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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Continuum Arts Collective

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811474197
ME · NTEE A20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Martin England, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 274 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Martin England — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

274 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 274 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$273 total compensation of comparable organizations → $277,952 $30,000
$8,12010th
$22,34725th
$39,629Median
$57,00175th
$71,40990th
$30,000This org · 36th
p10$8,120
p25$22,347
p50$39,629
p75$57,001
p90$71,409
$30,000

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 ME 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
Urban Arts Collective TX$231,684 Producing Executive Director $50,000 $49,949 2023
Maine Jewish Film Festival ME$230,901 Executive Director $73,796 $69,831 2025
Kente Arts Alliance PA$230,244 President $24,000 $23,902 2023
Arte Institute Inc NY$229,498 President/treasurer $60,000 $52,592 2024
Allied Ceramics Art Institute CA$233,412 Member At Large $8,279 $7,139 2023
Ekmeles Inc NY$233,616 President $31,675 $28,584 2023
Images A Festival Of The Arts Inc FL$228,794 Executive Director $2,019 $1,840 2024
Parallel Studios Inc NM$228,761 Executive Di $27,720 $29,774 2023
Atlantic Black Box ME$228,481 Executive Di $86,426 $83,946 2024
Mannakin Theater And Dance CA$234,670 Ceo Artistic/executive Director $40,000 $33,504 2024
Voice Of The City IL$228,121 Vp Of Teachi $36,147 $33,582 2025
Crested Butte Society Inc CO$234,861 Executive Director $69,592 $64,729 2024
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Inc CA$235,050 Executive Director $82,796 $71,399 2023
Psymposia Inc DE$235,243 President $20,000 $18,996 2024
Mivos Quartet Performing Arts Inc NY$227,496 Key Employee $24,938 $22,504 2023
Jlf Colorado CO$227,467 Executive Dir. $28,296 $26,319 2024
Art & Soul Oakland CA$235,700 President, Ceo $26,000 $22,421 2023
Gallery Night Of Pensacola Inc FL$236,039 Director $43,880 $39,985 2024
Partnership Inc AK$236,483 Executive Di $56,040 $53,505 2023
Community Arts & Empowerment CA$236,571 Ceo $48,400 $40,540 2024
Confluence Gallery And Art Center WA$237,369 Executive Director $30,156 $25,514 2025
701 Center For Contemporary Art SC$237,911 Administrative Director $21,154 $20,855 2025
Kenosha Common Markets Inc WI$224,761 Executive Dir. $60,000 $60,783 2024
Coronado Junior Arts League CA$224,657 Chair $40,000 $33,504 2024
The Peoples Conservatory CA$224,549 Executive Director $43,732 $42,401 2021

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Martin England) 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 274 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.