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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Sam Houston Masonic Library And Museum Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 740823592
TX · NTEE A50
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Henry R Clore, Executive Director / CEO ($3,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Henry R Clore — reported title “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

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,094 total compensation of comparable organizations → $74,049 $3,000
$8,43110th
$19,15825th
$32,592Median
$41,36775th
$55,25190th
$3,000This org · 5th
p10$8,431
p25$19,158
p50$32,592
p75$41,367
p90$55,251
$3,000

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 TX 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
Bluegrass Heritage Museum Inc KY$121,829 Executive-di $38,016 $41,911 2024
Mennonite Heritage & Agrcltr Museum KS$120,970 Museum Director/curator $18,915 $21,588 2023
Florida Association Of Museums FL$120,156 Executive Director $55,650 $55,230 2023
Water Mill Museum NY$119,739 Director/mgr $39,179 $36,329 2024
Susan B Anthony Birthplace Museum Inc MA$124,399 Executive Director $70,000 $64,547 2024
International Royal Order Of Jesters Inc IN$124,859 Executive Director $11,040 $11,947 2024
Magnes Museum Foundation CA$126,193 Director, Secretary $20,421 $18,094 2024
Aviation Hall Of Fame And Museum Of New Jersey NJ$116,623 Executive Director $40,700 $37,289 2024
Museum Of Broadcast Communications IL$127,961 Chairman/treasurer/ceo $36,539 $36,861 2024
The Living Bible Museum Inc OH$128,599 Trustee $12,020 $13,064 2024
Nebraska Firefighters Foundation NE$104,208 Executive Director $31,800 $35,096 2024
Akin Hall Association NY$103,447 Curator $23,400 $22,339 2023
Ct Vivian Foundation Inc GA$143,562 Executive Di $42,000 $42,217 2025
Stuart Heritage Inc FL$96,465 Recording Se $6,336 $6,288 2023
African American Heritage Society TN$149,506 Executive Dir. $27,440 $30,471 2023
Mauch Chunk Museum & Cultural PA$153,792 Secretary/tr $17,181 $17,582 2024
Koshare Indian Museum Inc CO$89,322 Manger $50,000 $49,197 2024
Moclips By The Sea Historical Society WA$88,622 Director/curator $4,500 $4,134 2024
Western Maine Play Museum ME$88,376 Executive Di $22,077 $22,684 2024
El Paso Holocaust Museum Foundation TX$86,514 Museum Exec Dir $2,227 $2,353 2023
Silver Reef Foundation Inc UT$157,200 Director $20,350 $21,372 2024
The National Museum Of The PA$85,055 Curator & Mu $8,875 $9,350 2023
Pa Museums PA$159,147 Executive Director, Ex Officio $49,500 $52,149 2023
Ukrainian American MI$83,474 Executive Di $36,000 $39,256 2023
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation CA$81,667 President $22,500 $19,936 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2025 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 TX 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Henry R Clore) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.