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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Ballet Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364020901
IL · NTEE L80
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patti Eylar, Executive Director / CEO ($9,187) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 99 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Patti Eylar — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

99 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 99 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,862 total compensation of comparable organizations → $199,252 $9,187
$13,73010th
$28,57025th
$53,674Median
$81,48775th
$107,35790th
$9,187This org · 4th
p10$13,730
p25$28,570
p50$53,674
p75$81,487
p90$107,357
$9,187

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
Appalachian Housing And Redevelopment Corporation GA$418,540 Secretary $61,496 $64,752 2023
Lakeview Housing Authority Inc MD$421,567 Manager $27,600 $26,247 2024
Fair Housing Council Of Central CA$429,664 Executive Dir. $55,868 $49,071 2024
Housing Justice League Inc GA$432,439 Executive Director $77,000 $81,078 2023
Convergence Memphis Inc TN$433,666 Executive Director $92,013 $101,285 2023
New Lima-housing For The Future OH$404,949 Executive Director $72,613 $78,229 2024
Neighborhood Housing Services WI$402,413 Executive Director $117,846 $121,960 2025
Amenity Aid RI$437,494 Executive Director $66,469 $66,745 2023
Neighborhood Housing Services Of CT$437,873 Executive Di $67,000 $65,786 2023
Factory Built Owners Of America TX$438,000 President $31,250 $31,797 2024
Graceful Touch Transitional Services Inc AK$440,963 Executive Dir. $92,308 $89,767 2024
Home Means Nevada Inc Hmn NV$441,087 Ops Mgr $75,988 $77,476 2024
Edgewood Community Childcare & Learning Center IA$441,295 Executive Director $49,468 $53,674 2025
Mhp Town Centre Inc MD$442,503 Vice President $52,191 $49,632 2024
North Star Housing Inc NY$447,613 President & Ceo $35,583 $33,672 2023
San Antonio Fair Housing Council Inc TX$447,629 Executive Director $63,951 $66,992 2023
Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center Inc MD$453,504 Executive Director $82,083 $78,058 2024
Gtbl Development Corp OH$379,083 Executive Director $19,934 $21,476 2024
Southeastern North Carolina Community Development Corp NC$377,580 Secretary-treasurer $8,795 $9,244 2024
Eden Alvarado Niles Inc CA$465,262 President $39,896 $35,042 2024
The Southern California Housing CA$372,480 Executive Vp $13,750 $12,077 2024
Mhc Chula Vista Non-profit Housing Inc AZ$371,790 Executive Director $17,621 $17,238 2024
Normandale Housing Corporation MN$467,001 Director $15,480 $15,559 2024
Pacific Housing Oahu Corporation - HI$371,369 Assistant Secretary / Auth $12,712 $11,918 2023
Mission 24 Inc TX$366,197 Director $44,639 $45,420 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 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Patti Eylar) 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 99 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,187 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.