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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341967561
OH · NTEE A60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kimberly Porter, Executive Director / CEO ($29,565) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,240 total compensation of comparable organizations → $98,730 $29,565
$5,63210th
$12,46725th
$24,059Median
$36,16175th
$57,59990th
$29,565This org · 62nd
p10$5,632
p25$12,467
p50$24,059
p75$36,161
p90$57,599
$29,565

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
Manassas Community Chorale Inc VA$146,889 Executive Director And Vu Coordinator $9,171 $8,360 2024
Boerne Performing Arts TX$146,986 Artistic/tech Coordinator $20,000 $18,889 2024
California Music Center CA$148,884 Execdir To 6 $42,461 $34,617 2024
Inta Inc NY$149,778 Artistic Director $83,662 $73,485 2023
The Golandsky Institute Inc NY$125,617 President $16,635 $14,611 2023
Studio Place Arts Inc VT$123,837 Executive Director $65,805 $62,535 2024
Korean American Youth Performing CA$116,512 President $30,000 $25,181 2023
Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra NC$115,843 Executive Director (Ex-officio) $25,440 $24,818 2024
Five Myles Inc NY$113,371 Founder $50,000 $42,658 2024
Chestnut Fine Arts Center Inc KS$162,453 Executive Director $77,737 $81,634 2023
The Gerald Arpino Foundation IL$162,771 Executive Director $6,750 $6,450 2023
Northern Lights Arts Council Inc ND$167,052 Executive Director $6,000 $6,056 2025
Nautilus Music Theater MN$168,127 President & Artistic Director $34,533 $32,217 2024
Chinese Christian Church Music Institute CA$104,020 Admin $25,500 $20,790 2024
Music From China Inc NY$104,010 Executive Director $28,200 $24,059 2024
Dance Wisconsin Inc WI$172,236 Director $5,200 $4,995 2025
Marigold Arts Development Inc SC$103,128 Ceo $16,900 $16,646 2024
Team Sunshine Performance Corp PA$101,673 Co-artistic $28,280 $26,627 2024
Soli Chamber Ensemble TX$176,756 Managing Director $39,301 $36,161 2025
Songbird Multimedia And Performing Arts Foundation AR$176,810 President $17,925 $19,585 2023
Disco Riot CA$177,873 President $18,000 $14,297 2025
Phffft Company Inc WA$178,138 President $46,374 $39,200 2024
Small Wonder Puppet Theatre Inc NY$97,235 Executive Director $55,215 $47,107 2024
Off Broadway Theatre Inc UT$178,792 Artistic Dir $43,440 $41,977 2024
I Sound Performing Arts CA$181,555 Executive Dir $3,500 $2,853 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Kimberly Porter) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,565 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.