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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mariachi Spectacular De Albuquerque

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 710967585
NM · NTEE A68
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Peter Sanchez, Executive Director / CEO ($64,996) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 176 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Peter Sanchez — reported title “Chief Executive Officer”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

176 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 176 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$524 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,466 $64,996
$15,13610th
$32,06325th
$50,742Median
$70,77275th
$87,50490th
$64,996This org · 69th
p10$15,136
p25$32,063
p50$50,742
p75$70,772
p90$87,504
$64,996

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 NM 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
Windsync TX$428,641 Executive Director $54,027 $50,247 2024
Music In World Cultures Inc PA$432,155 President And Chair Of The Board $14,250 $13,212 2024
Beyond Booking Inc NY$427,072 Executive Dir. $60,000 $50,409 2024
Ogden Friends Of Acoustic Music-ofoam UT$434,750 Executive Dir. $12,000 $11,756 2023
Tahoe School Of Music CA$435,812 Director $62,313 $50,027 2024
Aimusic Us CA$424,303 Executive Director $90,750 $70,980 2025
Willamette Jazz Society OR$423,685 Executive Dir. $33,061 $29,389 2023
Yakima Music En Accion WA$423,598 Executive Director $72,018 $59,949 2024
Common Ground On The Hill Ltd MD$437,457 Executive Director $14,960 $13,004 2024
Creative Ability Development Inc NY$420,918 Vice Chair/executive Director $83,488 $72,214 2023
Greater Dallas Choral Society TX$442,475 Executive Dir. $34,500 $32,086 2024
Chamber Music Society Of St Louis Inc MO$418,086 Executive & Artistic Director $67,250 $66,224 2024
Jazz At The Ballroom Inc CA$416,145 Executive Direc $2,414 $1,995 2023
Camerata Chicago Association IL$447,816 Executive Director $121,500 $111,058 2024
Table Grace Ministries NE$448,097 Ceo & Director $55,474 $57,113 2023
La Musica Di Asolo Inc FL$450,053 Executive Director $28,700 $24,421 2025
The Early Music Guild Of Seattle WA$451,123 Executive Director $62,882 $53,890 2023
Vibe Of Portland OR$408,947 Executive Director, Founder, Board President $44,700 $38,595 2024
Femme House NY$452,396 President $53,600 $45,032 2024
I Am Music Inc CO$454,835 Executive Dir. $17,250 $15,379 2024
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra CA$405,189 President $40,000 $33,062 2023
Young Artists Conservatory Of Music CA$459,777 Executive Director And Former Brd Director $28,000 $23,144 2023
Music At Gretna Inc PA$460,354 Executive Di $85,000 $78,810 2024
Sam First CA$460,597 Executive & Artistic Director $35,305 $28,344 2024
Youth Choirs Inc TX$460,601 President $128,750 $119,743 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Peter Sanchez) 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 176 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,996 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.