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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Galveston Children's Museum

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463344556
TX · NTEE A50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Schultz, Executive Director / CEO ($60,659) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 101 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nancy Schultz — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

101 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 101 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,186 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,073 $60,659
$24,98210th
$42,21225th
$65,004Median
$86,75675th
$112,91890th
$60,659This org · 42nd
p10$24,982
p25$42,212
p50$65,004
p75$86,756
p90$112,918
$60,659

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 TX 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
Lowell's Maritime Foundation Inc MA$460,259 Executive Director $75,602 $65,968 2024
New England Carousel Museum Inc CT$462,629 Executive Dir. $60,192 $54,800 2024
The Edge Motor Museum Inc TN$454,726 Executive Director $85,000 $86,756 2024
River Road African American Museum And Gallery LA$454,431 Executive Director $32,542 $34,794 2024
American Saddle Horse KY$465,305 Executive Director $102,750 $107,191 2024
Hawaiian Railway Society HI$471,022 Key Employee $51,600 $44,859 2024
Fullerton Museum Center Association CA$440,563 Executive Director $120,300 $103,847 2023
German American Heritage Center IA$437,510 Executive Di $67,083 $71,322 2024
Capri Community Film Society Inc AL$483,006 Director $77,678 $83,892 2023
Afro-american Historical Association Of Fauquier County VA$487,717 Pres, Exec Dir $36,664 $34,374 2024
Long Island Maritime Museum NY$429,337 Executive Director $75,094 $67,836 2023
Hawaii Mobile Museum Of Tolerance HI$489,330 Executive Director $130,000 $113,015 2024
Finger Lakes Boating Musuem Inc NY$492,302 Executive Director $75,000 $65,807 2024
National Soaring Museum NY$493,119 Director $73,298 $64,314 2024
Swift Museum Foundation Inc TN$495,234 Exec Director $33,600 $34,294 2024
New England Ski Museum Inc NH$497,445 Executive Director (Former) $70,000 $62,762 2024
La Casa Del Libro Inc PR$497,619 Executive Director $9,061 $8,801 2024
Rancho Obi-wan Inc CA$419,326 President/ce $29,795 $24,982 2024
Southeastern Museums Conference GA$411,676 Executive Director $83,825 $84,258 2023
The Coming King Foundation TX$410,943 Executve Director $33,857 $33,857 2023
German Village Society OH$410,500 Executive Di $83,333 $88,235 2023
The Muzeo Foundation CA$516,592 Executive Dir. $113,033 $92,331 2025
Jacksonville Area Center For Independent IL$519,920 Executive Dir. $50,000 $47,731 2024
Japanese American Museum Of Oregon OR$520,012 Executive Director $110,000 $99,190 2024
Owensboro Area Museum Of Science And History Inc KY$396,253 Director $43,828 $45,723 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Nancy Schultz) 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 101 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,659 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.