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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Endowment Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821009713
CO · NTEE A11
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jean-philippe Malaty, Executive Director / CEO ($6,890) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jean-philippe Malaty — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,718 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,204 $6,890
$9,48010th
$13,10625th
$28,961Median
$57,51575th
$71,76590th
$6,890This org · 6th
p10$9,480
p25$13,106
p50$28,961
p75$57,515
p90$71,765
$6,890

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 CO 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 Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear CA$284,088 President & Executive Dire $81,528 $75,587 2023
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum MI$282,281 Secretary $26,180 $28,181 2024
Artsquest Foundation PA$292,257 Executive Director $135,613 $145,204 2023
San Bernardino County Museum Association CA$299,234 Executive Director $142,923 $128,707 2024
Oxnard Downtowners Foundation Inc CA$268,741 Chairman $32,160 $28,961 2024
Athletes In Rochester Incorporated NY$264,832 President $64,911 $62,977 2023
Ives Torres Foundation CA$312,816 Director $67,826 $61,080 2024
Friends Of Wisconsin Singers Inc WI$260,294 Member At Large $4,966 $5,569 2023
American Indian Cultural Center Management OK$317,982 Ceo $11,054 $13,069 2023
Majestic Theatre NH$252,553 Treasurer $7,475 $7,411 2023
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association WI$328,474 President And Ceo $21,960 $23,918 2024
Ftc Qalicb Inc MS$244,935 Director $10,528 $12,228 2024
Cast 447 Minna Llc CA$242,257 Manager $11,688 $10,525 2024
Cabinet Of Curiosity Inc Nfp IL$237,150 President $13,662 $14,422 2023
Cabots Museum Foundation CA$235,940 Executive Dir. $70,000 $63,037 2024
Bill And Sara Morgan Real Estate TX$235,673 Secretary $53,774 $56,098 2024
Florida Federation Of Colorguards FL$342,402 President $22,590 $21,561 2025
Eugene Symphony Foundation OR$231,088 Executive Dir. $13,181 $13,142 2023
James A Unruh Family Foundation AZ$229,900 Secretary & Treasurer (Thru 12/23) $29,610 $29,698 2024
Act Market Street CA$348,689 Executive Director/president $17,368 $16,102 2023
Friends Of The Minnesota Sinfonia MN$218,435 Artistic/executive Directo $50,704 $52,250 2024
Armory Theater Fund OR$355,915 Pcs Director Of Finance $8,871 $8,845 2023
The Raymer Society For The Arts KS$218,025 Executive Dir. $30,720 $34,611 2024
Clues Real Estate Holding Company MN$216,412 President $26,666 $27,479 2024
Destination Crenshaw Support Foundation CA$213,080 Chairperson/president $5,089 $4,718 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Jean-philippe Malaty) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,890 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.