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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Young Musicians Of Virginia

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 542018258
VA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allison Siff, Executive Director / CEO ($14,477) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Allison Siff — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,929 total compensation of comparable organizations → $313,460 $14,477
$25,62910th
$39,62925th
$63,969Median
$80,87775th
$148,83690th
$14,477This org · 6th
p10$25,629
p25$39,629
p50$63,969
p75$80,877
p90$148,836
$14,477

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
Virginia Beach Fellows Inc VA$384,280 President/co $76,175 $76,175 2025
Rosie Riveters VA$371,870 Secretary Executive Director $90,000 $92,381 2024
Piano & More VA$370,083 President $78,792 $80,877 2024
Our Community Place VA$367,290 Executive Di $60,000 $60,000 2025
Read Early And Daily Read VA$340,582 Executive Director $16,380 $17,310 2023
Partners In Academics & Therapeutic VA$452,399 President $7,725 $7,929 2024
Express Association Of America VA$339,000 Executive Director $296,619 $313,460 2023
Erudite Russian Language Educational And Cultural Center Inc VA$457,817 President, Director $40,500 $42,799 2023
Abukloi Foundation VA$317,014 Vice President $37,500 $39,629 2023
Center For Redemptive Education Inc VA$496,876 President $68,580 $70,395 2024
Podium Rva VA$279,368 Executive Director $62,320 $63,969 2024
Emerging Scholars Program Inc VA$266,999 Executive Director $54,250 $55,685 2024
Children Of War Inc VA$525,049 President $69,973 $71,824 2024
Mobiles For Education Alliance VA$542,554 Executive Director/president $36,923 $37,900 2024
College Orientation Workshop Inc VA$546,381 President/chairman $125,000 $128,307 2024
Boolean Girl Inc VA$568,908 Executive Dir. $29,500 $31,175 2023
Council On Legal Education VA$585,325 Ceo $175,000 $179,630 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 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 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Allison Siff) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + VA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,477 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.