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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Transgender Film Center Ltd

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852747113
KS · NTEE A31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sav Rodgers, Executive Director / CEO ($11,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sav Rodgers — reported title “President/Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,433 total compensation of comparable organizations → $181,341 $11,500
$8,48810th
$25,09325th
$47,888Median
$67,21375th
$102,12290th
$11,500This org · 12th
p10$8,488
p25$25,093
p50$47,888
p75$67,213
p90$102,122
$11,500

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 KS 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
Houston Cinema Arts Society TX$274,179 Executive Director $92,943 $83,589 2024
Cinemama CA$273,475 President $7,380 $5,899 2023
Professional Development FL$281,728 President $136,576 $115,355 2024
Witnessing History Education KY$281,798 Director $175,426 $174,457 2023
Jewish Partisan Education Foundation CA$282,356 Foundation Mgr. $108,065 $83,897 2024
Mara Brock Akil's Writers' Colony CA$283,106 Foundation Director $125,000 $97,045 2024
The Generations Project Inc NY$288,484 Executive Dir. $68,000 $56,877 2023
Mirabel Pictures CA$262,326 President $56,000 $44,760 2023
Writers Guild Of America East Foundation Inc NY$296,114 Founder And Director $2,800 $2,275 2024
Aurora Picture Show TX$258,263 Executive Director $49,650 $44,654 2024
Clarity Educational Productions Inc CA$256,270 President $90,000 $71,936 2023
Eastland Fine Arts Association TX$254,741 Coo $53,247 $49,303 2023
Watsonville Film Festival CA$301,726 Executive Dir. $72,000 $55,898 2024
Screamfest Horror Film Festival CA$253,413 Co-director $41,600 $33,250 2023
Cinema Tropical Inc NY$252,198 Dir/officer $89,000 $70,443 2025
Filmforum Inc CA$303,502 Vice President $18,000 $14,387 2023
Make Your Mark Media Inc MD$251,060 Employee $125,700 $108,779 2023
Women Photographers International Archive Inc FL$248,525 President $50,010 $42,239 2024
Myth Media OR$247,747 Executive Dir $28,182 $22,924 2025
International Ocean Film Foundation Inc CA$308,708 Executive Director $76,000 $57,483 2025
Hollywood In Pixels Inc CA$243,170 President/chair $8,300 $6,444 2024
National Center For Jewish Film Inc MA$242,373 Co Director $95,000 $79,020 2023
Field Of Vision Inc NY$313,671 Executive Dir. $223,207 $181,341 2024
Southern Oregon Film Society OR$314,913 Executive Director $4,387 $3,568 2025
Monterey County Film Commission CA$238,200 Film Commissioner $92,898 $74,252 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Sav Rodgers) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $11,500 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.