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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Eighth Muse Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452303680
LA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anthony Carter, Executive Director / CEO ($1,196) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 639 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Anthony Carter — reported title “DIRECTOR OF FINANCE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

639 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 639 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$102 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,140 $1,196
$10,29610th
$21,69325th
$39,106Median
$60,48075th
$79,43890th
$1,196This org · 1st
p10$10,296
p25$21,693
p50$39,106
p75$60,480
p90$79,438
$1,196

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 LA 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
Practical Rep Payee Services Inc MN$182,731 Vice President $132,000 $118,451 2024
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Inc MO$182,366 Director $6,240 $6,179 2023
Crisis Clinic Of Thurston & Mason WA$182,022 Executive Director $66,000 $55,248 2023
Kindred Spirits Care Farm CA$183,337 Executive Director $10,000 $7,842 2024
Community Help Center Of Union City Inoh Inc IN$181,926 Manager $34,471 $33,013 2024
Mama Nyumba MO$183,513 President & Ceo $19,685 $19,493 2023
Belay Global Inc OK$181,244 Program Director $28,809 $28,809 2024
All In Ministries MN$184,039 Chairman/president $103,907 $95,996 2023
Arab Watch Coalition VA$181,168 Co-executive Director $134,118 $121,076 2023
Testicular Cancer Foundation TX$184,198 Ceo $23,000 $20,894 2024
African American Wellness Center For Children Families CA$180,993 Ceodirector $28,464 $22,321 2024
Valley Community Interpreters NM$184,362 Executive Director $114,526 $111,866 2024
The Reach Initiative Inc WV$180,808 Executive Director $82,534 $81,155 2024
El Emet Inc CA$184,498 Cfo $39,000 $30,583 2024
Lessons For Life Inc AR$184,556 Executive Director $109,592 $111,873 2024
311 Ministries TX$184,586 Executive Director $64,160 $60,007 2023
S Anon International Family Groups TN$180,491 Executive Di $31,859 $30,412 2024
Porch Initiative MO$180,235 Executive Dir. $82,500 $79,355 2024
Fusion You Inc AZ$185,139 President/di $18,338 $16,490 2023
Ahead Inc OH$185,500 Executive Director $61,478 $59,134 2024
United Way Next VA$185,689 President And Ceo $119,703 $108,064 2023
Birthstone Corporation MO$179,523 Assistant Treasurer $27,966 $27,694 2023
Veteran Womens Enterprise Center TX$185,752 Ceo/founder $30,000 $28,058 2023
Project Cpr PA$179,363 Pres $89,154 $80,742 2024
Konbit Nfp IL$178,884 President $73,350 $67,423 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Anthony Carter) 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 639 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,196 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.