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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bandit Theater

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831912953
WA · NTEE A65
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Annie Barry, Executive Director / CEO ($57,991) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 189 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Annie Barry — reported title “EXECUTIVEARTISTIC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

189 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 189 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$883 total compensation of comparable organizations → $107,322 $57,991
$4,73810th
$12,53825th
$30,398Median
$47,74375th
$62,28090th
$57,991This org · 86th
p10$4,738
p25$12,538
p50$30,398
p75$47,743
p90$62,280
$57,991

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 WA 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
Enlightened Theatrics OR$195,716 Executive Director $65,000 $67,421 2023
Alton Little Theater Incorporated IL$194,676 Executive Director $36,050 $38,450 2024
Bricolage PA$194,428 Principal Creative & Co-fo $58,112 $64,728 2023
Running To Places Theatre Company Ltd NY$194,342 Resident Director $31,552 $30,932 2024
Lakewood Community Players WA$196,531 Producing Artistic Director $4,928 $4,787 2024
Uptown Theater For Creative Arts Inc NY$192,481 Executive Director $16,375 $16,527 2023
Fort Totten Little Theater Company ND$198,130 President $1,500 $1,839 2023
Lynnville Area Arts Association Inc TN$198,597 Executive Director $16,900 $19,842 2023
What A Do Theatre MI$198,941 Executive Di $53,109 $57,938 2025
Margret And Ha Rey Center Inc NH$190,958 Director $56,160 $56,259 2024
Classical Theatre Company TX$199,643 Executive Artistic Director, Treasurer $35,000 $37,004 2025
Rubber City Shakespeare Company OH$190,570 Ex-officio $11,843 $13,608 2024
Delaware Children's Theatre Ltd DE$199,891 Vice President $30,000 $32,810 2023
Spinning Tree Theatre MO$200,081 Ex-officio $35,845 $41,189 2024
Christian Performance Theatre Inc KS$200,199 Artistic Dir $9,499 $11,462 2023
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre PA$200,248 Artistic Director $36,222 $38,178 2025
North Canton Playhouse OH$189,127 Executive Director $27,490 $31,587 2024
Shabach Enterprise TX$201,957 Executive Director $5,500 $6,145 2023
Off The Wall Productions PA$188,494 Executive Ar $5,627 $6,268 2023
Crearte Latino Cultural Center Corp FL$188,130 Director $60,000 $61,151 2024
North Street Playhouse Inc VA$202,483 Artistic Dir $20,800 $21,788 2024
Friends Of Hart Inc OR$187,904 President $15,250 $14,969 2025
Matheatre Corporation WY$203,072 President $18,130 $21,062 2024
St Marys Childrens Theatre Inc GA$204,728 Executive Dir. $9,583 $10,453 2024
St John Community Theatre LA$204,923 Managing Director $14,033 $17,259 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Annie Barry) 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 189 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A65), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,991 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.