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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helping Our Music Evolve Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811583280
TN · NTEE S41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Logan Crowell, Executive Director / CEO ($13,690) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 474 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

474 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 474 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $403,997 $13,690
$14,64910th
$39,81525th
$64,626Median
$89,75175th
$126,49690th
$13,690This org · 9th
p10$14,649
p25$39,815
p50$64,626
p75$89,751
p90$126,496
$13,690

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 TN 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
Brunswick Area Respite Program ME$242,691 Executive Di $93,109 $88,698 2024
National Hemp Association Inc DC$242,896 Executive Director $72,000 $60,108 2024
Federal It Security Institute VA$243,057 Executive Director And Ceo $30,000 $27,557 2024
Flaming Gorge Area Chamber Of Comme UT$243,148 Director $46,369 $46,483 2023
Asian American Chamber VA$243,269 President $75,000 $68,893 2024
Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber Of PA$243,363 Executive Di $44,624 $42,336 2024
Medquarter Inc IA$243,371 President $13,872 $14,450 2024
Society Of Industrial And Office FL$242,179 Executive Director $33,500 $29,940 2024
Richmond Chamber Of Commerce Inc KY$242,131 President & $75,281 $76,945 2024
Asian Pacific American Chamber MI$243,820 Executive Director $100,000 $98,195 2024
Bpca Nys Inc NY$243,862 Executive Director $46,474 $39,952 2024
Asc Inc TX$241,661 Ceo $103,437 $98,435 2024
Birch Run Area Convention And MI$244,111 President $36,000 $35,350 2024
Aberdeen Downtown Association SD$244,220 Executive Director $81,500 $85,570 2024
Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati Usa Inc OH$244,726 President $48,000 $49,795 2023
Lake Forest Chamber Of Commerce Inc CA$240,795 Ceo $62,385 $51,249 2024
Medical Staff Of Southwest Healthcare CA$244,802 Chief Of Staff $39,000 $32,985 2023
Onemine Inc CO$240,687 Executive Director $42,773 $39,019 2024
New Holland Pa State Association Of PA$244,951 President $300 $285 2024
Washington Economic Development IA$240,258 Executive Director $99,212 $106,398 2023
Artist Management Association Inc NY$245,325 Secretary $112,196 $96,451 2024
Indiana Exchange Carrier Associationinc IN$239,920 President $125,600 $126,009 2024
Professional Engineers Of North Carolina NC$239,713 Executive Director $66,632 $65,499 2024
The St Mary Chamber Of Commerce LA$246,552 President $45,868 $48,050 2024
Association Of Club Executives Inc OH$238,577 Executive Di $180,000 $181,373 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted4th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Logan Crowell) 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 474 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,690 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.