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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St Louis Voices Academy Of Media Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861346123
MO · NTEE B29
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Hollie Russell-west, Executive Director / CEO ($65,550) against the 2000 closest of 2,619 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Hollie Russell-west — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,619 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $489,418 $65,550
$7,61010th
$20,93525th
$40,458Median
$61,48375th
$86,24590th
$65,550This org · 78th
p10$7,610
p25$20,935
p50$40,458
p75$61,483
p90$86,245
$65,550

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 MO 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
Georgia Association Of Realtors GA$255,748 Ceo/ga Assoc. Of Realtors $21,554 $19,362 2025
Hispanic Educational Technology Services Inc PR$255,749 Executive Director $73,034 $73,034 2023
National Council On School Facilities DC$255,554 Former Executive Director $23,505 $18,916 2024
Longleaf Academy Inc NC$255,509 Executive Director $72,549 $68,746 2024
Kaleidoscope Child Foundation GA$255,502 Exec Director $40,000 $37,973 2023
Womenpalante DC$255,963 Founder And Ceo $50,980 $39,969 2025
Educational Freedom Institute AZ$255,357 Senior Fellow $80,000 $70,557 2024
River Canyon School Inc CO$255,347 Director $47,302 $42,824 2023
Ideals Foundation Inc GA$256,117 Ceo/bd Member $115,000 $106,041 2024
Cptkd Academy Inc NY$256,141 Office Manager $149,946 $124,258 2024
Gods Glory Christian School Inc FL$256,155 President $60,000 $53,217 2023
Lone Star State School Counselor Association TX$256,187 Executive Director $23,260 $21,338 2024
Washington Mens Gymnastics Foundation WA$255,053 Executive Director $12,000 $9,598 2025
Excellerated Teaching Academy Inc FL$256,314 Executive Director $45,000 $41,549 2022
The Eagan Foundation Incorporated MN$254,993 Executive Di $45,124 $42,097 2023
Informed California Foundation CA$254,981 President $900 $713 2024
International Mentoring Foundation For MA$256,372 President $20,750 $17,100 2024
Dianova Foundation CA$256,465 Director $42,805 $34,898 2023
Strategic Twin Counties Education NC$256,510 Executive Di $72,950 $69,125 2024
Missouri Community Health Foundation MO$254,821 Ceo $82,247 $82,247 2023
Fort Worth Sparc TX$256,536 Executive Director $58,500 $53,665 2024
San Diego Writers Ink CA$254,748 Executive Director $85,208 $65,736 2025
The Allyance Inc CA$256,624 Director $12 $10 2023
Raymore-peculiar Public School MO$254,610 Executive Di $55,000 $52,045 2025
Mid-state Literacy Council Inc PA$256,728 Executive Director $64,153 $58,669 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Dr Hollie Russell-west) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,550 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.