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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jamestowne Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 540964184
VA · NTEE A90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bonnie Hofmeyer, Executive Director / CEO ($62,275) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,920 total compensation of comparable organizations → $178,137 $62,275
$23,94210th
$42,11425th
$72,849Median
$85,69775th
$127,76190th
$62,275This org · 43rd
p10$23,942
p25$42,114
p50$72,849
p75$85,697
p90$127,761
$62,275

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 VA 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
Augusta Ferry Authority Inc KY$492,569 President $23,492 $26,140 2024
Common Wealth Mural Collaborative MA$496,966 President $84,423 $78,571 2024
Latitude Inc Nfp IL$499,033 Executive Director $75,000 $74,397 2025
Society For History And Racial MI$477,508 Executive Di $72,488 $79,779 2023
Studio By The Tracks Inc AL$506,184 Executive Director $63,545 $71,100 2024
Community Artists Collective TX$508,383 Exec Dir $40,000 $41,440 2024
Interurban Arthouse KS$514,711 Chief Executive Officer $71,655 $82,542 2023
Zygote Press Inc OH$466,315 Executive Di $81,080 $88,941 2024
Lawyers For The Creative Arts IL$516,381 Executive Dir. $135,400 $137,864 2024
Colorado West Performing Arts CO$465,186 Executive Di $9,843 $9,775 2024
Georgia Lawyers For The Arts Inc GA$517,427 Executive Director $162,500 $174,220 2023
San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild Inc CA$464,731 Executive Dir. $35,900 $33,054 2023
The Episcopal Actors' Guild NY$462,407 Executive Di $194,093 $176,964 2025
Noblesville Creates IN$520,481 Executive Director $74,450 $83,715 2023
Ogden First Inc UT$520,800 Executive Director $69,390 $73,553 2024
The Writers Room NY$522,020 Director $154,643 $149,001 2023
River Oaks Square Arts & Craft Center LA$458,843 Executive Dir. $61,445 $72,144 2023
Hero Workshop CA$523,629 Chief Executive Officer $43,846 $39,212 2024
Presidio Performing Arts Foundation CA$525,085 Executive Di $82,107 $75,598 2023
Alianza De Museos De Puerto Rico PR$525,999 President $23,000 $23,000 2024
Chicago Artists Coalition IL$451,588 Executive Director $50,329 $52,759 2023
Cymaspace OR$541,970 Executive Director $16,533 $16,371 2023
Arts & Business Council Of Miami Inc FL$438,365 Executive Director $99,000 $93,839 2025
Seward Park Clay Studio WA$547,618 Executive Director $96,554 $92,175 2023
Workshop 13 Inc MA$428,532 Executive Di $59,780 $55,636 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Bonnie Hofmeyer) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,275 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.