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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Sound Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471534338
AZ · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Duty, Executive Director / CEO ($78,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 464 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julie Duty — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

464 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 464 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$800 total compensation of comparable organizations → $479,750 $78,300
$16,37010th
$40,33425th
$65,615Median
$94,95375th
$119,16490th
$78,300This org · 61st
p10$16,370
p25$40,334
p50$65,615
p75$94,953
p90$119,164
$78,300

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 AZ 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
Springfield Education Foundation OR$390,066 Exec. Dir. $77,250 $74,594 2025
Ceic Corp IL$388,548 President $34,755 $35,528 2025
Bay Area Teacher Training Institute CA$390,714 Executive Director $7,899 $7,280 2024
Let God Help Resources Inc DE$387,505 President $49,628 $51,864 2024
A 1 Learning Connections TN$387,481 Executive Director $258,142 $298,162 2023
Nashville Technology Council Foundation TN$387,450 Chair, Ntc Pres. & Ceo $12,472 $13,992 2024
Knowledge Builders Of Florida Inc FL$387,241 Executive Director $102,312 $105,614 2023
Multinational Exchange For Sustainable A CA$386,952 Ceo $84,538 $77,913 2024
Mentor Tutor Connection CA$392,348 Executive Director $39,568 $36,467 2024
True North Parent Partnership TX$392,816 Executive Director $37,470 $41,186 2023
Emmaus Academy Inc IL$393,287 Secretary $17,152 $18,529 2023
One Spark Foundation Inc CA$385,208 Executive Dir $17,640 $16,258 2024
Tuscarawas County Child Advocacy OH$393,999 Executive Di $68,745 $80,008 2023
Careers Clic NH$384,562 Executive Director $72,942 $71,886 2024
Thrive Today MI$394,385 Vice Chair $96,000 $108,882 2023
Virginia Beach Fellows Inc VA$384,280 President/co $76,175 $76,478 2025
Christ Together Greater Austin TX$395,587 Executive Di $51,083 $53,133 2025
Steam Engine Inc OK$395,604 Executive Director $71,197 $86,146 2023
Young Musicians Of Virginia VA$395,934 Executive Director $14,477 $14,535 2025
Carver Project MO$382,734 Managing Director $109,995 $128,016 2023
Watermark Homeschool Enrichment Inc FL$382,427 Director - President $35,000 $35,093 2024
Caha AR$396,729 Executive Director $52,000 $60,777 2025
Create A Loop MO$396,759 Executive Director $84,000 $94,958 2024
Little Rubies Inc MN$381,588 Director $64,500 $68,024 2024
Caps Network Inc KS$397,483 Treasurer $9,150 $10,863 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Julie Duty) 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 464 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,300 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.