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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pedro Cuban Pete Aguilar And Barbara C

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843583084
FL · NTEE A12
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dawn Belamarich, Executive Director / CEO ($26,605) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 498 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dawn Belamarich — reported title “CHAIR/PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

498 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 498 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $487,069 $26,605
$3,97610th
$12,20725th
$26,229Median
$46,36575th
$67,48390th
$26,605This org · 51st
p10$3,976
p25$12,207
p50$26,229
p75$46,365
p90$67,483
$26,605

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 FL 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
The Palmetto Opera SC$95,977 Treasurer $1,750 $1,994 2024
Mid America Transportation And IA$96,077 Employee $24,000 $28,713 2024
Hollywood Ballet CA$95,527 Ceo $1,020 $962 2024
Acting Naturally PA$95,376 Director $13,874 $15,117 2024
Berlin And Beyond Inc CA$96,436 Director $47,000 $45,655 2023
Stuart Heritage Inc FL$96,465 Recording Se $6,336 $6,696 2023
Fenton Art Glass Collectors Of America Inc WV$95,316 Office Manager $32,463 $39,540 2023
Beverlys Exhibitions Corp NY$96,523 Creative Director $6,100 $6,200 2023
The Children's Center For Science & OH$96,659 Executive Director - Non-voting $374 $433 2024
Old Santa Fe Association Inc NM$96,670 Executive Di $69,783 $82,009 2024
Indigenous Peoples' Day Philly PA$96,719 Cofounder, I $9,990 $11,207 2023
Stage Aurora Theatrical Company Inc FL$95,085 Executive Director $16,400 $17,331 2023
Highlands Art League Inc FL$95,039 Treasurer $3,720 $4,092 2022
Focus On Children United For Success Inc MD$96,901 Chairman $11,217 $11,459 2024
Upper Peninsula Arts And Culture Alliance MI$94,878 Director $10,991 $12,396 2024
Picco Music Academy Inc CA$96,948 President $15,500 $14,624 2024
Hopewell Valley Arts Council Inc NJ$97,191 Executive Director $31,797 $31,020 2024
St Albans Historical Society Inc VT$97,194 Executive Director $34,154 $36,594 2025
Small Wonder Puppet Theatre Inc NY$97,235 Executive Director $55,215 $54,516 2024
Pembina County Historical Society ND$97,239 Museum Curator $11,036 $13,233 2024
Southern Hills Arts Council OH$97,274 Director Of Operations $15,000 $17,872 2023
Historic St Mary's Mission Inc MT$97,317 Executive Director $24,249 $28,561 2024
American Society Of Military History Inc CA$94,326 Director $40,000 $38,855 2023
Vedanta Institute Houston TX$94,177 Director $8,500 $9,565 2023
Chamber Orchestra Of Southern MD$97,759 Music Direct $18,220 $18,132 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2025 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 FL 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Dawn Belamarich) 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 498 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,605 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.