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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Olathe Youth Symphony Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 481135532
KS · NTEE A69
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Randy Detrick, Executive Director / CEO ($6,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 217 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Randy Detrick — reported title “Music 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

217 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 217 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $94,947 $6,500
$2,75010th
$6,37325th
$15,482Median
$27,21475th
$45,31990th
$6,500This org · 25th
p10$2,750
p25$6,373
p50$15,482
p75$27,214
p90$45,319
$6,500

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
Juneteenth Festival Inc NY$54,055 Office Clerk $12,352 $10,605 2024
Zumix Firehouse Inc MA$54,182 Clerk $8,417 $7,187 2024
The Society For The Restoration Of The Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium IN$54,419 Manager $12,962 $13,371 2023
Good News Unlimited CA$54,482 President $25,144 $21,239 2023
Sandhills Family Heritage Association NC$53,524 Executive Director $17,854 $17,528 2024
The Houston Center For After School Jazz Programs TX$55,008 Musician $1,950 $1,854 2024
Timeless Melodies Fnd For Education Inc CA$55,035 Executive Direc $23,750 $18,983 2025
Club Portuguese Of Stockton California CA$55,235 Secretary $1,200 $1,013 2023
Beethoven Festival Orchestra Inc NY$52,957 President $2,000 $1,717 2024
Ingersoll Gender Center WA$52,906 Executive Director $108,414 $94,947 2023
Educational Center For The Blind And The Handicapped Of Puerto Rico PR$52,731 Director $3,551 $3,753 2023
Story Preservation Initiative NH$55,576 Executive Director $26,918 $24,313 2023
Saecula Choir Foundation Inc CT$52,519 President $16,000 $14,253 2024
Pearl's Serenity House PA$52,498 President $45,100 $43,995 2023
Western North Carolina Journalism NC$55,767 Executive Director $53,333 $52,359 2024
Evansville Civic Theatre Inc IN$52,360 Managing Artist Director $14,216 $13,877 2025
Shands Auxiliary Inc FL$52,360 Chairman/president/ceo Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics (Thru July 2022) $38,142 $35,050 2023
Li Huasheng Art Foundation WA$51,846 Director $37,500 $31,899 2024
Grand Foundation CA$51,548 Administrative Assistant $19,822 $15,844 2025
Arts With Others CA$51,507 President $30,000 $25,340 2023
Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage WV$51,476 Coordinator $15,050 $15,482 2024
Northview Education Foundation MI$51,425 Executive Director $19,200 $18,829 2024
Sherwood Forest Foundation MO$56,861 Executive Director $42,364 $43,891 2023
216 E Washington Blvd Foundation IN$56,979 Treasurer $1,000 $1,032 2023
Central Texas Musical Arts TX$57,008 Music And Artistic Director $5,430 $5,161 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Randy Detrick) 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 217 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,500 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.