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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Parkway High School Band Boosters Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721449346
LA · NTEE A6C
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allison Mcdonald, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 589 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Allison Mcdonald — reported title “MAIN TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

589 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 589 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $404,827 $24,000
$3,73910th
$11,28125th
$23,213Median
$42,22675th
$60,09290th
$24,000This org · 51st
p10$3,739
p25$11,281
p50$23,213
p75$42,226
p90$60,092
$24,000

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 LA 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
Fairhope Film Festival Inc AL$108,523 Executive Director $16,000 $16,162 2023
Nashville Ballet Foundation TN$108,590 Artistic Director/ceo $4,054 $3,870 2024
Huntington African American Museum Inc NY$107,966 Executive Director $26,522 $21,765 2024
The Etruscan Foundation MI$108,868 Exec. Direct $52,000 $48,743 2024
Committee For A Better New Orleans LA$107,720 Executive Director $80,000 $80,000 2024
Elivy Youth Performing Arts Institute IL$109,056 Treasurer $3,120 $2,786 2024
Persephone Productions Inc VA$109,079 Ceo $80,506 $70,593 2024
Waynesboro Community Theatre Project Inc PA$109,329 Director $29,879 $27,060 2024
Salvage Vanguard Theater TX$107,275 Artistic Director $64,600 $60,418 2023
Torah Lishmah Institute Inc NY$109,422 President $100,000 $82,063 2024
Emerald Hills Institute UT$109,609 Director $3,000 $2,788 2024
The Iredell Museums Inc NC$109,708 Programs Opreations Manager $48,585 $44,416 2025
Art In The Atrium Inc NJ$110,017 Ceo $54,985 $44,584 2024
East Bay Media Center CA$106,468 President $300 $235 2024
The Arts Project Inc MD$110,552 Executive Director $24,559 $20,852 2024
The American Classic Arcade Museum NH$105,991 Director $18,200 $15,713 2023
Chambersburg Area Council For The PA$105,989 Executive Director $30,530 $27,649 2024
Art At A Time Like This Inc NY$105,980 President $9,250 $7,815 2023
Virginia Choral Society Inc VA$105,978 Artistic Director $20,085 $17,158 2025
Denizen Theatre Inc NY$110,746 Secretary/treasurer $19,980 $16,396 2024
The Midwest Writing Center IL$110,753 Executive Director $33,497 $30,790 2023
Holland Childrens Movement NE$110,791 Ceo $42,825 $43,066 2023
Philadelphia Dance Projects PA$111,022 Executive Di $4,000 $3,529 2025
Trilogy An Opera Company NJ$111,031 Artisticexecutive Director $19,150 $15,528 2024
Shelton Historical Society Inc CT$111,059 Executive Director $24,445 $20,815 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 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 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.

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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Allison Mcdonald) 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 589 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.