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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cabots Museum Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352161389
CA · NTEE A11
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Irene Rodriguez, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Irene Rodriguez — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,239 total compensation of comparable organizations → $161,242 $70,000
$8,17210th
$14,94925th
$30,904Median
$61,22675th
$85,66290th
$70,000This org · 83rd
p10$8,172
p25$14,949
p50$30,904
p75$61,226
p90$85,662
$70,000

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 CA 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
Bill And Sara Morgan Real Estate TX$235,673 Secretary $53,774 $62,294 2024
Cabinet Of Curiosity Inc Nfp IL$237,150 President $13,662 $16,014 2023
Eugene Symphony Foundation OR$231,088 Executive Dir. $13,181 $14,594 2023
James A Unruh Family Foundation AZ$229,900 Secretary & Treasurer (Thru 12/23) $29,610 $32,978 2024
Cast 447 Minna Llc CA$242,257 Manager $11,688 $11,688 2024
Ftc Qalicb Inc MS$244,935 Director $10,528 $13,579 2024
Majestic Theatre NH$252,553 Treasurer $7,475 $8,230 2023
Friends Of The Minnesota Sinfonia MN$218,435 Artistic/executive Directo $50,704 $58,021 2024
The Raymer Society For The Arts KS$218,025 Executive Dir. $30,720 $38,434 2024
Clues Real Estate Holding Company MN$216,412 President $26,666 $30,514 2024
Destination Crenshaw Support Foundation CA$213,080 Chairperson/president $5,089 $5,239 2023
Friends Of Wisconsin Singers Inc WI$260,294 Member At Large $4,966 $6,184 2023
Athletes In Rochester Incorporated NY$264,832 President $64,911 $69,933 2023
Oxnard Downtowners Foundation Inc CA$268,741 Chairman $32,160 $32,160 2024
Oklahoma City Art Museum Affiliated OK$198,654 Secretary $25,864 $33,956 2023
Asian And Pacific Islander Americans WA$195,999 Executive Dir. $97,600 $101,195 2024
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum MI$282,281 Secretary $26,180 $31,294 2024
White Pool House Friends TX$188,105 Exec. At Large $22,586 $26,164 2024
The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear CA$284,088 President & Executive Dire $81,528 $83,936 2023
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Endowment Inc CO$287,124 Executive Director $6,890 $7,651 2024
Focus On Lyme Foundation AZ$179,863 President & Executive Dire $38,954 $43,385 2024
Artsquest Foundation PA$292,257 Executive Director $135,613 $161,242 2023
Harriton Association PA$175,634 Executive Di $60,868 $72,371 2023
San Bernardino County Museum Association CA$299,234 Executive Director $142,923 $142,923 2024
Topeka Civic Theatre KS$170,265 Secretary/tr $14,777 $18,488 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Irene Rodriguez) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.