Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Interact Story Theatre Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463063555
MD · NTEE A65
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Oliver-krueger, Executive Director / CEO ($41,908) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 284 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

284 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 284 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$742 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,372 $41,908
$6,64210th
$19,44925th
$39,182Median
$57,41175th
$70,04690th
$41,908This org · 56th
p10$6,642
p25$19,449
p50$39,182
p75$57,411
p90$70,046
$41,908

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 MD cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Laboratory Theater Of Florida IncFL $264,743$18,816 990
Spokane Childrens Theatre IncWA $263,896$63,860 990
Barrier-free IncMD $265,191$55,730 990
The Williams ProjectWA $265,923$40,768 990
Pandora Productions IncKY $262,918$25,983 990
Music Theatre WestUT $266,101$9,599 990
Chinese Theatre Works IncNY $262,698$44,522 990
Downriver Youth Performing Arts CenterMI $266,493$12,861 990
Franklin Stock CompanyNY $266,791$49,755 990
Noor Theatre IncNY $262,003$12,082 990
Green Bay Community Theater IncWI $266,954$870 990
Friends Of The Penn IncMI $267,965$37,595 990
4 Community TheatreMN $268,606$15,008 990
Elkhart Civic Theatre IncIN $260,244$54,529 990
Outcry Theatre IncTX $268,753$40,059 990
Latinus Theater Experience CompanyOH $259,988$47,582 990
Pushpush Arts CompanyGA $259,645$6,291 990
Mohawk Valley Center For The Arts IncNY $269,570$45,732 990
The Roots And Wings ProjectCA $270,111$18,472 990
Stevie Rays Theatre CompanyMN $272,086$76,182 990
Stageworks On The Hudson IncNY $272,369$32,258 990
Kitchen Dog TheaterTX $272,394$52,324 990
Fairfield Center Stage IncCT $255,393$31,489 990
River West Theatre IncIN $273,633$31,236 990
National Queer TheaterNY $273,780$39,553 990

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 MD 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Alicia Oliver-krueger) 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 284 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,908 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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). 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.