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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Off-central Players Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862468322
FL · NTEE A20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ward Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 282 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ward Smith — reported title “BOARD MEMBER / PRODUCING A”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

282 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 282 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$291 total compensation of comparable organizations → $296,272 $60,000
$8,67610th
$24,28525th
$42,434Median
$61,64475th
$78,18390th
$60,000This org · 73rd
p10$8,676
p25$24,285
p50$42,434
p75$61,644
p90$78,183
$60,000

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 FL 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
North Gwinnett Arts Association GA$239,511 Executive Director $53,962 $56,100 2024
701 Center For Contemporary Art SC$237,911 Administrative Director $21,154 $22,229 2025
Confluence Gallery And Art Center WA$237,369 Executive Director $30,156 $27,196 2025
Surati For Performing Arts Inc NJ$240,472 President $27,200 $25,110 2024
Teatro Tariakuri IL$240,585 Executive Director And President $28,000 $28,462 2024
Siren-protectors Of The Rainforest NY$240,987 Executive Director $9,446 $9,086 2023
Community Arts & Empowerment CA$236,571 Ceo $48,400 $43,212 2024
Partnership Inc AK$236,483 Executive Di $56,040 $57,032 2023
Gallery Night Of Pensacola Inc FL$236,039 Director $43,880 $42,621 2024
Art & Soul Oakland CA$235,700 President, Ceo $26,000 $23,899 2023
Latino Arte And Culture NV$242,054 Chair/executive Director $81,053 $84,004 2024
Schoolhouse History And Art Center MT$242,143 Executive Director $52,333 $56,823 2025
Psymposia Inc DE$235,243 President $20,000 $20,248 2024
Central Area Youth Association WA$242,467 Executive Dir. $64,200 $59,430 2024
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Inc CA$235,050 Executive Director $82,796 $76,105 2023
The American Meditation Institute NY$242,823 President $50,000 $46,715 2024
Crested Butte Society Inc CO$234,861 Executive Director $69,592 $68,995 2024
Mannakin Theater And Dance CA$234,670 Ceo Artistic/executive Director $40,000 $35,712 2024
Kaje Inc NY$243,425 Founding Member And Executive Director $66,437 $62,072 2024
Skabob House WA$243,946 Treasurer $4,800 $4,329 2025
Ekmeles Inc NY$233,616 President $31,675 $30,468 2023
Allied Ceramics Art Institute CA$233,412 Member At Large $8,279 $7,610 2023
Autumn House Press PA$244,505 Editor In Ch $56,207 $57,954 2024
Canvas Institute NY$244,903 Executive Director $45,000 $43,285 2023
Cite Des Arts LA$245,479 Executive Director $40,000 $45,540 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Ward Smith) 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 282 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.