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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472431304
IL · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pranita Nayar, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 167 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

167 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 167 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,486 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,646 $55,000
$12,96110th
$28,96325th
$55,765Median
$78,62575th
$100,69490th
$55,000This org · 49th
p10$12,961
p25$28,963
p50$55,765
p75$78,625
p90$100,694
$55,000

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 IL 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
Dance Parade Inc NY$394,841 Brd&exec Dir $24,750 $22,162 2025
Latino Music Education Network CA$395,124 Member Board Of Directors $20,000 $18,086 2023
We Are The Culture Creators Nonprofit MI$396,365 Executive Director $30,000 $32,427 2023
Fanm Saj Inc FL$392,782 Director $58,359 $55,765 2024
Bundled Arrows Inc NY$398,839 Director $7,416 $6,816 2024
Navi Journey Corp NJ$389,669 Author $125,000 $116,875 2023
Bihl Haus Arts Inc TX$388,480 Executive Dir. $91,088 $95,418 2023
Salem Multi Institute OR$402,048 Executive Director $50,000 $48,625 2023
Pacific Community Of Alaska AK$402,914 Executive Director $100,300 $100,420 2023
International Muslim Outreach Inc FL$403,502 Executive Director $110,000 $105,111 2024
Cultural Coalition Inc AZ$403,582 Executive Dir. $62,292 $60,936 2024
Hispanic League NC$385,109 Executive Director Through September 2024 $55,531 $58,364 2024
Knowyourroots CA$383,619 President $27,000 $23,715 2024
Academy Of Himalayan Art And Childr HI$406,001 President $25,000 $23,439 2023
Robert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center OH$383,283 Ceo $20,566 $22,811 2023
Freetown Village Inc IN$406,571 Executive Director $62,400 $66,934 2024
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural OH$407,509 Executive Director $73,390 $81,402 2023
Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc NY$379,572 Executive Director $28,064 $26,557 2023
Michigan Black Expo Inc MI$410,971 President $49,918 $53,956 2023
Aspiring Leaders Enrichment Center Inc NY$411,858 President $17,050 $15,671 2024
East Hawaii Cultural Council HI$377,296 President/ex $50,321 $44,645 2025
Indigenous Language Institute NM$413,452 Executive Di $72,000 $78,770 2024
Malo Motivating Action Leadership CA$376,017 Founder/exec. Director $127,190 $111,715 2024
Ujima Mens Collective Inc FL$414,105 President And Program Directoor $76,500 $75,260 2023
Web Chaver Inc NJ$375,115 President $47,600 $43,229 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Pranita Nayar) 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 167 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.