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Compensation Comparability Determination

Arizona-sonora Desert Museum

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860111675
AZ · NTEE A560
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Craig Ivanyi, Executive Director / CEO ($213,003) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 252 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Craig Ivanyi — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

252 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 252 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$26,062 total compensation of comparable organizations → $909,027 $213,003
$136,99210th
$218,95525th
$296,291Median
$395,43175th
$548,69190th
$213,003This org · 23rd
p10$136,992
p25$218,955
p50$296,291
p75$395,431
p90$548,691
$213,003

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 AZ 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
The Children's Theatre Of Cincinnati OH$16,253,344 Managing Director & Ceo $195,160 $214,931 2024
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra NJ$16,279,533 President & Ceo $342,234 $317,721 2024
Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc GA$16,281,891 Executive Director $211,851 $228,032 2023
Sarasota Opera Association Inc FL$16,304,896 General Director $335,807 $319,565 2025
Artsfund WA$16,178,758 President/ceo $333,407 $310,382 2024
🔒 247 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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:

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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 13, 2026.