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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Urban Arts Collective

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 883329587
TX · NTEE A20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jiles King, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 276 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jiles King — reported title “Producing Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

276 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 276 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$273 total compensation of comparable organizations → $278,238 $50,000
$8,13310th
$22,41925th
$39,574Median
$57,25175th
$71,48090th
$50,000This org · 64th
p10$8,133
p25$22,419
p50$39,574
p75$57,251
p90$71,480
$50,000

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 TX 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
Continuum Arts Collective ME$231,432 Executive Director $30,000 $30,031 2023
Maine Jewish Film Festival ME$230,901 Executive Director $73,796 $69,903 2025
Kente Arts Alliance PA$230,244 President $24,000 $23,926 2023
Allied Ceramics Art Institute CA$233,412 Member At Large $8,279 $7,147 2023
Ekmeles Inc NY$233,616 President $31,675 $28,613 2023
Arte Institute Inc NY$229,498 President/treasurer $60,000 $52,646 2024
Images A Festival Of The Arts Inc FL$228,794 Executive Director $2,019 $1,842 2024
Parallel Studios Inc NM$228,761 Executive Di $27,720 $29,805 2023
Mannakin Theater And Dance CA$234,670 Ceo Artistic/executive Director $40,000 $33,538 2024
Crested Butte Society Inc CO$234,861 Executive Director $69,592 $64,795 2024
Atlantic Black Box ME$228,481 Executive Di $86,426 $84,032 2024
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Inc CA$235,050 Executive Director $82,796 $71,472 2023
Psymposia Inc DE$235,243 President $20,000 $19,015 2024
Voice Of The City IL$228,121 Vp Of Teachi $36,147 $33,617 2025
Art & Soul Oakland CA$235,700 President, Ceo $26,000 $22,444 2023
Mivos Quartet Performing Arts Inc NY$227,496 Key Employee $24,938 $22,528 2023
Jlf Colorado CO$227,467 Executive Dir. $28,296 $26,346 2024
Gallery Night Of Pensacola Inc FL$236,039 Director $43,880 $40,027 2024
Partnership Inc AK$236,483 Executive Di $56,040 $53,560 2023
Community Arts & Empowerment CA$236,571 Ceo $48,400 $40,581 2024
Confluence Gallery And Art Center WA$237,369 Executive Director $30,156 $25,541 2025
701 Center For Contemporary Art SC$237,911 Administrative Director $21,154 $20,876 2025
Kenosha Common Markets Inc WI$224,761 Executive Dir. $60,000 $60,846 2024
Coronado Junior Arts League CA$224,657 Chair $40,000 $33,538 2024
The Peoples Conservatory CA$224,549 Executive Director $43,732 $42,445 2021

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Jiles King) 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 276 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.