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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Craftnow Philadelphia

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854221229
PA · NTEE A26
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emily Edelstein, Executive Director / CEO ($90,913) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$509 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,202 $90,913
$16,61110th
$39,56325th
$55,331Median
$71,29675th
$84,04290th
$90,913This org · 97th
p10$16,611
p25$39,563
p50$55,331
p75$71,296
p90$84,042
$90,913

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 PA 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
Vox Populi Inc PA$345,512 Executive Di $59,367 $61,121 2023
Holland Area Arts Council MI$346,762 Secretary $15,538 $16,082 2024
Kodiak Baranof Productions Inc AK$343,839 Exec Director $53,158 $50,963 2024
Greater Denton Arts Council Inc TX$351,567 Director $71,000 $73,323 2023
Iredell Arts Council Inc NC$336,389 Executive Di $36,607 $37,930 2024
Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council OR$354,565 Executive Director $42,444 $39,525 2024
Bossier Arts Council LA$357,335 Executive Di $34,833 $39,598 2023
Greenwich Arts Council Inc CT$328,339 Executive Di $115,000 $105,338 2025
Allied Arts Of Whatcom County WA$366,470 Executive Director $84,828 $74,194 2025
Missoula Cultural Council MT$371,037 Executive Dir. $78,110 $84,432 2024
Bayou Regional Arts Council LA$316,139 Exec Director $62,615 $69,139 2024
Humboldt Arts Council Inc CA$316,093 Executive Director $71,267 $61,710 2024
Chicago Cultural Alliance IL$374,863 Executive Dir. $80,927 $79,781 2024
West Valley Arts Council AZ$315,816 Executive Di $70,000 $69,502 2023
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network WI$315,569 Executive Director $16,077 $16,837 2024
Haywood County Arts Council Inc NC$382,460 Executive Di $43,270 $44,833 2024
The Branson Arts Council Inc MO$308,013 Executive Director $11,250 $11,949 2024
Brooklyn Arts Music Academy NC$385,194 Executive Di $47,480 $47,927 2025
Riverside Arts Council CA$389,080 Secretary/exedi $100,000 $84,357 2025
Central California Art League Inc CA$390,680 Secretary $45,676 $39,551 2024
Arts Council Of Greenwood County SC$390,723 Executive Di $51,993 $54,392 2024
Newton Cultural Alliance Inc MA$391,524 Managing Director $50,000 $46,386 2023
Cultureworks MI$298,348 Executive Di $61,257 $61,769 2025
Queen Anne's County Arts Council MD$297,108 Executive Director $71,726 $67,243 2024
Monroe Council Of The Arts Corporation FL$395,461 Executive Director $91,700 $86,384 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Emily Edelstein) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A26), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,913 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.