 2024
Thurston Community Television WA$204,206 Ceo $72,850 $70,760 2024
Greater Newburyport Community Media Hub Inc MA$337,898 Executive Director $105,181 $105,570 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2023 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 WA 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Johnathon Crick) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,211 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.