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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

James A Unruh Family Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860955776
AZ · NTEE A11
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kyla Quintero, Executive Director / CEO ($29,610) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kyla Quintero — reported title “SECRETARY & TREASURER (THRU 12/23)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,704 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,774 $29,610
$7,28510th
$13,10325th
$28,098Median
$60,89975th
$78,46290th
$29,610This org · 55th
p10$7,285
p25$13,103
p50$28,098
p75$60,899
p90$78,462
$29,610

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
Eugene Symphony Foundation OR$231,088 Executive Dir. $13,181 $13,103 2023
Bill And Sara Morgan Real Estate TX$235,673 Secretary $53,774 $55,932 2024
Cabots Museum Foundation CA$235,940 Executive Dir. $70,000 $62,851 2024
Cabinet Of Curiosity Inc Nfp IL$237,150 President $13,662 $14,379 2023
Friends Of The Minnesota Sinfonia MN$218,435 Artistic/executive Directo $50,704 $52,095 2024
The Raymer Society For The Arts KS$218,025 Executive Dir. $30,720 $34,509 2024
Cast 447 Minna Llc CA$242,257 Manager $11,688 $10,494 2024
Clues Real Estate Holding Company MN$216,412 President $26,666 $27,398 2024
Ftc Qalicb Inc MS$244,935 Director $10,528 $12,192 2024
Destination Crenshaw Support Foundation CA$213,080 Chairperson/president $5,089 $4,704 2023
Majestic Theatre NH$252,553 Treasurer $7,475 $7,389 2023
Friends Of Wisconsin Singers Inc WI$260,294 Member At Large $4,966 $5,552 2023
Oklahoma City Art Museum Affiliated OK$198,654 Secretary $25,864 $30,488 2023
Asian And Pacific Islander Americans WA$195,999 Executive Dir. $97,600 $90,860 2024
Athletes In Rochester Incorporated NY$264,832 President $64,911 $62,791 2023
Oxnard Downtowners Foundation Inc CA$268,741 Chairman $32,160 $28,875 2024
White Pool House Friends TX$188,105 Exec. At Large $22,586 $23,492 2024
Focus On Lyme Foundation AZ$179,863 President & Executive Dire $38,954 $38,954 2024
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum MI$282,281 Secretary $26,180 $28,098 2024
The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear CA$284,088 President & Executive Dire $81,528 $75,363 2023
Harriton Association PA$175,634 Executive Di $60,868 $64,980 2023
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Endowment Inc CO$287,124 Executive Director $6,890 $6,870 2024
Topeka Civic Theatre KS$170,265 Secretary/tr $14,777 $16,599 2024
Artsquest Foundation PA$292,257 Executive Director $135,613 $144,774 2023
San Bernardino County Museum Association CA$299,234 Executive Director $142,923 $128,326 2024

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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Kyla Quintero) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,610 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.