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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

D3 Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852081734
CO · NTEE A99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Santi Jaramillo, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 100 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

100 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 100 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,117 total compensation of comparable organizations → $294,050 $75,000
$20,88710th
$40,34125th
$63,533Median
$82,16375th
$110,37090th
$75,000This org · 65th
p10$20,887
p25$40,341
p50$63,533
p75$82,163
p90$110,370
$75,000

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 CO 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
Arts Connect International Inc MA$438,544 Co-director $72,808 $70,248 2023
Outlinc Inc NE$439,338 Executive Director $69,216 $79,931 2023
Sculpturetucsonorg Inc AZ$442,026 Executive Director $10,000 $10,030 2024
The Jar MA$432,651 Executive Director & Founder $110,000 $106,132 2023
Lehi Arts Council UT$443,321 President $12,000 $12,808 2024
Chicago Dancemakers Forum IL$431,745 Executive Dir. $79,928 $81,948 2024
Sutter County Parent Network CA$444,405 Co-executive Director $56,264 $50,668 2024
Upbeat Music And Arts Center IL$430,843 President $43,968 $46,411 2023
The Society For Financial Awareness CA$426,670 Coo $108,489 $97,698 2024
San Angelo Broadway Academy Youth TX$450,310 President $53,235 $55,535 2024
Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee FL$424,014 Director (Compensated As Webmaster) $7,821 $7,662 2024
Learning First Alliance VA$422,999 Executive Director $114,920 $115,719 2024
West Hartford Art League Inc CT$419,447 Executive Di $70,079 $66,759 2025
Women Wonder Writers CA$460,237 Lead Instructor $42,317 $39,234 2023
The Story Collider Inc NY$461,809 Executive Dir. $97,565 $91,943 2024
Side Street Projects CA$463,757 Executive Director $76,076 $68,509 2024
American Women Artists TN$464,067 Executive Director Until 11/08/2024 $34,975 $37,351 2025
Splashes Of Hope Inc NY$409,705 Founder/ceo $80,000 $75,390 2024
Mosaic Multicultural Foundation WA$467,330 Vice President $119,319 $111,408 2024
Creativeone Productions Inc FL$408,596 President $66,000 $66,570 2023
Women & Family Life Center Inc CT$408,164 Executive Director $105,925 $106,635 2023
The Word A Storytelling Sanctuary Inc CO$470,305 Exec Dir $85,000 $82,809 2025
Leadership Charlotte NC$472,128 Executive Director $111,405 $116,953 2025
Drumming For Your Life Institute CA$473,746 President $51,200 $47,469 2023
Carlton Landing Charitable Foundation OK$397,725 Executive Dir. (Thru May) $9,000 $10,641 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2024 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 CO 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Santi Jaramillo) 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 100 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.