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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Act Foundation Of Teton Valley

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851222149
ID · NTEE A12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Milissa West, Executive Director / CEO ($53,163) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Milissa West — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,366 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,597 $53,163
$6,13710th
$12,17525th
$29,285Median
$51,17475th
$74,68790th
$53,163This org · 77th
p10$6,137
p25$12,175
p50$29,285
p75$51,174
p90$74,687
$53,163

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 ID 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
Region 30 Uil Music TX$293,772 Executive Dir. $63,000 $56,058 2025
Walton Arts Center Foundation Inc AR$301,624 Ceo/president $35,197 $36,124 2024
Wayne County Childrens Steam Playlab OH$309,399 President $40,351 $40,175 2023
Lakeland Foundation WA$284,403 Executive Director $34,207 $27,242 2025
The Little Exchange Inc OH$309,990 Merchandise Office Manager $53,516 $51,755 2024
Arts For All Inc OK$312,073 Exec. Director $17,615 $17,711 2024
Annies Art Attic Inc AZ$274,610 President $24,923 $22,532 2023
The Nvld Project Inc NY$324,275 Executive Director $100,691 $85,531 2023
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Foundation CO$267,308 President And Ceo $13,450 $11,776 2024
Acmp Foundation NY$265,972 Executive Director $37,969 $31,327 2024
Love Our Heros Inc OH$330,261 President $16,292 $15,756 2024
The Maasai Girls Education Fund DC$336,413 Executive Director $111,006 $86,650 2025
West End Arts District CA$338,715 Executive Dir. $41,908 $33,042 2024
National Association Of Voice Actors Foundation CA$241,860 President $11,000 $8,929 2023
Friends Of Fieldworkers Inc CA$240,549 Executive Director $62,696 $49,431 2024
Crimson Band Boosters Club LA$225,238 Co Treasurer $4,800 $4,826 2024
Icicle Fund WA$368,744 Executive Director Thru 10/31/24 $164,650 $134,597 2024
Future Arts WA$223,801 Co-founder $4,000 $3,366 2023
Oregon Parkinson's Warriors OR$218,152 Executive Di $9,500 $8,055 2024
1888 Buckle Club Inc AZ$379,755 Executive Dir. $50,000 $43,906 2024
New Orleans Hispanic Heritage LA$210,136 Executive Director $63,500 $63,843 2024
Musicians Incorporated LA$202,016 Pres./treasurer $13,299 $13,370 2024
The Clay Studio Holdings Inc PA$398,000 Executive Di $4,530 $4,019 2025
Texas Public Radio Foundation TX$408,979 Interim Pres $8,155 $7,448 2024
New Jersey Arts And Culture Renewal Fund NJ$427,704 Executive Director $22,295 $18,175 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Milissa West) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,163 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.