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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Martin And Osa Johnson Safari

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480674665
KS · NTEE A560
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Conrad Froehlich, Executive Director / CEO ($42,298) against the 2000 closest of 2,264 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Conrad Froehlich — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,264 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $265,237 $42,298
$5,84710th
$18,06825th
$35,712Median
$53,31475th
$70,16390th
$42,298This org · 59th
p10$5,847
p25$18,068
p50$35,712
p75$53,314
p90$70,163
$42,298

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 KS 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
Destination Crenshaw Support Foundation CA$213,080 Chairperson/president $5,089 $4,187 2023
Annie E Woodman Institute Inc NH$213,068 Executive Director $55,847 $49,143 2023
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts PA$213,248 Executive Director $91,000 $86,481 2023
Day Ii Day Foundation Inc CA$213,010 President & Ceo $60,500 $49,785 2023
Superstars Writing CO$212,953 Member $24,570 $22,452 2023
Armando Info Inc FL$213,376 Director And President $22,240 $19,339 2024
Rogue World Music OR$213,377 Executive Director $46,000 $39,542 2024
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $24,062 2025
Inlandia Institute Inc CA$213,419 Executive Director $64,220 $51,330 2024
Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Co NY$213,428 Director $57,693 $48,256 2024
Heart Of Dance MN$212,823 Interim Executive Director $47,878 $43,791 2024
Northwest Choir Resources WA$212,816 Secretary And Artistic Director $120,000 $99,448 2024
Blackstone River Theatre RI$213,507 Executive Director $72,538 $66,285 2023
Michigan Arts Access MI$213,518 Executive Di $46,000 $43,949 2024
Dogteam Theatre Project Inc VT$213,541 Co-president $2,520 $2,348 2024
Nature's Best Photography Fund Inc VA$213,600 Director / President $10,984 $9,817 2024
Papageno Society Inc NY$213,603 Treasurer $80,000 $66,914 2024
Hawkeye Indian Cultural Center Inc NC$213,614 Executive Dir. $1,400 $1,305 2025
East Side Arts Council MN$213,627 Executive Dir. $40,810 $37,326 2024
Johnston County Arts Council Inc NC$212,629 Executive Di $52,800 $49,198 2025
Rome Historical Society Inc NY$212,619 Executive Di $55,267 $47,592 2023
Pones Inc KY$213,740 Executive Director & Ex Officio Board Director $32,350 $32,171 2024
Joseph Avenue Arts And Culture NY$213,744 Executive Director $79,735 $64,974 2025
Richards Institute Of CA$213,781 Executive Di $44,000 $35,169 2024
Saint Louis Nihongo Kyoshitsu Inc MO$213,782 Director/principal $8,469 $8,089 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Conrad Froehlich) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,298 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.