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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Zygote Press Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341830215
OH · NTEE A90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jackie Feldman, Executive Director / CEO ($81,080) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jackie Feldman — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,485 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,393 $81,080
$23,41510th
$37,98325th
$63,132Median
$75,86975th
$110,22690th
$81,080This org · 80th
p10$23,415
p25$37,983
p50$63,132
p75$75,869
p90$110,226
$81,080

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
Colorado West Performing Arts CO$465,186 Executive Di $9,843 $8,911 2024
San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild Inc CA$464,731 Executive Dir. $35,900 $30,133 2023
The Episcopal Actors' Guild NY$462,407 Executive Di $194,093 $161,324 2025
River Oaks Square Arts & Craft Center LA$458,843 Executive Dir. $61,445 $65,767 2023
Society For History And Racial MI$477,508 Executive Di $72,488 $72,728 2023
Chicago Artists Coalition IL$451,588 Executive Director $50,329 $48,096 2023
Jamestowne Society Inc VA$491,201 Executive Director $62,275 $56,771 2024
Augusta Ferry Authority Inc KY$492,569 President $23,492 $23,829 2024
Arts & Business Council Of Miami Inc FL$438,365 Executive Director $99,000 $85,545 2025
Common Wealth Mural Collaborative MA$496,966 President $84,423 $71,627 2024
Latitude Inc Nfp IL$499,033 Executive Director $75,000 $67,822 2025
Workshop 13 Inc MA$428,532 Executive Di $59,780 $50,719 2024
Chatfield Center For The Arts Inc MN$427,659 Part Year Ex $65,865 $61,447 2024
Studio By The Tracks Inc AL$506,184 Executive Director $63,545 $64,816 2024
Community Artists Collective TX$508,383 Exec Dir $40,000 $37,778 2024
Arte Y Mana Inc PR$419,663 Executive Director $85,230 $85,230 2024
Holly Springs Center SC$419,104 Executive Di $35,316 $35,813 2023
Interurban Arthouse KS$514,711 Chief Executive Officer $71,655 $75,246 2023
Lawyers For The Creative Arts IL$516,381 Executive Dir. $135,400 $125,680 2024
Georgia Lawyers For The Arts Inc GA$517,427 Executive Director $162,500 $158,823 2023
Springtime Tallahassee Festival Inc FL$413,087 Executive Director $52,929 $48,332 2023
Noblesville Creates IN$520,481 Executive Director $74,450 $76,316 2023
Ogden First Inc UT$520,800 Executive Director $69,390 $67,053 2024
The Writers Room NY$522,020 Director $154,643 $135,832 2023
Hero Workshop CA$523,629 Chief Executive Officer $43,846 $35,747 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Jackie Feldman) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,080 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.