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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arts Center In Orange Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541840609
VA · NTEE A200
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anna Pillow, Executive Director / CEO ($52,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 212 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

212 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 212 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$363 total compensation of comparable organizations → $296,771 $52,500
$9,17810th
$22,26825th
$42,312Median
$60,13275th
$78,26890th
$52,500This org · 65th
p10$9,178
p25$22,268
p50$42,312
p75$60,132
p90$78,268
$52,500

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 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
Philadelphia Folklore Project PA$193,855 Executive Di $13,000 $13,427 2024
North Bend Downtown Foundation WA$191,687 Executive Director $75,164 $69,696 2024
Port Warwick Foundation VA$191,200 Executive Director $32,020 $32,966 2023
Prizm Projects Inc FL$190,595 President $2,500 $2,607 2022
Volunteer Odyssey TN$196,873 Executive Director $67,379 $73,352 2024
Bird & Beckett CA$188,725 Treasurer $27,759 $25,559 2023
Arts & Crafts Association Of Meriden CT$188,286 Treasurer $34,546 $32,682 2025
Charles Houston Cultural Project Inc MA$197,585 President $16,798 $15,634 2024
Capitol View Arts TX$187,062 President $66,000 $68,377 2024
Empact Inc NY$198,656 President $5,000 $4,679 2024
Leadership Hendricks County IN$186,890 Executive Director $55,860 $61,010 2024
Western Justice OR$186,494 Director/sec/treas $30,000 $28,854 2024
Baltimore Festival Of The Arts Inc MD$199,910 Ceo (Through 1/2023) $8,692 $8,665 2023
Eleventh Hour Prayer Network Inc AZ$184,686 President $297,950 $296,771 2024
Folk School Of Fayetteville Inc AR$184,466 Officer $11,400 $13,664 2023
Triangle Arts Association Limited NY$201,266 Executive Director $76,004 $71,130 2024
Kunqu Society Inc NY$201,314 President/board Director $13,110 $11,953 2025
Soon Is Now Inc NY$201,440 Secretary $1,500 $1,404 2024
Second's New Vision And Outreach Ministries MI$184,006 Board Member $9,450 $10,102 2024
Orlando Community Arts Inc FL$183,943 President $13,500 $13,523 2023
Arc Athens Inc NY$201,717 Executive Director $46,065 $43,111 2024
The Roustabouts CA$202,254 Ceo $5,720 $5,267 2023
Tualatin Valley Creates OR$183,224 Executive Director $47,578 $45,760 2024
Fine Arts Fiesta Inc PA$202,405 Exec Director $16,500 $17,042 2024
The Wow Flower Project CA$202,883 Board Of Trustee $14,000 $12,891 2023

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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Anna Pillow) 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 212 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,500 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.