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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alliance Arts Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470684455
NE · NTEE A260
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindy Randall, Executive Director / CEO ($7,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 165 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cindy Randall — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

165 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 165 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$480 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,369 $7,800
$2,64810th
$6,52925th
$15,691Median
$30,78075th
$48,35490th
$7,800This org · 30th
p10$2,648
p25$6,529
p50$15,691
p75$30,780
p90$48,354
$7,800

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 NE 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
Chinkapin Craftstead Inc TN$47,401 Director Of Programming $12,000 $12,393 2023
The H B Playwrights Foundation Inc NY$47,703 Executive/ Artistic Director $6,245 $5,385 2024
Sciart Exchange TX$46,436 Executive Director $42,000 $40,095 2024
Marika Foundation Incorporated MA$46,320 Board Member $630 $579 2022
Broadway Sacramento Foundation CA$48,005 Director $31,823 $26,225 2024
Delaware Sports Museum And DE$46,267 Executive Director $23,000 $22,128 2023
Kritya Foundation Inc NY$48,114 President $4,590 $3,958 2024
Far Star Action Fund WA$46,140 Executive Director $13,922 $11,895 2024
Encore Slso Inc MO$48,216 President $67,269 $67,996 2024
Josephine County Historical Society OR$46,070 Treasurer $26,041 $23,761 2023
Friends Of Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park TX$48,419 Executive Director $22,851 $21,815 2024
Treasure Caretaker Training CO$48,712 Executive Director $24,000 $21,963 2024
Cupertino Chinese School CA$45,480 Principal $9,000 $7,417 2024
Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum & Hall Of Fame CO$48,949 President $16,500 $15,100 2024
Philadelphia Stories Inc PA$45,283 Executive Di $5,000 $4,758 2024
Grinnell School Of Music Inc IA$49,025 Executive Di $3,000 $3,227 2023
Hill-stead Museum Board Of Governors Inc CT$49,137 Executive Director & Trustee $13,993 $12,521 2024
Kosciuszko Polish Language MA$45,128 President, D $7,000 $6,003 2024
Winter Park University Inc FL$45,000 Chairman $5,000 $4,805 2022
Frank Brown International FL$49,629 Executive Di $30,000 $26,896 2024
1893 Land Run Historical Center Inc OK$44,642 Opeations Manage $12,130 $12,747 2024
Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society Inc WI$44,462 Museum Manager $13,520 $13,874 2023
Thomas Paine Society Of Pasadena CA$49,977 Director $44,400 $36,590 2024
Peninsula Youth Orchestra WA$49,997 Executive Director $10,000 $9,157 2022
Starfish Accelerator Foundation NY$50,000 Director $25,000 $22,196 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE cost of living and 2025 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 NE 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Cindy Randall) 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 165 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,800 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.