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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Twelve Gates Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452976134
PA · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aisha Zia Khan, Executive Director / CEO ($64,992) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 162 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Aisha Zia Khan — reported title “EXEC DIR./PR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

162 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 162 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,423 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,185 $64,992
$9,60410th
$23,70925th
$48,467Median
$67,88975th
$92,17790th
$64,992This org · 72nd
p10$9,604
p25$23,709
p50$48,467
p75$67,889
p90$92,177
$64,992

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 PA 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
Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corpora TN$308,713 Executive Director $75,000 $76,786 2024
Cultural Enrichment Center Of Fort Collins CO$307,911 Executive Director $70,955 $68,226 2023
Black Arts & Culture Alliance Of Chicago IL$309,339 Fmr Exe Dir. $61,257 $58,658 2024
Irish Diaspora Center PA$307,323 Executive Di $90,612 $90,612 2023
India Cultural Center Of Greenwich Inc CT$306,484 Executive Dir. $127,200 $116,164 2024
Darul Uloom New Jersey Inc NJ$305,996 President $41,100 $36,798 2023
Capital Area New Mainers Project ME$311,379 Executive Di $39,992 $40,157 2023
Artes De La Rosa Inc TX$311,607 Executive Dir. $70,192 $70,409 2023
Global Alliance Of Indigenous Peoples Gender Justi NY$312,058 Director $58,000 $52,556 2023
Indiana Latino Expo IN$304,186 Board Member $129,489 $133,004 2024
Balkan Cultural Center CA$301,138 President $22,000 $19,050 2023
Esselen Tribe Of Monterey County CA$316,920 Secretary $76,970 $66,648 2023
Gwich'in Social And Cultural AK$317,016 President $10,717 $10,274 2023
Inffinito Art & Cultural Foundation Inc FL$317,718 President $20,005 $17,833 2025
Black Lemonade TN$317,743 President Director $55,000 $56,310 2024
Philippine Cultural Foundation Inc FL$298,020 Senior Vice Chariman $37,440 $33,374 2025
Bomazeen Land Trust ME$297,541 Co-executive Director/board Member $45,604 $44,478 2024
Central District Forum For Arts & Ideas WA$297,012 Executive Dir. $91,129 $79,468 2024
Vang Council Of La Crosse WI$321,316 Grant Manager $77,189 $80,837 2023
Arkansas Culture And Dialog Center AR$295,824 Executive Director $81,917 $89,685 2024
Creative City Kc Inc MO$294,500 Treasurer $82,500 $85,109 2024
Advocates For Indigenous California CA$292,769 Executive Dir. $65,000 $56,283 2023
Kyoungs Pacific Beat Inc NY$324,992 Executive Dir. $40,000 $36,245 2023
Cambodia Town Inc CA$290,976 Secretary $4,500 $3,897 2023
Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos TX$290,437 Staff Administrator $24,245 $23,622 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Aisha Zia Khan) 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 162 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,992 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.