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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St Marys Music Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 753057606
NC · NTEE A68
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yulia Roubtsova, Executive Director / CEO ($33,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 95 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Yulia Roubtsova — 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

95 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 95 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$110 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,423 $33,000
$8,83010th
$16,92725th
$31,752Median
$45,39175th
$61,00190th
$33,000This org · 52nd
p10$8,830
p25$16,927
p50$31,752
p75$45,391
p90$61,001
$33,000

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 NC 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
Tunefoolery Music Inc MA$170,482 Sec. (From 11/2024) (Treas. Prior)/co-exec. Dir. $13,060 $11,065 2025
Women In The Arts Inc National Womens IL$170,731 President $2,800 $2,743 2023
The Coleman Chamber Music Association CA$171,101 Executive Director $85,273 $71,263 2024
Indexical Inc CA$171,200 Executive Di $48,954 $40,911 2024
Texas Early Music Project TX$172,531 Artistic Director $24,550 $27,512 2021
Camfel Productions Inc CA$166,635 President $53,677 $44,858 2024
Laguna Beach Live CA$174,133 Ceo $42,000 $35,099 2024
International Association Of Music Libraries Archives &Documentation WI$164,970 Secretary General $2,165 $2,188 2024
Beale Street Caravan Inc TN$163,951 Exec. Dir. $48,750 $51,058 2023
Oil Region Music Preservation Museum PA$162,981 Director $42,000 $40,535 2024
Bach Aria Soloists Inc MO$160,884 Executive Artistic Director $58,099 $61,314 2023
Cleveland Rocks Past Present And Future OH$159,775 Key Employee $15,600 $16,463 2023
Alabama June Jam Inc AL$180,835 Executive Officer $75,000 $76,396 2025
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation DC$181,291 Executive Di $46,519 $40,674 2023
Seasun Theatre Artist Group CA$157,161 Director $6,940 $5,971 2023
One Heart Beat Inc GA$156,857 Co-founder & Executive Dir $50,000 $48,656 2024
Roots Of American Music OH$183,683 Executive Di $70,000 $71,754 2024
C'est Bon Music Inc CA$156,557 Ceo $14,300 $11,951 2024
Hill Country Youth Orchestras Inc TX$185,192 Executive Director $41,166 $39,853 2024
Alleghany Jam NC$155,028 Executive Director $53,791 $52,404 2025
Women In Music Inc NY$185,771 President $12,000 $10,494 2024
Detroit Performing Artists Inc MI$153,760 Executive Di $21,186 $21,789 2023
Washington Metropolitan VA$187,379 Executive Di $30,000 $28,034 2024
Sacraprofana Inc CA$188,463 Director $2,000 $1,721 2023
Red Cedar Chamber Music IA$190,279 Executive Di $37,561 $39,803 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
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 (Yulia Roubtsova) 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 95 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,000 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.