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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Denton Arts Council Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 751326458
TX · NTEE A26Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Georgina Ngozi, Executive Director / CEO ($71,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$493 total compensation of comparable organizations → $153,191 $71,000
$16,08510th
$38,31025th
$53,579Median
$68,57675th
$81,55590th
$71,000This org · 81st
p10$16,085
p25$38,310
p50$53,579
p75$68,576
p90$81,555
$71,000

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
Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council OR$354,565 Executive Director $42,444 $38,273 2024
Holland Area Arts Council MI$346,762 Secretary $15,538 $15,573 2024
Bossier Arts Council LA$357,335 Executive Di $34,833 $38,344 2023
Vox Populi Inc PA$345,512 Executive Di $59,367 $59,184 2023
Craftnow Philadelphia PA$345,464 Executive Director $90,913 $88,033 2024
Kodiak Baranof Productions Inc AK$343,839 Exec Director $53,158 $49,348 2024
Allied Arts Of Whatcom County WA$366,470 Executive Director $84,828 $71,844 2025
Iredell Arts Council Inc NC$336,389 Executive Di $36,607 $36,728 2024
Missoula Cultural Council MT$371,037 Executive Dir. $78,110 $81,757 2024
Greenwich Arts Council Inc CT$328,339 Executive Di $115,000 $102,000 2025
Chicago Cultural Alliance IL$374,863 Executive Dir. $80,927 $77,254 2024
Haywood County Arts Council Inc NC$382,460 Executive Di $43,270 $43,414 2024
Brooklyn Arts Music Academy NC$385,194 Executive Di $47,480 $46,409 2025
Bayou Regional Arts Council LA$316,139 Exec Director $62,615 $66,949 2024
Humboldt Arts Council Inc CA$316,093 Executive Director $71,267 $59,755 2024
West Valley Arts Council AZ$315,816 Executive Di $70,000 $67,300 2023
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network WI$315,569 Executive Director $16,077 $16,304 2024
Riverside Arts Council CA$389,080 Secretary/exedi $100,000 $81,685 2025
Central California Art League Inc CA$390,680 Secretary $45,676 $38,298 2024
Arts Council Of Greenwood County SC$390,723 Executive Di $51,993 $52,668 2024
Newton Cultural Alliance Inc MA$391,524 Managing Director $50,000 $44,917 2023
The Branson Arts Council Inc MO$308,013 Executive Director $11,250 $11,570 2024
Monroe Council Of The Arts Corporation FL$395,461 Executive Director $91,700 $83,647 2024
Charleston Artist Guild SC$396,366 Business Manager/director $45,177 $45,764 2024
The Arts Council Inc FL$398,339 Executive Director $66,018 $60,221 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 2023 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Georgina Ngozi) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A26), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,000 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.