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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tropicalfete Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452940435
NY · NTEE A25
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alton Aimable, Executive Director / CEO ($2,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 160 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

160 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 160 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$165 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,452 $2,000
$20,63510th
$32,68125th
$64,219Median
$84,39675th
$103,30390th
$2,000This org · 2nd
p10$20,635
p25$32,681
p50$64,219
p75$84,396
p90$103,303
$2,000

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 NY 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
River Arts Of Morrisville Inc VT$402,100 Executive Dir. $64,033 $69,278 2024
Truartspeaks MN$401,882 Executive Director $86,035 $94,079 2023
Toshiko Takaezu Foundation Inc NJ$401,851 Executive Director $6,912 $6,634 2024
Famfrequency Productions Inc PA$401,307 Ceo $33,083 $35,463 2024
European American Musical Alliance Inc NY$399,727 Director $59,693 $59,693 2023
True Skool Inc WI$406,107 Co-executive Director $82,600 $92,726 2024
Dorchester Center For The Arts Inc MD$406,347 Executive Di $67,150 $65,742 2025
Marion Community School Of The Arts IN$407,220 Executive Di $54,400 $63,486 2023
Hoffman Center OR$409,001 Executive Director $75,320 $77,406 2023
Aspire Creative Arts Program CA$394,076 President $13,033 $12,454 2023
4youth Productions Inc DE$416,716 Executive Di $70,000 $71,776 2025
Sanctuary Art Center WA$419,228 Executive Director $104,167 $103,208 2023
Praize Productions Inc Nfp IL$419,296 Board Chair $80,638 $85,215 2024
Developing Artist Collaboration DE$385,868 Founder $48,312 $50,848 2024
Local Motion Project VA$419,835 Executive Director $88,937 $92,304 2024
Arts For All Nevada NV$384,474 Executive Director $67,771 $73,020 2024
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop OH$421,119 Executive Director $75,779 $86,273 2024
Art In Session Inc FL$422,084 President & Executive Director $27,736 $28,007 2024
Electronic Music Education And Preservation Project PA$380,726 Executive Director $65,000 $69,675 2024
Bridgeview School Of Fine Arts Inc VA$426,623 President $90,000 $93,408 2024
Mount Hope Learning Center RI$427,441 Executive Director $60,950 $64,677 2023
Arts On Alexander TX$376,034 Exec & Artistic Director $20,000 $20,950 2025
Fairfield County Children's Choir Inc CT$429,406 Music Director $76,895 $79,787 2023
Iowa Art Works Inc IA$375,444 Executive Director $69,487 $81,782 2024
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc OH$375,344 Executive Director $41,250 $48,350 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Alton Aimable) 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 160 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,000 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.