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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Artists For World Peace Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 571184659
CT · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wendy Black-nasta, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 304 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Wendy Black-nasta — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

304 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 304 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$301 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,292 $20,000
$13,10210th
$35,76825th
$60,351Median
$80,58675th
$98,23590th
$20,000This org · 15th
p10$13,102
p25$35,768
p50$60,351
p75$80,586
p90$98,235
$20,000

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 CT 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
1619 Freedom School IA$436,447 Vice President $39,252 $45,838 2024
Alma Lewis PA$435,147 Executive Director $98,610 $107,979 2023
Center For Latter-day Saint Arts Inc NY$438,859 Executive Director $144,410 $139,176 2024
Thegifted Arts Inc NC$439,152 Founder, Ceo $87,246 $96,147 2024
Backyard Kids Theater Inc CA$433,929 Executive Dir. $50,000 $46,048 2024
Legion Arts Inc IA$433,232 Executive Director $13,295 $15,526 2024
Center For American Culture And Ideas AZ$440,867 Secretary $39,693 $41,916 2023
Visionaries Of The Creative Arts DC$432,489 President $63,250 $59,197 2024
The Scarab Club MI$431,923 Executive Di $64,692 $73,320 2023
Hiddenite Center Inc NC$431,778 Executive Di $35,155 $37,743 2025
Tamarack Foundation Inc WV$443,135 Executive Director $74,131 $88,135 2023
Buchanan Center For The Arts IL$443,297 Executive Director $50,533 $54,551 2023
Brady Craft Inc OK$444,373 Executive Director $67,446 $79,209 2024
Texas Folklife Resources TX$428,750 Executive Director $140,000 $153,774 2023
Folk Arts Center Of New England Inc MA$428,717 Executive Director $78,992 $75,707 2024
Monroe Arts Center Inc WI$428,239 Executive Director $76,184 $84,858 2024
Rochester Folk Art Guild Inc NY$427,098 Treasurer $15,000 $14,883 2023
Scool Sounds Inc NY$447,788 Executive Dir. $70,702 $68,139 2024
Street Theory Collective MA$448,600 Clerk $110,400 $103,081 2025
Bulk Space MI$424,846 Director $34,562 $38,048 2024
Main Street Arts Inc NY$424,719 Executive Director & Curat $81,818 $81,182 2023
Monica Bill Barnes & Company Inc NY$449,169 Founder/artistic Director $105,761 $101,928 2024
Hawaiian Music Perpetuation Society HI$449,654 Executive Dir. $91,143 $87,031 2024
Equity Trust Inc MA$450,097 Executive Director $71,756 $68,772 2024
Sacred Heart Cultural Center Inc GA$451,291 Executive Director $85,853 $92,068 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Wendy Black-nasta) 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 304 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.