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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Catskill Wheelhouse

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811061941
NY · NTEE B29
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Frank Tuccio, Executive Director / CEO ($35,799) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Frank Tuccio — reported title “SECRETARY/STAFF REPRESENTA”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$879 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,690 $35,799
$10,05310th
$19,45625th
$43,079Median
$83,65775th
$105,89090th
$35,799This org · 39th
p10$10,053
p25$19,456
p50$43,079
p75$83,657
p90$105,890
$35,799

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
Franklin Schools Foundation UT$370,141 Director $34,083 $38,603 2024
Imagine Akron Academy OH$380,475 Treasurer $18,500 $21,684 2024
Do & Be Arts Academy Of Excellence NV$391,413 Executive Di $104,020 $112,413 2025
Robert Frost Charter School NH$394,924 Head Of Scho $72,084 $75,834 2023
Kalmiopsis Community Arts High School OR$348,553 Secretary & Staff Representat $15,417 $15,844 2024
Hinckley Preparatory Academy OH$409,647 Board Member $750 $879 2024
Nextgen Global Leadership Academies TX$409,688 Superintendent $75,000 $85,477 2023
City On A Hill Foundation Inc MA$332,706 Clerk $23,761 $24,327 2023
The Bryan Allen Stevenson School Of DE$432,712 Executive Dir. $128,915 $139,690 2024
Progressnow Colorado CO$301,925 Executive Director $1,000 $1,061 2024
One Dearborn Inc IN$291,294 Executive Di $88,339 $103,094 2024
Everyblackgirl Inc SC$453,377 Executive Director $68,667 $79,276 2024
Fore Life Inc FL$271,296 Director $18,000 $18,713 2024
Deer Valley Charter Schools Inc AZ$482,697 Executive Di $12,692 $13,907 2023
St Louis Voices Academy Of Media Arts MO$255,669 Executive Director $65,550 $79,101 2023
Community First School Inc CT$489,223 School Leader $82,032 $85,117 2024
Cumberland County Charter School Network NJ$526,728 Executive Director $45,000 $45,776 2023
Jardin De La Infancia CA$537,928 Executive Di $43,375 $40,381 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Frank Tuccio) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B29), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,799 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.