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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cite Des Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721491585
LA · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Ladmirault, Executive Director / CEO ($40,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 293 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

293 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 293 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$256 total compensation of comparable organizations → $260,227 $40,000
$7,78010th
$21,57825th
$37,756Median
$54,89375th
$69,44490th
$40,000This org · 53rd
p10$7,780
p25$21,578
p50$37,756
p75$54,893
p90$69,444
$40,000

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
Cultural Arts Coalition Inc FL$245,708 Executive Director $45,192 $38,555 2024
Canvas Institute NY$244,903 Executive Director $45,000 $38,019 2023
The Sunshine Center Inc NY$246,329 Ceo/secretar $42,750 $35,082 2024
Autumn House Press PA$244,505 Editor In Ch $56,207 $50,903 2024
Skabob House WA$243,946 Treasurer $4,800 $3,802 2025
Tres Doux Foundation LA$247,275 Executive Director $63,000 $63,000 2024
Kaje Inc NY$243,425 Founding Member And Executive Director $66,437 $54,520 2024
The American Meditation Institute NY$242,823 President $50,000 $41,032 2024
Central Area Youth Association WA$242,467 Executive Dir. $64,200 $52,199 2024
Arts For All Inc NY$248,714 Executive Director $26,250 $22,178 2023
Schoolhouse History And Art Center MT$242,143 Executive Director $52,333 $49,910 2025
Latino Arte And Culture NV$242,054 Chair/executive Director $81,053 $73,783 2024
Siren-protectors Of The Rainforest NY$240,987 Executive Director $9,446 $7,981 2023
Avon Hills Folk School MN$250,182 Executive Director $79,296 $71,157 2024
Teatro Tariakuri IL$240,585 Executive Director And President $28,000 $24,999 2024
Surati For Performing Arts Inc NJ$240,472 President $27,200 $22,055 2024
Polk Arts Alliance Inc FL$250,687 Executive Director $50,000 $42,657 2024
Waldos And Company PA$251,012 Executive Dir. $24,000 $21,735 2024
Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes CA$251,111 Secretary $35,664 $28,793 2023
North Gwinnett Arts Association GA$239,511 Executive Director $53,962 $49,275 2024
The Off-central Players Inc FL$238,855 Board Member / Producing A $60,000 $52,700 2023
Elk River Arts & Lectures MT$252,132 Executive Di $45,150 $44,199 2024
Fire Island Artist Residency Incorporated NY$252,169 Executive Director $48,500 $39,801 2024
Arts In Motion Studio West Michigan MI$252,632 Executive Director $52,000 $48,743 2024
701 Center For Contemporary Art SC$237,911 Administrative Director $21,154 $19,525 2025

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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Daniel Ladmirault) 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 293 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,000 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.