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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

River Road African American Museum And Gallery

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 586142039
LA · NTEE A500
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of L'oreal M Evans, Executive Director / CEO ($32,542) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: L'oreal M Evans — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,657 total compensation of comparable organizations → $148,777 $32,542
$23,25310th
$41,65925th
$61,547Median
$81,14175th
$105,60990th
$32,542This org · 16th
p10$23,253
p25$41,659
p50$61,547
p75$81,141
p90$105,609
$32,542

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 LA 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
The Edge Motor Museum Inc TN$454,726 Executive Director $85,000 $81,141 2024
Galveston Children's Museum TX$459,157 Executive Director $60,659 $56,733 2023
Lowell's Maritime Foundation Inc MA$460,259 Executive Director $75,602 $61,697 2024
New England Carousel Museum Inc CT$462,629 Executive Dir. $60,192 $51,253 2024
American Saddle Horse KY$465,305 Executive Director $102,750 $100,252 2024
Fullerton Museum Center Association CA$440,563 Executive Director $120,300 $97,125 2023
Hawaiian Railway Society HI$471,022 Key Employee $51,600 $41,955 2024
German American Heritage Center IA$437,510 Executive Di $67,083 $66,705 2024
Long Island Maritime Museum NY$429,337 Executive Director $75,094 $63,445 2023
Capri Community Film Society Inc AL$483,006 Director $77,678 $78,461 2023
Afro-american Historical Association Of Fauquier County VA$487,717 Pres, Exec Dir $36,664 $32,149 2024
Hawaii Mobile Museum Of Tolerance HI$489,330 Executive Director $130,000 $105,700 2024
Rancho Obi-wan Inc CA$419,326 President/ce $29,795 $23,365 2024
Finger Lakes Boating Musuem Inc NY$492,302 Executive Director $75,000 $61,547 2024
National Soaring Museum NY$493,119 Director $73,298 $60,151 2024
Swift Museum Foundation Inc TN$495,234 Exec Director $33,600 $32,074 2024
Southeastern Museums Conference GA$411,676 Executive Director $83,825 $78,804 2023
New England Ski Museum Inc NH$497,445 Executive Director (Former) $70,000 $58,699 2024
La Casa Del Libro Inc PR$497,619 Executive Director $9,061 $9,061 2024
The Coming King Foundation TX$410,943 Executve Director $33,857 $31,665 2023
German Village Society OH$410,500 Executive Di $83,333 $82,523 2023
Owensboro Area Museum Of Science And History Inc KY$396,253 Director $43,828 $42,763 2024
The Muzeo Foundation CA$516,592 Executive Dir. $113,033 $86,354 2025
Jacksonville Area Center For Independent IL$519,920 Executive Dir. $50,000 $44,641 2024
Japanese American Museum Of Oregon OR$520,012 Executive Director $110,000 $92,770 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (L'oreal M Evans) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,542 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.