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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Waseca Arts Council Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411352545
MN · NTEE A26Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica M B Stuckmayer, Executive Director / CEO ($8,327) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 447 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jessica M B Stuckmayer — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

447 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 447 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $451,132 $8,327
$3,53010th
$9,42725th
$22,373Median
$42,18875th
$58,49090th
$8,327This org · 23rd
p10$3,530
p25$9,427
p50$22,373
p75$42,188
p90$58,490
$8,327

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 MN 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 For Autism CA$87,168 Executive Director $35,744 $32,159 2023
Dances Of Universal Peace International WA$87,251 President $6,500 $5,890 2024
Renew Theaters Inc PA$87,022 Executive Director $110,092 $111,108 2024
The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Modern Art MD$87,004 Trustee $463,127 $451,132 2023
International Jazz Day Az AZ$87,344 Executive Dir. $18,215 $17,729 2024
Tioga County Historical Society PA$86,949 Managing Director $28,891 $30,019 2023
The Stage Door Inc UT$87,427 Managing Dir $8,000 $8,286 2024
The Center For Less Unpleasant NY$86,910 President $288,000 $263,375 2024
Sammons Center Endowment Corp TX$86,821 Executive Director $13,000 $13,160 2024
South Florida Chamber Ensemble Inc FL$87,526 Executive Director $38,500 $36,603 2024
Dublin Community Center NH$87,586 Center Director $24,999 $23,361 2024
Sentimental Journey Inc PA$87,602 Executive Coordinator $9,909 $10,000 2024
North Shore Academy Of The Arts Inc WI$86,646 Director $4,300 $4,679 2023
El Paso Holocaust Museum Foundation TX$86,514 Museum Exec Dir $2,227 $2,321 2023
Crawford Family Historical Museum Inc TX$87,830 Secretary-treasurer $29,952 $31,218 2023
Morning Star News International Inc CA$87,895 President & Ceo $46,000 $41,387 2023
Vasa Order Of America National IL$86,295 Archivist $50,404 $50,149 2024
509 Cultural Center CA$88,051 Co-executive Director $50,000 $43,694 2024
Palacios House Of Arts LA$88,100 Executive Director $19,123 $21,940 2023
Valentina Kozlova Dance Foundation Inc NY$88,106 Ceo & Chairman $13,202 $12,073 2024
Whitesville Historical Society Inc KY$86,210 Executive Di $21,012 $23,521 2023
Order Of The Crown Of Charlemagne MN$86,158 Registrar Ge $3,685 $3,590 2025
Sephardi Voices Usa Inc FL$86,014 President/tr $7,250 $6,893 2024
Western Maine Play Museum ME$88,376 Executive Di $22,077 $22,373 2024
Roanoke Symphony Foundation VA$88,394 Executive Dir. $1,166 $1,139 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Jessica M B Stuckmayer) 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 447 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,327 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.