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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sunfest Of Palm Beach County Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 591864355
FL · NTEE A600
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Goode, Executive Director / CEO ($117,990) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 150 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

150 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 150 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,000 $117,990
$13,13810th
$28,35125th
$52,332Median
$68,05875th
$89,64890th
$117,990This org · 99th
p10$13,138
p25$28,351
p50$52,332
p75$68,058
p90$89,648
$117,990

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 FL 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
Bembe Drum & Dance Inc WI$369,420 Int. Exec. D $28,323 $32,320 2024
Thomasville Entertainment GA$365,778 Executive Dir. $35,700 $38,210 2025
Shine On Performing Arts TX$371,248 President Of Board & Executive Artistic Director $40,019 $43,740 2024
Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja Inc NY$371,539 Executive Director $100,000 $98,735 2024
Lovegood Performing Arts Company OR$363,379 President $12,160 $12,703 2023
Ladies Of Hip-hop Festival NJ$363,054 Executive Director $13,700 $13,760 2023
American Theater Group NJ$362,732 Artistic Dir $60,000 $58,534 2024
Strike Anywhere Inc NY$362,504 Artistic Dir. $52,498 $51,834 2024
Prescott Circus Theatre CA$374,696 Executive Dir. $60,738 $57,306 2024
Alive & Kickin MN$360,111 Executive Director $64,500 $71,695 2023
Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera SC$357,749 General Dire $34,490 $39,316 2024
Amazing Things Arts Center Inc MA$357,744 Executive Director $67,234 $66,015 2024
Studio 1 NC$356,006 Executive Dir. $60,100 $67,852 2024
Young Dance Inc MN$381,260 Executive Director $34,840 $38,726 2023
Shakespeare At A Nj Nonprofit Corporatio NJ$355,121 Artistic Director $18,958 $18,495 2024
Sc New Play Festival Inc SC$354,165 Executive Artistic Director $30,000 $33,315 2025
Impact Arts Inc TX$350,870 Chief Operating Officer $17,500 $19,693 2023
Yaa Samar Dance Theatre NY$386,500 Executive Director $52,400 $51,737 2024
Cleveland Arts Prize OH$350,187 Executive Di $43,896 $50,800 2024
Del Sol Performing Arts CA$386,620 Assistant Se $42,815 $41,589 2023
Little Globe Inc NM$348,773 Co-director $50,250 $60,798 2023
The Gilbert Theater Inc NC$388,639 Artistic Director $24,000 $27,096 2024
Arcadia Performing Arts Inc PA$348,016 Executive Director $39,800 $43,367 2024
Aloha Performing Arts Company HI$347,681 Past Preside $77,666 $78,222 2023
No Surf House OH$389,127 President $22,000 $25,460 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Daniel Goode) 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 150 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $117,990 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.