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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Houston Boychoir Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760627922
TX · NTEE A11
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pamala Henjum, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Pamala Henjum — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,338 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,189 $10,000
$9,99010th
$16,37325th
$37,312Median
$65,58875th
$104,94990th
$10,000This org · 11th
p10$9,990
p25$16,373
p50$37,312
p75$65,588
p90$104,949
$10,000

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
Klcs Education Foundation CA$366,307 President $71,223 $63,298 2023
Armory Theater Fund OR$355,915 Pcs Director Of Finance $8,871 $8,479 2023
Naz Real Estate Holding Company MN$378,002 President & Ceo $33,773 $32,501 2025
Act Market Street CA$348,689 Executive Director/president $17,368 $15,435 2023
Florida Federation Of Colorguards FL$342,402 President $22,590 $20,668 2025
Capitol Theatre Center Foundation PA$403,559 Executive Di $47,796 $47,649 2024
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association WI$328,474 President And Ceo $21,960 $22,927 2024
Gates Chili Color Guard Parents Inc NY$404,683 Executive Director $12,366 $11,500 2023
American Indian Cultural Center Management OK$317,982 Ceo $11,054 $12,528 2023
Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center Inc GA$418,117 Executive Director $56,200 $56,491 2024
Ives Torres Foundation CA$312,816 Director $67,826 $58,550 2024
Cccd Foundation NC$421,264 Executive Di $35,942 $37,126 2024
Cmw Support Corporation RI$424,726 Founder & Artistic Director $25,947 $24,872 2024
National Hispanic Cultural Center NM$432,221 President An $104,920 $116,144 2023
San Bernardino County Museum Association CA$299,234 Executive Director $142,923 $123,376 2024
John Kirkpatrick Fund For Historic OK$438,882 President $36,220 $41,049 2023
Artsquest Foundation PA$292,257 Executive Director $135,613 $139,189 2023
Kenosha Public Museums Foundation Inc WI$440,389 Executive Director $36,888 $38,512 2024
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Endowment Inc CO$287,124 Executive Director $6,890 $6,605 2024
The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear CA$284,088 President & Executive Dire $81,528 $72,456 2023
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum MI$282,281 Secretary $26,180 $27,014 2024
Senior Services Foundation Inc NC$454,521 Executive Di $36,301 $37,497 2024
Lane County Historical Society OR$455,705 Co-executive Director $54,093 $51,702 2023
Oxnard Downtowners Foundation Inc CA$268,741 Chairman $32,160 $27,762 2024
Athletes In Rochester Incorporated NY$264,832 President $64,911 $60,369 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Pamala Henjum) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.