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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Best Video Film And Cultural Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472773702
CT · NTEE A31
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Raizine Bruton, Executive Director / CEO ($34,399) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 311 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Raizine Bruton — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

311 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 311 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $475,431 $34,399
$3,60710th
$8,14625th
$18,920Median
$35,23075th
$52,85090th
$34,399This org · 74th
p10$3,607
p25$8,146
p50$18,920
p75$35,230
p90$52,850
$34,399

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 CT 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
Mchenry Museum & Historical Society CA$64,708 Officer $71,227 $63,906 2025
Maui Music Mission HI$64,941 Ceo $7,277 $7,154 2023
Korean Cultural Center Alaska AK$64,956 President $5,050 $5,149 2024
National Humanities Alliance DC$64,487 Executive Director $28,377 $27,343 2023
The Bar Plan Foundation MO$65,171 President $47,885 $54,092 2024
City First Foundation IL$64,278 Ex. Director $54,000 $56,621 2024
Center For The Force Majeure Foundation CA$65,233 Chairman $15,747 $14,502 2024
Interior And Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation AK$65,366 Operations Director $29,959 $30,548 2024
Culture Encounters VA$64,009 Founderexecutive Director $1,000 $1,030 2024
Grupo Folkorico De Pueblo Inc CO$64,002 Artistic Director $42,000 $42,953 2024
Center For Civil War Photograp PA$63,774 Exec Director $5,400 $5,743 2024
The National Foundation For Musical MN$65,780 President $12,000 $13,019 2023
The Francis Poulenc Trio Inc MD$63,664 Secretary/vice President $17,500 $17,965 2023
Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective IN$63,627 Director Of Movement Education $4,275 $4,808 2024
Noontime Concerts CA$63,570 Executive Director $103,757 $98,379 2023
Ss Columbia Project NY$65,891 Chairwoman $20,000 $19,845 2023
Chamber Music Society Of New Paltz Inc NY$63,535 President $9,500 $9,426 2023
Westminster Preservation Trust Inc MD$63,453 President $13,000 $12,963 2024
Hartford Preservation Alliance Inc CT$66,165 Executive Dir. $21,000 $21,620 2023
The John P Parker Historical Society Inc OH$63,235 Docent $10,179 $11,839 2023
Waupaca Historical Society WI$66,228 Director $24,473 $27,259 2024
Fermata Arts Foundation Inc CT$66,300 President $3,248 $3,344 2023
The Society Of Mayflower Descendants ME$66,399 Governor $1,500 $1,649 2023
The Krenov Foundation CA$62,712 President $4,000 $3,793 2023
Bellefontaine Cultural Arts Commission OH$66,936 Co-director $6,500 $7,559 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Raizine Bruton) 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 311 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,399 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.