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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lynnville Area Arts Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621864717
TN · NTEE A65
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tammy Pierchoski, Executive Director / CEO ($16,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 194 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

194 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 194 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$752 total compensation of comparable organizations → $91,412 $16,900
$3,93110th
$10,52425th
$25,741Median
$40,52675th
$52,69790th
$16,900This org · 35th
p10$3,931
p25$10,524
p50$25,741
p75$40,526
p90$52,697
$16,900

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 TN 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
What A Do Theatre MI$198,941 Executive Di $53,109 $49,349 2025
Fort Totten Little Theater Company ND$198,130 President $1,500 $1,566 2023
Classical Theatre Company TX$199,643 Executive Artistic Director, Treasurer $35,000 $31,519 2025
Delaware Children's Theatre Ltd DE$199,891 Vice President $30,000 $27,946 2023
Spinning Tree Theatre MO$200,081 Ex-officio $35,845 $35,082 2024
Christian Performance Theatre Inc KS$200,199 Artistic Dir $9,499 $9,763 2023
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre PA$200,248 Artistic Director $36,222 $32,518 2025
Lakewood Community Players WA$196,531 Producing Artistic Director $4,928 $4,077 2024
Enlightened Theatrics OR$195,716 Executive Director $65,000 $57,426 2023
Shabach Enterprise TX$201,957 Executive Director $5,500 $5,234 2023
Bandit Theater WA$195,227 Executiveartistic Director $57,991 $49,394 2023
North Street Playhouse Inc VA$202,483 Artistic Dir $20,800 $18,558 2024
Alton Little Theater Incorporated IL$194,676 Executive Director $36,050 $32,750 2024
Bricolage PA$194,428 Principal Creative & Co-fo $58,112 $55,132 2023
Running To Places Theatre Company Ltd NY$194,342 Resident Director $31,552 $26,346 2024
Matheatre Corporation WY$203,072 President $18,130 $17,940 2024
Uptown Theater For Creative Arts Inc NY$192,481 Executive Director $16,375 $14,077 2023
St Marys Childrens Theatre Inc GA$204,728 Executive Dir. $9,583 $8,904 2024
St John Community Theatre LA$204,923 Managing Director $14,033 $14,700 2023
Black Repertory Theatre Of Kansas City MO$204,948 President Emeritus/ Executive Artistic Director/founder $51,416 $50,322 2024
Bright Lights Theatre TX$205,508 President And Exec Dir $17,750 $15,984 2025
Dandylyon Drama WA$205,579 Artistic Director $31,973 $26,452 2024
Margret And Ha Rey Center Inc NH$190,958 Director $56,160 $47,918 2024
Saltworks Theatre Company PA$206,405 Executive Director $71,749 $66,117 2024
Rubber City Shakespeare Company OH$190,570 Ex-officio $11,843 $11,591 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2023 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 TN 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Tammy Pierchoski) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 194 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,900 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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 10, 2026.