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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Logan Theater Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832876176
OH · NTEE C19
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jodi Bainter, Executive Director / CEO ($25,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 795 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

795 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 795 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$280 total compensation of comparable organizations → $794,753 $25,000
$19,55210th
$45,94525th
$67,473Median
$88,03975th
$113,18990th
$25,000This org · 13th
p10$19,552
p25$45,945
p50$67,473
p75$88,039
p90$113,189
$25,000

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 OH 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
Powder River Basin Resource Council WY$463,151 Executive Di $41,543 $40,795 2024
Brighter Green Inc NY$463,273 Executive Di $35,000 $29,861 2023
Blue Ridge Discovery Center Inc VA$461,990 Executive Di $65,423 $57,930 2024
Savannah Riverkeeper Inc GA$461,387 Executive Di $53,880 $49,682 2024
American Society Of Adaptation MI$464,079 Contracted Exec. Dir (Thru 10/22) $118,463 $115,445 2023
Minnesota Environmental Partnership MN$464,205 Executive Director $154,029 $139,575 2024
Congaree Land Trust SC$464,575 Executive Di $83,355 $82,103 2023
Southeastern Cave Conservancy Inc TN$459,153 Executive Director $63,560 $61,269 2024
Tacoma Tree Foundation WA$459,145 Executive Director $80,639 $68,164 2023
Sustainable Finger Lakes Inc NY$466,274 President $72,800 $60,328 2024
Luckiamute Watershed Council OR$458,859 Exec Directo $28,333 $24,129 2024
Defiende Venezuela Inc FL$458,837 President $24,750 $21,322 2024
Hub404 Conservancy Inc GA$466,925 Executive Dir. $139,067 $128,232 2024
The National Loon Center Foundation Inc MN$466,947 Executive Director $149,043 $135,057 2024
Native American Environmental CA$458,322 Executive Dir. $69,450 $54,996 2024
Louisville Nature Center Inc KY$458,209 Executive Director $78,440 $77,284 2024
La Plata Open Space Conservancy CO$458,132 Executive Director $104,589 $94,687 2023
Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative GA$458,027 Deputy Director $105,313 $97,109 2024
Guardians Of Flushing Bay Inc NY$457,704 Executive Dir. $86,205 $71,437 2024
Friends Of The Kaw Inc KS$457,690 Executive Di $78,700 $77,971 2024
Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative CO$467,784 Executive Director $84,464 $74,274 2024
Womens Environmental Institute At Amador Hill MN$457,413 Director Of Operations $6,900 $6,252 2024
Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation AK$468,026 Executive Director (07/01/23-05/22/24) $100,458 $88,077 2024
Braided River WA$457,260 Executive Director $11,431 $9,385 2024
Alliance For Int'l Reforestation GA$468,215 Exec. Dir. G $30,000 $27,662 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Jodi Bainter) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 795 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,000 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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 13, 2026.