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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Modern Art

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522178882
MD · NTEE A110
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kaywin Feldman, Executive Director / CEO ($463,127) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 447 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

447 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 447 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $270,378 $463,127
$3,62410th
$9,49725th
$22,626Median
$42,63175th
$58,96790th
$463,127This org · 100th
p10$3,624
p25$9,497
p50$22,626
p75$42,631
p90$58,967
$463,127

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 MD 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
Renew Theaters Inc PA$87,022 Executive Director $110,092 $114,062 2024
Tioga County Historical Society PA$86,949 Managing Director $28,891 $30,817 2023
The Center For Less Unpleasant NY$86,910 President $288,000 $270,378 2024
Music For Autism CA$87,168 Executive Director $35,744 $33,014 2023
Waseca Arts Council Inc MN$87,169 Executive Dir. $8,327 $8,548 2024
Sammons Center Endowment Corp TX$86,821 Executive Director $13,000 $13,510 2024
Dances Of Universal Peace International WA$87,251 President $6,500 $6,047 2024
International Jazz Day Az AZ$87,344 Executive Dir. $18,215 $18,199 2024
North Shore Academy Of The Arts Inc WI$86,646 Director $4,300 $4,803 2023
The Stage Door Inc UT$87,427 Managing Dir $8,000 $8,506 2024
El Paso Holocaust Museum Foundation TX$86,514 Museum Exec Dir $2,227 $2,383 2023
South Florida Chamber Ensemble Inc FL$87,526 Executive Director $38,500 $37,576 2024
Dublin Community Center NH$87,586 Center Director $24,999 $23,982 2024
Sentimental Journey Inc PA$87,602 Executive Coordinator $9,909 $10,267 2024
Vasa Order Of America National IL$86,295 Archivist $50,404 $51,483 2024
Whitesville Historical Society Inc KY$86,210 Executive Di $21,012 $24,146 2023
Crawford Family Historical Museum Inc TX$87,830 Secretary-treasurer $29,952 $32,047 2023
Order Of The Crown Of Charlemagne MN$86,158 Registrar Ge $3,685 $3,685 2025
Morning Star News International Inc CA$87,895 President & Ceo $46,000 $42,487 2023
Sephardi Voices Usa Inc FL$86,014 President/tr $7,250 $7,076 2024
509 Cultural Center CA$88,051 Co-executive Director $50,000 $44,857 2024
Palacios House Of Arts LA$88,100 Executive Director $19,123 $22,523 2023
Valentina Kozlova Dance Foundation Inc NY$88,106 Ceo & Chairman $13,202 $12,394 2024
Minnesota Association Of Letter Carriers MN$85,874 President $7,661 $8,097 2023
Spaces OH$85,801 Frmr Exec Di $58,702 $64,596 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD cost of living and 2023 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 MD 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Kaywin Feldman) 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 447 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $463,127 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.