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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ma's House & Bipoc Art Studio Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853881183
NY · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeremy Dennis, Executive Director / CEO ($26,125) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,800 total compensation of comparable organizations → $157,338 $26,125
$12,22610th
$26,10925th
$49,250Median
$70,73875th
$100,32190th
$26,125This org · 26th
p10$12,226
p25$26,109
p50$49,250
p75$70,738
p90$100,321
$26,125

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
Dorill Initiative Inc NY$314,146 Executive Director $9,149 $9,419 2023
Raga Massive Inc NY$323,178 Executive Director $17,550 $18,068 2023
Jack Arts Inc NY$329,150 Co-director $68,896 $70,931 2023
Kindred Arts Inc NY$305,052 Executive Director $11,750 $12,097 2023
Buffalo Institute For Contemporary Art NY$301,221 Part Time Executive Director $12,000 $12,354 2023
Origami Usa Inc NY$337,288 President $30,000 $30,000 2024
The Association For Cultural Equity Inc NY$337,589 Executive Director $68,436 $68,436 2024
Funoon NY$295,886 Executive Director $75,556 $77,788 2023
Pharos The International Photo Archives Association NY$343,867 Executive Director $33,405 $34,392 2023
Western Ny Book Arts Collaborative Inc NY$289,491 Executive Dir. $53,000 $54,565 2023
Bailey's Cafe Inc NY$353,023 Executive Di $18,750 $19,304 2023
Inwood Art Works Inc NY$353,982 Chairman $55,000 $56,625 2023
Discovery Trail Inc NY$280,393 Executive Director $70,510 $68,693 2025
Nars Foundation Inc NY$355,287 Founding Director $43,002 $44,272 2023
Next Edge Arts Inc NY$277,332 Artistic Dir $10,250 $10,553 2023
The Brooklyn Steppers Inc NY$359,620 Executive Director $41,500 $40,430 2025
Space On The Farminc NY$359,689 Executive Director (Left 2024) $70,750 $70,750 2024
A Blade Of Grass Fund NY$268,734 Interim Executive Director $111,932 $115,238 2023
Arts Center At Duck Creek Inc NY$260,193 President $94,880 $94,880 2024
Statement Arts Inc NY$379,950 Secretary $60,818 $60,818 2024
Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd NY$381,176 Press Manager $58,125 $58,125 2024
Fire Island Artist Residency Incorporated NY$252,169 Executive Director $48,500 $48,500 2024
Arts For All Inc NY$248,714 Executive Director $26,250 $27,025 2023
The Sunshine Center Inc NY$246,329 Ceo/secretar $42,750 $42,750 2024
Canvas Institute NY$244,903 Executive Director $45,000 $46,329 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 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 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Jeremy Dennis) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,125 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.