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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811292089
IL · NTEE A20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Debra Kuntzi, Executive Director / CEO ($51,312) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 249 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

249 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 249 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$346 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,104 $51,312
$8,16610th
$21,51925th
$40,369Median
$57,33375th
$72,72590th
$51,312This org · 65th
p10$8,166
p25$21,519
p50$40,369
p75$57,333
p90$72,725
$51,312

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 IL 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
The North Carolina Association For The NC$212,096 Executive Director $63,835 $63,486 2025
The Henry Kapono Foundation HI$211,031 Secretary $1,400 $1,275 2023
Gloucester Writers Center Inc MA$211,029 Executive Director $43,680 $39,926 2023
Blue Mountains Projects Inc NY$210,903 Executive Director $88,500 $79,011 2024
Danville Business Alliance PA$210,384 Executive Director $52,500 $53,254 2023
Barn Opera Inc VT$210,088 Artistic Direct $29,792 $29,626 2024
Society For Indo-american Arts TX$209,892 Executive Director $35,000 $35,612 2023
Astoria Film Festival Inc NY$214,985 Founding Director $45,000 $40,175 2024
General Baker Institute MI$208,851 Executive Director $66,193 $69,496 2023
Merrill Arts Center MN$215,722 Executive Di $60,439 $59,003 2024
Irish Music School Of Chicago IL$208,516 President $67,770 $65,826 2024
The Genesis Collective Inc PA$207,690 Executive Dir. $45,833 $45,157 2024
Urasenke Foundation Of California CA$216,878 Ceo / Dir $69,840 $59,582 2024
Sound Affects Music CO$207,552 Executive Director $49,999 $48,766 2023
Virginia Hispanic Chamber Foundation VA$207,211 President & Ceo $30,000 $28,618 2024
Grow Mongolia Inc VA$217,657 President Ceo $68,500 $67,276 2023
Genryu Arts CA$217,841 President $54,000 $47,430 2023
The Scandinavian Cultural Center And MA$206,477 Director $5,540 $4,918 2024
Deaf Performing Artists Network MI$206,250 President $44,000 $44,870 2024
Readingfilmfest PA$205,712 Executive Di $76,000 $74,880 2024
Lyrical Opposition CA$219,086 Board Member $22,500 $19,762 2023
Art Pot SC$205,365 Executive Dir. $75,184 $77,493 2024
Old Post Office Museum And Art Center TX$205,262 Executive Dir. $26,658 $26,346 2024
Markeim Arts Center NJ$205,115 Vice President $6,400 $5,645 2024
Angelica Center For Arts And Music CA$220,167 Program Directo $27,187 $23,194 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Debra Kuntzi) 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 249 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,312 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.