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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocacy For The Visual Arts Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830324850
WY · NTEE A25
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Quinn Goldhammer, Executive Director / CEO ($58,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 146 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Quinn Goldhammer — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

146 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 146 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$139 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,601 $58,000
$7,43610th
$22,63225th
$41,469Median
$58,11275th
$71,10490th
$58,000This org · 75th
p10$7,436
p25$22,632
p50$41,469
p75$58,112
p90$71,104
$58,000

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 WY 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
Center For Visual Artists Greensboro Inc NC$269,043 Director Of Operations $35,750 $33,506 2024
Chris Babcock Art Prep CA$267,281 President $64,835 $50,783 2024
Creative Arts For Kids Inc MA$270,140 Executive Di $57,505 $45,664 2025
Mountain Time Arts MT$266,610 Executive Dir. $86,068 $86,641 2023
Aya Art Co CA$270,714 Officer $275 $222 2023
Professional Artistic Research Projects OH$265,853 Executive Director $42,000 $40,351 2024
Bas Fisher Invitational FL$271,264 Director & P $50,000 $42,607 2024
Academy Of Music Outreach CA$265,455 Executive Director $84,000 $67,737 2023
Southwest Music Education Association CA$262,512 President $6,000 $4,579 2025
Hunakai Studio Of Fine Arts Inc MA$261,687 President $64,649 $54,253 2023
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra Assoc UT$260,676 Board Chair $3,290 $3,145 2023
Greenwich Art Society Inc CT$260,507 President, Managing Direct $56,260 $47,848 2024
Photography Without Borders Inc PA$260,386 Executive Di $83,559 $77,817 2023
Arts Gowanus Inc NY$276,709 Executive Director $109,928 $90,103 2024
Borealis Art Guild MN$259,168 Director $8,000 $7,382 2023
Allegheny Riverstone Center For The PA$279,022 Executive Director $30,000 $27,137 2024
Miano Academy Of Art Inc FL$257,897 President Non Voting Member $68,771 $58,602 2024
The Institute For Art And Olfaction CA$257,075 Executive Director $43,650 $35,199 2023
Bob Mizer Foundation CA$256,316 President $48,800 $38,223 2024
Emerald Coast Honors Orchestra Foundation Inc FL$256,242 Secretary $3,900 $3,421 2023
Junior High Incorporated CA$281,645 Executive Director $32,000 $25,064 2024
Be Frank Foundation CO$255,229 Managing Director $69,420 $62,163 2023
Belvedere Series VA$254,087 Artistic Director $33,000 $28,157 2025
West Texas Conservatory TX$283,329 President $46,928 $43,838 2023
Lancaster Creative Factory PA$284,765 Executive Director $25,000 $23,282 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Quinn Goldhammer) 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 146 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,000 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.