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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Down For Dance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822389441
CA · NTEE G25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sari Anna Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($63,898) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 352 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sari Anna Thomas — reported title “ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

352 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 352 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,246 total compensation of comparable organizations → $386,935 $63,898
$22,40910th
$46,03525th
$78,253Median
$104,20075th
$134,83590th
$63,898This org · 37th
p10$22,409
p25$46,035
p50$78,253
p75$104,200
p90$134,835
$63,898

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 CA 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
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative Inc CT$357,422 Executive Dir. $81,089 $88,048 2024
Family Dental Care UT$357,530 President/treasurer $27,684 $33,782 2023
Tdiforaccess Inc DE$357,908 Ceo (July-de $89,249 $104,192 2023
Servants For Sight SC$353,090 Executive Director $65,000 $78,530 2024
The National Witness Project Inc NY$352,895 Executive Director $70,000 $75,417 2023
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis KY$352,401 Co-founder Executive Director $71,000 $88,338 2024
Houses With Hope Inc NM$358,792 President $35,346 $44,026 2024
Epilepsy Support Network CA$359,228 Executive Director $63,786 $65,670 2023
International Children's ID$359,902 President $305,073 $386,935 2023
Sarah's House Of Maine ME$351,019 Executive Di $64,500 $77,005 2023
Society For Education In Anesthesia WI$350,940 Director (Thru Nov 2023) $1,000 $1,246 2023
Abc Hopes Inc CA$361,594 Cfo $22,988 $23,667 2023
Sickle Cell 101 CA$349,501 Executive Director $38,800 $39,946 2023
Fatty Liver Foundation ID$349,373 Executive Director $112,000 $137,978 2024
Care Warriors Inc TX$362,855 Ceo/executive Director $10,656 $12,344 2024
Autism Project Inc MD$348,170 Director $95,723 $106,699 2023
Better Vision Better Hope TX$347,733 President $30,000 $34,753 2024
Creative Arts Therapy Center Inc MO$363,742 Music Therapist $62,990 $77,262 2024
Oral Cancer Foundation Hill NM$347,299 President $70,000 $87,190 2024
Michigan Institute Of Urology Men's MI$347,122 Executive Director $75,000 $92,297 2023
The Ferrari Kid TX$364,235 Ceo/executive Director $74,800 $86,651 2024
Fxb Usa Inc NY$346,549 Program Strategy & Innovation $120,000 $125,576 2024
Addys Colors Inc VA$364,690 Ceo, Therapist $79,094 $88,441 2024
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation WA$364,731 Executive Director $72,000 $76,857 2023
Breast Cancer Solutions CA$364,812 Executive Dir. $67,680 $67,680 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Sari Anna Thomas) 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 352 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,898 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.