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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Saratoga Sponsor-a-scholar

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 753038965
NY · NTEE A65
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hollowood Cindy, Executive Director / CEO ($35,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,875 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,688 $35,000
$13,21010th
$29,21825th
$49,051Median
$65,12475th
$77,83890th
$35,000This org · 35th
p10$13,210
p25$29,218
p50$49,051
p75$65,124
p90$77,838
$35,000

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 NY 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
Literature To Life Inc NY$385,828 Exe Dir $32,200 $30,470 2025
Second Generation Theatre Company NY$400,401 Executive Di $10,000 $9,713 2024
The Theatre Within Inc NY$379,723 President $34,400 $34,400 2023
Afterwork Theater Inc NY$407,873 Executive Dir. $71,750 $69,692 2024
Assitejusa Dba Theatre For Young Audiences Usainc NY$375,692 Executive Director $96,992 $96,992 2023
American Friends Of Chicken Shed Inc NY$374,584 Ceo & President $55,328 $55,328 2023
Caborca Inc NY$413,336 Co-president $64,217 $64,217 2023
Co Lab Theater Group Inc NY$369,803 Executive Director Resigned 1/14/24 $89,374 $86,810 2024
The 24 Hour Company NY$414,726 Artistic Dir $58,034 $58,034 2023
Time & Space Limited Theatre Company Inc NY$419,361 Secretary/treasurer $40,810 $39,639 2024
Soho Think Tank Inc NY$362,005 Member/ad $47,536 $47,536 2023
New York Neo-futurists NY$358,046 Co-artistic Director $67,734 $67,734 2023
Emerging Artists Theatre Co Inc NY$426,009 Artistic Direct $26,000 $25,254 2024
The Children's Theatre Company Inc NY$356,467 Executive Artistic Director $4,800 $4,800 2023
The Theatre Of The Emerging American NY$429,983 Producing Director $44,645 $44,645 2023
North American Cultural Laboratory NY$347,461 Executive Di $45,013 $43,722 2024
Labyrinth Inc NY$346,568 Interim Managing Director $16,000 $15,541 2024
Developing Artists Theaters Company Inc NY$344,610 Executive Dir. $74,833 $72,686 2024
Fiasco Theater Ltd NY$442,801 President/co-artistic Director $36,465 $35,419 2024
The Paper Bag Players Inc NY$336,631 Executive Di $20,576 $19,986 2024
Theatre Of The Oppressed Nyc Inc NY$447,079 Executive Director $80,641 $78,327 2024
White Bird Productions Inc NY$450,835 President $60,000 $60,000 2023
Gingold Theatrical Group NY$452,801 Artistic Dir. $57,200 $55,559 2024
Hallwalls Inc NY$454,638 Executive Dir. $50,500 $49,051 2024
New Federal Theatre Inc NY$464,790 Board Member/producing Artistic Dir. $70,015 $68,006 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Hollowood Cindy) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,000 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.