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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Toshiko Takaezu Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474051057
NJ · NTEE A25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justin Brancato, Executive Director / CEO ($6,912) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 160 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

160 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 160 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$172 total compensation of comparable organizations → $235,957 $6,912
$21,50110th
$34,05325th
$66,915Median
$87,93975th
$107,63990th
$6,912This org · 4th
p10$21,501
p25$34,053
p50$66,915
p75$87,939
p90$107,639
$6,912

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 NJ 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
Truartspeaks MN$401,882 Executive Director $86,035 $98,028 2023
River Arts Of Morrisville Inc VT$402,100 Executive Dir. $64,033 $72,186 2024
Famfrequency Productions Inc PA$401,307 Ceo $33,083 $36,951 2024
Tropicalfete Inc NY$402,617 President $2,000 $2,084 2023
European American Musical Alliance Inc NY$399,727 Director $59,693 $62,198 2023
True Skool Inc WI$406,107 Co-executive Director $82,600 $96,618 2024
Dorchester Center For The Arts Inc MD$406,347 Executive Di $67,150 $68,501 2025
Marion Community School Of The Arts IN$407,220 Executive Di $54,400 $66,151 2023
Hoffman Center OR$409,001 Executive Director $75,320 $80,656 2023
Aspire Creative Arts Program CA$394,076 President $13,033 $12,977 2023
4youth Productions Inc DE$416,716 Executive Di $70,000 $74,789 2025
Developing Artist Collaboration DE$385,868 Founder $48,312 $52,983 2024
Arts For All Nevada NV$384,474 Executive Director $67,771 $76,085 2024
Sanctuary Art Center WA$419,228 Executive Director $104,167 $107,540 2023
Praize Productions Inc Nfp IL$419,296 Board Chair $80,638 $88,791 2024
Local Motion Project VA$419,835 Executive Director $88,937 $96,179 2024
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop OH$421,119 Executive Director $75,779 $89,895 2024
Art In Session Inc FL$422,084 President & Executive Director $27,736 $29,183 2024
Electronic Music Education And Preservation Project PA$380,726 Executive Director $65,000 $72,600 2024
Bridgeview School Of Fine Arts Inc VA$426,623 President $90,000 $97,329 2024
Mount Hope Learning Center RI$427,441 Executive Director $60,950 $67,391 2023
Arts On Alexander TX$376,034 Exec & Artistic Director $20,000 $21,829 2025
Iowa Art Works Inc IA$375,444 Executive Director $69,487 $85,215 2024
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc OH$375,344 Executive Director $41,250 $50,379 2023
Fairfield County Children's Choir Inc CT$429,406 Music Director $76,895 $83,136 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Justin Brancato) 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 160 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,912 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.