Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Evans, Executive Director / CEO ($26,100) against the 2000 closest of 3,009 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Richard Evans — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 AL cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquee Youth Stage | IL | $439,452 | Executive Dir. | $61,154 | $55,651 | 2024 |
| Echo Publishing | MI | $439,510 | Vice Preside | $48,000 | $45,860 | 2024 |
| Ojai Playwrights Conference | CA | $439,363 | Managing Director | $40,000 | $31,972 | 2024 |
| Outlinc Inc | NE | $439,338 | Executive Director | $69,216 | $70,945 | 2023 |
| Primary Information Inc | NY | $439,309 | Executive Director | $93,649 | $78,331 | 2024 |
| The Douglas Anderson School Of The | FL | $439,664 | Director | $20,000 | $17,905 | 2023 |
| Thegifted Arts Inc | NC | $439,152 | Founder, Ceo | $87,246 | $83,445 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Chorale | MN | $439,800 | Executive Director | $65,208 | $58,104 | 2025 |
| Open Studio Project Inc | IL | $438,996 | Executive Di | $69,250 | $61,394 | 2025 |
| Walls Turned Sideways Nfp | IL | $439,914 | Director/co-ed | $40,137 | $35,583 | 2025 |
| Museum Of The American Railroad | TX | $438,959 | Ceo | $88,480 | $84,345 | 2023 |
| John Kirkpatrick Fund For Historic | OK | $438,882 | President | $36,220 | $38,008 | 2023 |
| Center For Latter-day Saint Arts Inc | NY | $438,859 | Executive Director | $144,410 | $120,789 | 2024 |
| Arts Connect International Inc | MA | $438,544 | Co-director | $72,808 | $62,350 | 2023 |
| Kenosha Public Museums Foundation Inc | WI | $440,389 | Executive Director | $36,888 | $35,660 | 2024 |
| Playback Memphis Inc | TN | $438,456 | Executive Director | $85,300 | $82,995 | 2024 |
| Artist Outreach Inc | TX | $440,502 | Ceo/director Of Programs | $186,587 | $172,766 | 2024 |
| Squonk Opera Inc | PA | $440,506 | Co-executive Director/secretary | $87,000 | $80,308 | 2024 |
| Arts & Business Council Of Miami Inc | FL | $438,365 | Executive Director | $99,000 | $83,868 | 2025 |
| Intensive Care Ministries | CA | $438,363 | President | $41,335 | $33,039 | 2024 |
| Fullerton Museum Center Association | CA | $440,563 | Executive Director | $120,300 | $98,994 | 2023 |
| Womens Art Center Of The Hamptons Inc | NY | $440,657 | Vice President/executive Director | $120,000 | $100,372 | 2024 |
| Chinese Performing Arts Of America | CA | $440,711 | Executive Dir | $36,000 | $29,624 | 2023 |
| Center For American Culture And Ideas | AZ | $440,867 | Secretary | $39,693 | $36,378 | 2023 |
| Huntington Symphony Orchestra | WV | $437,997 | Executive Di | $47,500 | $47,606 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 AL 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 18th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 16th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 17th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 16th |
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.
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
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 13, 2026.