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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Legion Arts Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421154136
IA · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zbornik Jason, Executive Director / CEO ($13,295) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 303 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Zbornik Jason — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

303 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 303 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$257 total compensation of comparable organizations → $210,047 $13,295
$11,11010th
$30,68225th
$51,494Median
$68,50875th
$83,28190th
$13,295This org · 12th
p10$11,110
p25$30,682
p50$51,494
p75$68,508
p90$83,281
$13,295

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 IA 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
Backyard Kids Theater Inc CA$433,929 Executive Dir. $50,000 $39,432 2024
Visionaries Of The Creative Arts DC$432,489 President $63,250 $50,691 2024
The Scarab Club MI$431,923 Executive Di $64,692 $62,785 2023
Hiddenite Center Inc NC$431,778 Executive Di $35,155 $32,320 2025
Alma Lewis PA$435,147 Executive Director $98,610 $92,464 2023
1619 Freedom School IA$436,447 Vice President $39,252 $39,252 2024
Artists For World Peace Inc CT$436,737 President $20,000 $17,126 2024
Texas Folklife Resources TX$428,750 Executive Director $140,000 $131,679 2023
Folk Arts Center Of New England Inc MA$428,717 Executive Director $78,992 $64,829 2024
Monroe Arts Center Inc WI$428,239 Executive Director $76,184 $72,665 2024
Center For Latter-day Saint Arts Inc NY$438,859 Executive Director $144,410 $119,179 2024
Thegifted Arts Inc NC$439,152 Founder, Ceo $87,246 $82,332 2024
Rochester Folk Art Guild Inc NY$427,098 Treasurer $15,000 $12,745 2023
Center For American Culture And Ideas AZ$440,867 Secretary $39,693 $35,893 2023
Bulk Space MI$424,846 Director $34,562 $32,581 2024
Main Street Arts Inc NY$424,719 Executive Director & Curat $81,818 $69,517 2023
Tamarack Foundation Inc WV$443,135 Executive Director $74,131 $75,471 2023
Buchanan Center For The Arts IL$443,297 Executive Director $50,533 $46,713 2023
Brady Craft Inc OK$444,373 Executive Director $67,446 $67,828 2024
Arhoolie Foundation CA$420,830 Executive Dir. $60,451 $49,082 2023
Scool Sounds Inc NY$447,788 Executive Dir. $70,702 $58,349 2024
Remix Education Inc KY$418,211 Vice President $69,600 $70,310 2023
Street Theory Collective MA$448,600 Clerk $110,400 $88,270 2025
Black Mountain Swannanoa Valley Arts Center NC$417,832 Executive Director $72,000 $69,952 2023
Borrego Art Institute CA$417,523 Vice President $32,820 $25,883 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Zbornik Jason) 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 303 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,295 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.