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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Building Youth Through Music

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412194382
WA · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of F Jerome Davis, Executive Director / CEO ($131,071) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 173 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: F Jerome Davis — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

173 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 173 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,585 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,406 $131,071
$12,07710th
$28,43525th
$58,662Median
$81,70475th
$101,60290th
$131,071This org · 96th
p10$12,077
p25$28,435
p50$58,662
p75$81,704
p90$101,602
$131,071

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 WA 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
Alliance Francaise De Milwaukee Inc WI$358,300 Executive Director $67,708 $76,714 2024
Chaldean Community Council CA$358,275 Director Of Operations $62,500 $60,280 2023
Hispanic Cultural Center Of Midland TX$357,562 Executive Director $65,016 $70,558 2024
Inchelium Language And Culture Association WA$355,350 Executive Director $84,117 $81,704 2024
The Blavityorg Foundation Inc CA$353,358 Gordon $71,587 $69,044 2023
Arte Inc CT$363,919 Executive Director $70,000 $71,205 2024
The British-american Project VA$351,541 Project Dir $29,400 $30,797 2024
Seal Inc WI$350,417 Executive Director $54,664 $61,936 2024
Japanese Institute Of Sawtelle CA$350,374 Co-president $45,000 $42,156 2024
Exhibit J Inc NY$366,615 Director $101,825 $102,771 2023
Greek America Cultural And NY$367,037 President $44,000 $44,409 2023
Qizhjeh Heritage Institute AK$348,966 President $25,000 $26,696 2023
Asian Culture Center Of Tennessee TN$348,586 Executive Di $47,000 $55,181 2023
The Kentucky Wool Festival Inc Of KY$368,551 Vice Preside $5,850 $6,818 2024
Veda Geetha Foundationorg CA$347,705 Director $57,780 $54,128 2024
Arteeast Inc NY$347,495 Executive Director $70,000 $68,624 2024
Chitresh Das Institute CA$369,879 Managing Dir $55,691 $53,713 2023
Welsh North American Association Inc NY$345,937 Executive Secr. $50,575 $49,581 2024
Institute For The Next Jewish Future Injf IL$371,552 Executive Director $21,212 $22,624 2024
Alliance Francaise Of Westchester NY$372,319 Executive Di $64,104 $62,844 2024
El Ingenio Inc FL$344,308 Director $39,680 $40,441 2024
Web Chaver Inc NJ$375,115 President $47,600 $46,107 2024
Malo Motivating Action Leadership CA$376,017 Founder/exec. Director $127,190 $119,152 2024
Ethnic Enrichment Cultural Council MO$340,142 Recording Secretary $4,830 $5,549 2024
East Hawaii Cultural Council HI$377,296 President/ex $50,321 $47,617 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2023 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 WA 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (F Jerome Davis) 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 173 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $131,071 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.