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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Bernard And Shirley Kinsey Foundation For Arts And Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800273378
CA · NTEE A80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Khalil Kinsey, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Khalil Kinsey — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,774 total compensation of comparable organizations → $292,740 $80,000
$16,22810th
$31,53725th
$54,867Median
$76,31575th
$95,65790th
$80,000This org · 79th
p10$16,228
p25$31,537
p50$54,867
p75$76,315
p90$95,657
$80,000

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 CA 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
Zachor Holocaust Remembrance Foundation NV$194,631 Trustee $60,077 $71,799 2023
Illinois Labor History Society IL$195,970 Director $40,935 $46,605 2024
Moffett Field Historical Society CA$189,782 Executive Director $46,880 $45,672 2025
Trust For Architectural Easements DC$189,152 President $77,891 $79,156 2024
Preserve Chattanooga Inc TN$186,750 Executive Director $95,727 $116,528 2024
Florida Trust For Historic Preservation FL$201,911 Ceo & President $109,911 $123,106 2023
Historic Linwood Foundation Inc GA$185,072 Exec Director $37,500 $44,956 2023
Iraq And America Entanglement Documentation Project VA$202,450 Director $13,179 $14,736 2024
Museum Of Ashe County History Inc NC$184,476 Administrator $36,541 $43,725 2024
Santa Monica Conservancy CA$183,514 Executive Director $94,500 $94,500 2024
Virginia Trust For Historic Preservation VA$207,370 Executive Dir. $74,424 $83,219 2024
Gretna Historical Society LA$179,802 Caretaker Assistant $8,470 $11,120 2023
Heritage Sylvania Inc OH$207,974 Executive Di $48,288 $60,978 2023
Camp Paxson Preservation Project MT$208,048 Executive Dir. $30,000 $38,556 2023
The Locals Inc MN$179,163 President $5,000 $5,891 2023
City Tavern Preservation Foundation DC$178,682 Executive Director $23,333 $24,412 2023
Heritage Tourism Alliance Of Montgomery MD$209,050 Executive Dir. $93,388 $104,097 2023
Three Rivers Carousel Foundation WA$209,800 Executive Director $75,195 $77,965 2024
Sample-mcdougald House Preservation FL$210,507 Executive Di $53,625 $56,836 2025
North London Mill Preservation Inc CO$176,818 Executive Director $17,493 $19,425 2024
Greater Oneonta Historical Society NY$210,971 Executive Dir. $59,545 $64,153 2023
Montana Cowboy Hall Of Fame And Western MT$176,282 Executive Director $30,000 $38,556 2023
Elizabethtown Preservation Associat PA$175,372 Director $30,800 $35,570 2024
Hawaiian Historical Society HI$212,439 Executive Di $78,204 $81,084 2024
Friends Of The Coronado IL$214,744 Executive Di $85,861 $97,755 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Khalil Kinsey) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.