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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Art At A Time Like This Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850964625
NY · NTEE A40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Annr Verhallen, Executive Director / CEO ($9,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Annr Verhallen — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,059 total compensation of comparable organizations → $106,510 $9,250
$17,81410th
$27,13125th
$39,681Median
$65,50875th
$82,50890th
$9,250This org · 6th
p10$17,814
p25$27,131
p50$39,681
p75$65,508
p90$82,508
$9,250

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 NY 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
Through The Flower Corporation NM$116,522 Executive Di $35,000 $40,464 2024
Fenton Art Glass Collectors Of America Inc WV$95,316 Office Manager $32,463 $38,898 2023
The Enamelist Society Inc GA$91,600 Managing Dir $12,000 $13,353 2023
French Art Colony OH$90,963 Executive Director $18,930 $21,552 2024
Blair Center For The Arts Foundation KS$121,044 Director $28,995 $34,665 2023
Copper Country Community Arts Council MI$122,447 Executive Director $43,986 $50,243 2023
Spaces OH$85,801 Frmr Exec Di $58,702 $66,832 2024
Lily And Earle M Pilgrim Art Foundation DC$84,473 President/secretary $48,000 $46,614 2023
The American Institute Of Graphic Arts N NY$74,665 Executive Dir. $90,000 $87,418 2024
Patriot Art Foundation SC$72,104 Executive Director $71,700 $80,403 2024
Tri Lakes Center For The Arts CO$71,496 Executive Director $23,885 $24,619 2024
Michigan Fiber Festival Inc MI$142,147 Festival Coordinator $17,779 $19,726 2024
Alleghany Highlands VA$143,122 Executive Di $36,790 $38,184 2024
Name Publications Inc FL$143,624 President $6,000 $6,059 2024
Dane Arts Mural Arts Inc WI$143,946 Executive Director $61,526 $71,108 2023
The Heidelberg Project MI$151,440 Executive Di $96,000 $106,510 2024
Waterworks Art Museum MT$152,803 Executive Di $31,091 $37,089 2023
Photo Art & Science Foundation MO$158,544 Executive Director $52,500 $61,536 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Annr Verhallen) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,250 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.