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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Crossing Arts Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411976625
MN · NTEE A26
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Jacquot-devries, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Jacquot-devries — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$514 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,662 $55,000
$16,14010th
$38,30325th
$51,799Median
$69,86975th
$84,96190th
$55,000This org · 58th
p10$16,140
p25$38,303
p50$51,799
p75$69,869
p90$84,961
$55,000

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
The Stelae Inc FL$272,281 Vice Preside $1,599 $1,520 2024
Arts Council Of Mendocino County CA$266,842 Executive Direc $68,330 $61,476 2023
Arts Council Of South Wood County WI$275,457 Executive Director $50,000 $51,484 2025
Dona Ana Arts Council NM$266,004 Executive Director $33,346 $37,369 2023
Tioga County Council On The Arts Inc NY$276,999 Executive Dir. $41,892 $38,310 2024
Arts Council Napa Valley CA$278,573 Ceo/president $97,200 $84,942 2024
Chenango County Council Of The Arts NY$261,508 Executive Director $42,182 $37,581 2025
East Bay Center For Thepreservation Oof Cultural Arts CA$260,374 President/admin Support $10,947 $9,320 2025
Chagrin Foundation For Arts OH$259,370 Executive Di $45,000 $46,992 2025
Lexington County Arts Association SC$283,341 President $500 $514 2025
Barn Arts Center For The Arts Company VT$283,488 Executive Director $69,010 $72,372 2023
Golden Isles Arts & Humanities GA$293,185 Executive Dir. $42,508 $43,255 2024
Putnam Arts Council NY$248,244 President $78,640 $71,916 2024
Shoreline Arts Alliance Inc CT$246,862 Ceo/executiv $172,714 $159,662 2025
Queen Anne's County Arts Council MD$297,108 Executive Director $71,726 $67,864 2024
Cultureworks MI$298,348 Executive Di $61,257 $62,339 2025
The Branson Arts Council Inc MO$308,013 Executive Director $11,250 $12,059 2024
Artreach St Croix MN$232,525 Executive Di $73,243 $73,243 2024
Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaborative Inc AL$229,095 Executive Director $55,829 $61,040 2024
Huntingdon County Arts Council PA$229,077 Executive Director $34,615 $34,935 2024
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network WI$315,569 Executive Director $16,077 $16,992 2024
West Valley Arts Council AZ$315,816 Executive Di $70,000 $70,143 2023
Humboldt Arts Council Inc CA$316,093 Executive Director $71,267 $62,280 2024
Bayou Regional Arts Council LA$316,139 Exec Director $62,615 $69,777 2024
Clarksville-montgomery County TN$224,353 Executive Dir. $40,008 $41,463 2025

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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Jennifer Jacquot-devries) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A26), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.