Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicky Hoffman, Executive Director / CEO ($52,920) against the 2000 closest of 3,022 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Nicky Hoffman — reported title “Editor and Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 WI cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian Cultural Center Management | OK | $317,982 | Ceo | $11,054 | $11,655 | 2023 |
| Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra Inc | VA | $317,966 | Music Direct | $23,846 | $21,414 | 2024 |
| Darke County Center For The Arts | OH | $318,073 | Executive Di | $31,669 | $31,196 | 2024 |
| Rain City Rock Camp For Girls | WA | $317,881 | Executive Dir. | $76,489 | $63,691 | 2024 |
| Sandglass Center For Puppetry & Theater Research Ltd | VT | $318,179 | Board Member And Artistic Director | $37,556 | $36,195 | 2023 |
| Black Lemonade | TN | $317,743 | President Director | $55,000 | $53,769 | 2024 |
| Port Tobacco Players Inc | MD | $318,280 | President | $28,000 | $24,347 | 2024 |
| Tapestry Folkdance Center | MN | $317,726 | Executive Director | $52,000 | $47,788 | 2024 |
| Inffinito Art & Cultural Foundation Inc | FL | $317,718 | President | $20,005 | $17,028 | 2025 |
| Theatre Macon Inc | GA | $317,696 | Executive Di | $59,740 | $55,866 | 2024 |
| Opera Company Of Middlebury | VT | $317,657 | Administrative Director Eff 11/2023 End 3/2024 | $27,750 | $25,977 | 2024 |
| Heritage Museum Foundation At Grissom Air Reserve Base | IN | $318,389 | Executive Director | $68,500 | $67,184 | 2024 |
| United States Open Music Competition | CA | $318,411 | President | $1,000 | $803 | 2024 |
| Northeast Florida Journalism Collective Inc | FL | $317,553 | Editor | $120,450 | $108,347 | 2023 |
| Access Art | FL | $317,475 | Director | $13,000 | $11,358 | 2024 |
| Acansa Arts Festival | AR | $317,470 | Executive Director | $71,667 | $74,922 | 2024 |
| Honor Flight New England Inc | NH | $318,561 | Executive Director | $61,963 | $53,212 | 2024 |
| Teatro Hispano De Dallas | TX | $317,399 | Executive Director | $63,750 | $61,061 | 2023 |
| Channel Islands Maritime Museum Inc | CA | $318,658 | Executive Dir. | $45,471 | $37,596 | 2023 |
| Explorer's Bible Study Association | TN | $317,344 | Executive Di | $84,677 | $82,782 | 2024 |
| Northeast Atlanta | GA | $317,332 | Artistic Director | $75,700 | $70,791 | 2024 |
| County Economic Research Institute Inc | KS | $317,331 | President | $171,880 | $172,699 | 2024 |
| Kokandy Productions | IL | $317,321 | Producing Artistic Director | $9,800 | $8,961 | 2024 |
| Music In The Somerset Hills Inc | NJ | $318,720 | Artistic Director | $65,141 | $54,092 | 2024 |
| Ma's House & Bipoc Art Studio Inc | NY | $317,270 | President | $26,125 | $21,956 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 WI 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 62nd |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 55th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 63rd |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 60th |
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.
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
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.