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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Theatre Bam

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363910452
IL · NTEE A650
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nina Lynn, Executive Director / CEO ($10,477) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nina Lynn — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$184 total compensation of comparable organizations → $321,023 $10,477
$1,56110th
$4,51425th
$10,549Median
$39,25575th
$71,32090th
$10,477This org · 50th
p10$1,561
p25$4,514
p50$10,549
p75$39,255
p90$71,320
$10,477

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 IL 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
Transcultural Exchange MA$27,464 Executive Director And President $33,000 $29,298 2024
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Inc NY$27,011 Trustee $1,000 $892 2024
Enrichment Through The Arts Inc NY$26,646 Executive Director $5,000 $4,596 2023
Janusz Korczak Polish Language RI$26,608 President $1,880 $1,781 2024
Nebrada Foundation Inc FL$28,341 President $36,697 $34,060 2024
Greenpoint Monitor Museum NY$28,535 President $200 $184 2023
Automata Arts CA$26,116 Vice-presiden $3,272 $2,719 2025
San Francisco Chanticleer Endowment CA$29,137 Dir Ops/touring $9,770 $8,581 2023
The Mcghee Foundation VA$25,512 Secytreas $81,000 $77,270 2024
Twoculturesunited Inc CA$25,000 President $3,650 $3,206 2023
The Confectionery Foundation DC$24,900 Nca Staff $31,807 $27,576 2024
Duquesne Club Charitable Foundation PA$24,842 Secretary $5,585 $5,361 2025
Foundation For The Long Beach Symphony CA$24,839 Vice President Of Finance $11,531 $10,128 2023
Philadelphia Assembly Inc PA$30,008 Executive Director $105,600 $107,116 2023
The Time In Childrens Arts Initiative Inc NY$24,497 Secretaryexec Director $33,575 $29,975 2024
Lobby Theatre Inc CA$30,336 Producing Di $570 $487 2024
Maryland Cultural And Conference Center MD$24,406 Executive Director, Board $6,920 $6,581 2023
Doshinokai Foundation CA$30,546 Ceo $9,000 $7,678 2024
Whitney Plantation Museum LA$23,809 Executive Director $12,252 $13,723 2023
The City Of Socorro Community Initiative TX$23,642 Executive Director $69,894 $71,116 2023
Us-china Language & Culturefoundation CA$23,580 President $580 $495 2024
Claude Heater Foundation CA$23,205 Ceodirector $70,000 $61,483 2023
The Appleton Cultural Center Inc FL$31,783 President $77,354 $71,796 2024
Sfte Inc NM$22,897 Presidentdirector $13,670 $14,526 2024
Wayne County Historical Society IL$22,599 Director / Curator $4,830 $4,691 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2023 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 IL 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Nina Lynn) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,477 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.