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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Black Arts & Culture Alliance Of Chicago

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364206772
IL · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charlique Rolle, Executive Director / CEO ($61,257) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 161 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Charlique Rolle — reported title “Fmr Exe Dir.”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

161 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 161 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,486 total compensation of comparable organizations → $172,506 $61,257
$10,73010th
$25,02925th
$50,750Median
$70,94275th
$96,35790th
$61,257This org · 66th
p10$10,730
p25$25,029
p50$50,750
p75$70,942
p90$96,357
$61,257

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
Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corpora TN$308,713 Executive Director $75,000 $80,189 2024
Twelve Gates Arts PA$308,584 Exec Dir./pr $64,992 $67,873 2023
Cultural Enrichment Center Of Fort Collins CO$307,911 Executive Director $70,955 $71,250 2023
Irish Diaspora Center PA$307,323 Executive Di $90,612 $94,628 2023
Capital Area New Mainers Project ME$311,379 Executive Di $39,992 $41,936 2023
Artes De La Rosa Inc TX$311,607 Executive Dir. $70,192 $73,529 2023
Global Alliance Of Indigenous Peoples Gender Justi NY$312,058 Director $58,000 $54,885 2023
India Cultural Center Of Greenwich Inc CT$306,484 Executive Dir. $127,200 $121,312 2024
Darul Uloom New Jersey Inc NJ$305,996 President $41,100 $38,428 2023
Indiana Latino Expo IN$304,186 Board Member $129,489 $138,899 2024
Esselen Tribe Of Monterey County CA$316,920 Secretary $76,970 $69,602 2023
Gwich'in Social And Cultural AK$317,016 President $10,717 $10,730 2023
Balkan Cultural Center CA$301,138 President $22,000 $19,894 2023
Inffinito Art & Cultural Foundation Inc FL$317,718 President $20,005 $18,623 2025
Black Lemonade TN$317,743 President Director $55,000 $58,805 2024
Philippine Cultural Foundation Inc FL$298,020 Senior Vice Chariman $37,440 $34,854 2025
Bomazeen Land Trust ME$297,541 Co-executive Director/board Member $45,604 $46,449 2024
Vang Council Of La Crosse WI$321,316 Grant Manager $77,189 $84,420 2023
Central District Forum For Arts & Ideas WA$297,012 Executive Dir. $91,129 $82,989 2024
Arkansas Culture And Dialog Center AR$295,824 Executive Director $81,917 $93,660 2024
Creative City Kc Inc MO$294,500 Treasurer $82,500 $88,881 2024
Kyoungs Pacific Beat Inc NY$324,992 Executive Dir. $40,000 $37,851 2023
Advocates For Indigenous California CA$292,769 Executive Dir. $65,000 $58,778 2023
Cambodia Town Inc CA$290,976 Secretary $4,500 $4,069 2023
Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos TX$290,437 Staff Administrator $24,245 $24,669 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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Charlique Rolle) 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 161 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,257 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.