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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trap Door Productions

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363949272
IL · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beata Pilch, Executive Director / CEO ($30,055) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Beata Pilch — reported title “ARTISTIC DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$297 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,907 $30,055
$10,19610th
$17,36025th
$41,070Median
$86,58575th
$102,86890th
$30,055This org · 36th
p10$10,196
p25$17,360
p50$41,070
p75$86,585
p90$102,868
$30,055

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
Refugee Education And Adventure Challenge (Reach) IL$225,882 President $78,000 $78,000 2024
Healing Hands Resource Center IL$233,625 Therapist. $29,225 $30,088 2023
Black Abolition Movement For The Mind Inc Nfp IL$234,160 President/ceo $9,165 $9,436 2023
Think Big Corporation IL$236,226 Board Chair Treasurer $109,615 $109,615 2024
The Mission House Inc IL$220,777 President/ Exec Director $10,800 $10,522 2025
Towers Of Excellence IL$220,085 Executive Program Director $41,000 $41,000 2024
Un Learning Space Nfp IL$219,968 Executive Dir. $97,108 $99,976 2023
Worry Free Community IL$240,508 Executive Director $16,000 $16,000 2024
Mikkis Daycare Home Inc Nfp IL$216,274 Director $34,560 $34,560 2024
Reborn Ministries IL$243,210 Executive Director $12,500 $12,500 2024
Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute IL$213,680 Executive Director $31,500 $32,430 2023
Mu Delta Lambda Charitable Fndn IL$212,851 President $5,000 $5,000 2024
Abpa Foundation Inc IL$248,630 President $102,092 $99,460 2025
Feeding People Through Plants Nfp IL$199,826 Ceo $70,040 $70,040 2024
Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization IL$191,731 Executive Director $59,613 $61,374 2023
Hunger Resource Network IL$266,655 Development Director $93,076 $93,076 2024
Vision Of Restoration Inc IL$189,063 Ceo $17,813 $17,813 2024
Konbit Nfp IL$178,884 President $73,350 $75,517 2023
Itoo Society Inc IL$280,097 Treasurer $12,994 $13,378 2023
Leaps Of Love Inc IL$287,106 President $19,541 $20,118 2023
Sacred Spaces Of Care IL$287,859 Executive Director $111,320 $111,320 2024
Timothy's Ministry IL$162,217 Director $91,340 $91,340 2024
Danville Police Association IL$162,163 Secretary $288 $297 2023
The Village Legal And Community IL$306,554 President & Ceo $74,754 $74,754 2024
Soup N Share Outreach Program IL$307,443 Director $18,000 $18,532 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Beata Pilch) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + IL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,055 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.