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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Seattle Piano Institute Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454519306
WA · NTEE A99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robin Mccabe, Executive Director / CEO ($3,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 95 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Robin Mccabe — reported title “ARTISTIC DIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

95 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 95 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$208 total compensation of comparable organizations → $121,096 $3,500
$2,08310th
$5,93225th
$16,314Median
$30,93475th
$56,31990th
$3,500This org · 15th
p10$2,083
p25$5,932
p50$16,314
p75$30,934
p90$56,319
$3,500

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
Long Island Association Of The NY$36,905 Chairman $4,500 $4,676 2023
Thiokol Memorial Project GA$38,496 Adviser $500 $562 2024
Delilah Charity Inc CA$38,650 Officer $18,655 $17,992 2024
North Shore Historical Museum Inc NY$38,653 Former Director $5,025 $5,072 2024
Center For Environmental Structure CA$38,804 Secretary, Director $30,048 $28,981 2024
Center On Modernity In Transition NC$36,231 Consultant $55,000 $63,475 2024
Beavercreek Historical Society OH$38,924 Director $1,680 $1,987 2024
Rogers Museum Foundation AR$38,934 Acting Executive Director $36,000 $45,198 2024
Phoenix Art Museum Endowment Fund Inc AZ$38,958 Ceo $4,148 $4,588 2023
Northwest Collaborative Center WA$35,940 President $6,240 $6,240 2024
The Centralia Area Historical IL$39,167 Executive Di $8,554 $9,393 2024
Sayat Nova Dance Co Inc MA$39,235 Officer $12,000 $12,400 2023
Miami Arts Commission AZ$35,513 Executive Director $2,105 $2,328 2023
Center For Technology & Innovation Inc NY$35,089 Executive Director $6,600 $6,858 2023
Quasimondo Inc WI$34,937 Executive Dir. (Non-voting $45,760 $53,378 2024
Allentown Public Theatre PA$40,250 President $8,070 $8,989 2024
Alaska Jewish Historical Museum & AK$34,613 Museum Curator $54,577 $58,280 2024
Shirley Plantation Foundation VA$34,428 President $1,154 $1,245 2024
Hellbender Gathering Of Poets Inc NC$34,092 President $86,667 $100,022 2024
Art Museum Support Corporation OH$34,064 Director $43,560 $51,532 2024
Santa Cruz Foundation For The Performing Arts AZ$33,949 President $40,000 $44,236 2023
Decatur Fine Arts Academy Inc GA$41,280 President, Ceo $9,390 $10,857 2023
Michael S Rosen Foundation NY$41,453 Secretary $30,887 $31,174 2024
Combat Diver Foundation FL$41,576 President $2,100 $2,203 2024
Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society OH$42,419 Director $20,000 $24,359 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Robin Mccabe) 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 95 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,500 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.