Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shelley Landrieu, Executive Director / CEO ($74,301) against the 2000 closest of 2,190 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended
Benchmarked executive: Shelley Landrieu — reported title “Executive Dir.”, 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 LA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Conservatoire Inc | GA | $208,793 | President | $48,000 | $43,830 | 2023 |
| Asbury Park Theater Company | NJ | $208,816 | Executive Director | $24,324 | $19,157 | 2024 |
| Center For The Dance Theatre | CA | $208,832 | President | $48,873 | $38,326 | 2023 |
| General Baker Institute | MI | $208,851 | Executive Director | $66,193 | $62,047 | 2023 |
| Northwest Arts Center | WA | $208,548 | Executive Dir. | $27,000 | $21,953 | 2023 |
| Irish Music School Of Chicago | IL | $208,516 | President | $67,770 | $58,771 | 2024 |
| Our Fabulous Variety Show Inc | NY | $208,492 | Executive Di | $33,648 | $26,129 | 2025 |
| Theatre Art For Kids | NE | $208,967 | President | $23,333 | $22,138 | 2024 |
| Lunchtime Productions | CA | $209,049 | Executive Dir. | $42,834 | $33,590 | 2023 |
| Heritage Tourism Alliance Of Montgomery | MD | $209,050 | Executive Dir. | $93,388 | $79,290 | 2023 |
| Story Theater Company | IA | $209,154 | President | $2,635 | $2,545 | 2024 |
| Alamance County Historical Museum Inc | NC | $209,161 | Executive Director | $52,714 | $48,046 | 2024 |
| Targum Publishing Company | NJ | $209,199 | Editor In Chief - Member | $10,226 | $8,054 | 2024 |
| Fireweed Community Woodshop | MN | $209,199 | Pollinator | $39,997 | $35,892 | 2023 |
| Theater At The Center Inc | IN | $208,112 | Administrator | $44,677 | $42,787 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Cinematheque | CA | $209,336 | Exec. Dir./dir. | $76,286 | $58,106 | 2024 |
| Pacific International Choral | OR | $209,346 | Artistic/exe | $21,000 | $17,711 | 2023 |
| Camp Paxson Preservation Project | MT | $208,048 | Executive Dir. | $30,000 | $29,368 | 2023 |
| Mixed Magic Theatre & Cultural Events | RI | $209,376 | Director | $20,500 | $17,340 | 2024 |
| Terminal Radio Inc | AK | $208,046 | Director Of | $60,500 | $51,021 | 2024 |
| Heritage Sylvania Inc | OH | $207,974 | Executive Di | $48,288 | $46,447 | 2023 |
| Ovation Theatre | CA | $209,509 | Executive Director | $53,750 | $40,941 | 2024 |
| Rise Up School Of Dance | UT | $207,910 | President | $47,240 | $43,908 | 2023 |
| Maryland Center For The Visual And Performing Arts Inc | MD | $207,895 | Executive Director | $22,000 | $17,675 | 2025 |
| Music Box Players | PA | $209,622 | President | $1,615 | $1,421 | 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 2023 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 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 94th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 88th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 94th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 91st |
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 9, 2026.