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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northern Rockies Heritage Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363892296
MT · NTEE A50
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Andrews, Executive Director / CEO ($62,105) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$613 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,774 $62,105
$18,59510th
$32,34725th
$50,357Median
$74,32075th
$87,34890th
$62,105This org · 65th
p10$18,595
p25$32,347
p50$50,357
p75$74,320
p90$87,348
$62,105

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 MT 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
Music House Museum MI$319,128 Executive Di $47,430 $45,416 2024
Channel Islands Maritime Museum Inc CA$318,658 Executive Dir. $45,471 $37,501 2023
Kansas Sports Hall Of Fame KS$317,157 Executive Di $17,500 $17,539 2024
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum CO$327,608 Executive Director $71,500 $65,481 2023
Friends Of Sequoyah TN$315,037 Director $80,421 $80,737 2023
Racing History Preservation Group NH$314,527 Executive Di $90,881 $80,148 2023
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society NM$329,069 Executive Di $81,668 $81,487 2024
Colorado Ski Museum Inc CO$313,822 Executive Dir. $126,460 $115,814 2023
Leadership Ohio OH$329,681 Executive Di $139,128 $136,703 2024
Sanibel Historical Museum & FL$330,765 Executive Di $46,058 $40,139 2024
Ohio Air & Space Hall Of Fame OH$309,720 Exec Director $36,000 $36,417 2023
Global Village Museum Of Arts & Cul CO$309,564 Executive Director $22,890 $20,362 2024
Museum Of The Palestinian People DC$333,859 Director $96,300 $80,711 2023
Endowment For The Mcwane Science Center AL$342,081 Ceo Of Mcwane Science Cent $16,804 $16,841 2024
National Automotive And Truck Museu IN$344,439 Executive Di $25,000 $24,458 2024
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum Inc OH$297,390 Executive Director/secretary $58,321 $57,305 2024
Connecticut Womens Hall Of CT$346,166 Executive Di $82,992 $74,320 2023
Ecovivarium CA$294,999 Employee Representative $18,515 $14,832 2024
International Skiing History Association VT$348,018 Executive Director $43,190 $40,329 2024
Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation MN$294,173 Museum Director $39,851 $37,609 2023
Superior Public Museums WI$293,842 Executive Director $26,640 $25,810 2024
Edison Memorial Tower Corporation NJ$293,330 Museum Direc $15,115 $12,519 2024
Museum Of Durham History NC$349,691 Executive Director $78,859 $75,591 2024
Arkansas Sports Hall Of Fame Inc AR$292,446 Executive Dir. $88,000 $94,474 2023
Casey Tibbs Foundation SD$292,081 Director Of Center $85,458 $87,495 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Amy Andrews) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,105 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.