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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522082130
MS · NTEE A63
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Olivia Maley, Executive Director / CEO ($19,667) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,738 total compensation of comparable organizations → $87,240 $19,667
$13,50610th
$21,44725th
$39,118Median
$51,50475th
$61,49190th
$19,667This org · 19th
p10$13,506
p25$21,447
p50$39,118
p75$51,504
p90$61,491
$19,667

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 MS 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
Kingsport Ballet TN$382,919 Executive Di $43,750 $41,291 2024
Syracuse City Ballet Inc NY$378,355 Executive Director $15,769 $13,172 2023
Azara Ballet Inc FL$365,205 Director $64,200 $54,151 2024
Performing Arts School Of Central Pa PA$364,121 School Director $18,183 $16,281 2024
Southwest Virginia Ballet Company VA$363,594 Art Director $60,658 $54,140 2023
Morballet Inc NY$397,888 President $35,596 $28,880 2024
Dimensions Dance Theater Of Miami Inc FL$363,013 President $24,086 $20,316 2024
Andalusia Ballet Association AL$356,670 Secretary/tr $29,496 $29,456 2023
Ballet Frontier Of Texas TX$405,308 Artistic Director $47,375 $42,550 2024
Champaign-urbana Ballet IL$354,969 Executive Director $56,616 $48,688 2025
Tulsa Ballet Theatre Trust Fund FL$347,279 Trustee $55,578 $46,879 2024
Rejoice Ministries Inc TN$345,312 Executive Director $65,160 $61,497 2024
Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre Inc TX$419,261 Executive Director $26,985 $24,237 2024
Ballet Works Inc MN$419,448 Executive Director $54,150 $46,803 2025
Miami Youth Ballet Inc FL$428,400 President $36,916 $31,138 2024
Ballet Etudes Of South Florida Inc FL$329,657 Director $15,413 $13,001 2024
Akhmedova Ballet Foundation Inc MD$322,174 President $62,008 $52,051 2024
Northeast Atlanta GA$317,332 Artistic Director $75,700 $68,341 2024
The Rosin Box Project Inc CA$444,336 Art Dir/ceo $60,320 $46,767 2024
Hawaii Ballet Theatre For Youth HI$444,762 Director $25,800 $21,352 2023
Miami Valley Ballet Theatre Inc OH$315,444 Ceo $59,617 $55,233 2025
On Stage Theatrical Productions Inc MA$306,386 Director $7,205 $5,663 2025
Triangle Youth Ballet NC$456,035 Pres/artistic Director $28,770 $26,691 2024
Academy Of Ballet Arts Inc FL$303,715 President $29,925 $25,241 2024
Naples Ballet And Company Inc FL$459,852 Coo, Artistic Director $84,938 $71,643 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Olivia Maley) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A63), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,667 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.