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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Art House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341926856
OH · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laila Voss, Executive Director / CEO ($57,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 302 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

302 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 302 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$266 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,144 $57,250
$13,46610th
$32,40125th
$55,156Median
$73,21475th
$88,98490th
$57,250This org · 53rd
p10$13,466
p25$32,401
p50$55,156
p75$73,214
p90$88,984
$57,250

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
Topa Institute CA$457,437 Ceo $109,298 $89,108 2024
Masspoetry Inc MA$457,856 Executive Di $90,157 $76,492 2024
Operation Song Inc TN$456,425 Current Executive Director/former Board Member $71,808 $73,370 2023
Chippewa Valley Cultural WI$458,863 Executive Di $77,032 $75,956 2024
Parent Child Relationship Association Inc NY$459,625 Executive Director $57,487 $49,046 2024
The Primavera Fund PA$453,711 President An $68,239 $64,250 2024
James Gang IA$453,059 Treasurer $10,891 $11,259 2024
World Around Inc NY$461,660 Executive Director $120,000 $105,403 2023
Dynamo Studios TN$452,164 Executive Director $109,649 $108,819 2024
Marshall County Arts And Culture Allianc IA$462,713 Executive Director $85,000 $87,872 2024
Sacred Heart Cultural Center Inc GA$451,291 Executive Director $85,853 $81,503 2024
Tidewater Arts Outreach VA$463,432 Executive Di $62,199 $55,240 2025
Equity Trust Inc MA$450,097 Executive Director $71,756 $60,880 2024
Hawaiian Music Perpetuation Society HI$449,654 Executive Dir. $91,143 $77,044 2024
Florida Litfest Inc FL$464,718 Executive Di $32,917 $29,196 2024
Long X Arts Foundation ND$465,178 Executive Director $66,000 $68,384 2024
Monica Bill Barnes & Company Inc NY$449,169 Founder/artistic Director $105,761 $90,231 2024
Friends Of The Big Fresno Fair CA$465,674 Ceo $27,194 $21,599 2025
Street Theory Collective MA$448,600 Clerk $110,400 $91,252 2025
Scool Sounds Inc NY$447,788 Executive Dir. $70,702 $60,320 2024
Sweet Pea A Festival Of The Arts MT$466,716 Executive Dir. $65,385 $66,545 2024
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Inc NY$468,488 Executive Director $84,423 $74,154 2023
Professional Numismatists Guild Inc CA$468,503 Executive Director $83,948 $68,441 2024
Brady Craft Inc OK$444,373 Executive Director $67,446 $70,119 2024
Buchanan Center For The Arts IL$443,297 Executive Director $50,533 $48,291 2023

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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Laila Voss) 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 302 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,250 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.