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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Atlantic Black Box

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862963335
ME · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Meadow Dibble, Executive Director / CEO ($86,426) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 270 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

270 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 270 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$281 total compensation of comparable organizations → $286,162 $86,426
$8,37210th
$22,06025th
$40,701Median
$58,04175th
$73,51090th
$86,426This org · 97th
p10$8,372
p25$22,060
p50$40,701
p75$58,041
p90$73,510
$86,426

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 ME 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
Parallel Studios Inc NM$228,761 Executive Di $27,720 $30,654 2023
Images A Festival Of The Arts Inc FL$228,794 Executive Director $2,019 $1,894 2024
Voice Of The City IL$228,121 Vp Of Teachi $36,147 $34,574 2025
Mivos Quartet Performing Arts Inc NY$227,496 Key Employee $24,938 $23,170 2023
Jlf Colorado CO$227,467 Executive Dir. $28,296 $27,096 2024
Arte Institute Inc NY$229,498 President/treasurer $60,000 $54,145 2024
Kente Arts Alliance PA$230,244 President $24,000 $24,608 2023
Maine Jewish Film Festival ME$230,901 Executive Director $73,796 $71,894 2025
Continuum Arts Collective ME$231,432 Executive Director $30,000 $30,886 2023
Urban Arts Collective TX$231,684 Producing Executive Director $50,000 $51,424 2023
Kenosha Common Markets Inc WI$224,761 Executive Dir. $60,000 $62,578 2024
Coronado Junior Arts League CA$224,657 Chair $40,000 $34,494 2024
The Peoples Conservatory CA$224,549 Executive Director $43,732 $43,654 2021
Black Violin Foundation Inc FL$223,842 President $19,500 $18,835 2023
Escuela Mayaguezana De Ballet PR$223,807 Incorporator $29,335 $30,201 2023
Allied Ceramics Art Institute CA$233,412 Member At Large $8,279 $7,351 2023
Rhizome Dc DC$223,504 Director, Trustee $46,128 $41,618 2023
Ekmeles Inc NY$233,616 President $31,675 $29,429 2023
Monarch Music & Arts Community KY$222,769 President $46,000 $49,355 2024
Mannakin Theater And Dance CA$234,670 Ceo Artistic/executive Director $40,000 $34,494 2024
Crested Butte Society Inc CO$234,861 Executive Director $69,592 $66,641 2024
Amiable Arts Foundation MS$222,009 Executive Director $132,000 $151,155 2023
Bunker Projects Inc PA$221,994 Executive Di $30,000 $29,877 2024
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Inc CA$235,050 Executive Director $82,796 $73,508 2023
Psymposia Inc DE$235,243 President $20,000 $19,557 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Meadow Dibble) 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 270 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,426 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.