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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861401523
PA · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cammie Harris, Executive Director / CEO ($76,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 234 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Cammie Harris — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

234 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 234 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$351 total compensation of comparable organizations → $287,341 $76,000
$8,86810th
$21,56025th
$41,643Median
$58,28175th
$73,57990th
$76,000This org · 91st
p10$8,868
p25$21,560
p50$41,643
p75$58,281
p90$73,579
$76,000

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
Art Pot SC$205,365 Executive Dir. $75,184 $78,653 2024
Old Post Office Museum And Art Center TX$205,262 Executive Dir. $26,658 $26,740 2024
Deaf Performing Artists Network MI$206,250 President $44,000 $45,541 2024
Markeim Arts Center NJ$205,115 Vice President $6,400 $5,730 2024
The Scandinavian Cultural Center And MA$206,477 Director $5,540 $4,992 2024
Virginia Hispanic Chamber Foundation VA$207,211 President & Ceo $30,000 $29,047 2024
Jookender Community Initiatives Inc MA$204,182 Ceo & Program Director $44,400 $38,978 2025
Sound Affects Music CO$207,552 Executive Director $49,999 $49,496 2023
The Genesis Collective Inc PA$207,690 Executive Dir. $45,833 $45,833 2024
Siskiyou County Arts Council CA$203,220 Executive Dir. $48,146 $41,689 2024
Artstillery TX$202,962 Treasurer $59,888 $61,847 2023
Irish Music School Of Chicago IL$208,516 President $67,770 $66,811 2024
The Wow Flower Project CA$202,883 Board Of Trustee $14,000 $12,481 2023
General Baker Institute MI$208,851 Executive Director $66,193 $70,535 2023
Fine Arts Fiesta Inc PA$202,405 Exec Director $16,500 $16,500 2024
The Roustabouts CA$202,254 Ceo $5,720 $5,099 2023
Arc Athens Inc NY$201,717 Executive Director $46,065 $41,741 2024
Society For Indo-american Arts TX$209,892 Executive Director $35,000 $36,145 2023
Soon Is Now Inc NY$201,440 Secretary $1,500 $1,359 2024
Barn Opera Inc VT$210,088 Artistic Direct $29,792 $30,070 2024
Kunqu Society Inc NY$201,314 President/board Director $13,110 $11,573 2025
Triangle Arts Association Limited NY$201,266 Executive Director $76,004 $68,870 2024
Danville Business Alliance PA$210,384 Executive Director $52,500 $54,051 2023
Blue Mountains Projects Inc NY$210,903 Executive Director $88,500 $80,193 2024
Gloucester Writers Center Inc MA$211,029 Executive Director $43,680 $40,523 2023

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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Cammie Harris) 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 234 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,000 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.