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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Peacepathways

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900138295
MO · NTEE A52
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andy Kroesen, Executive Director / CEO ($74,596) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 324 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: Andy Kroesen — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

324 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 324 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $420,873 $74,596
$3,06810th
$7,32325th
$16,740Median
$30,77175th
$46,33090th
$74,596This org · 97th
p10$3,068
p25$7,323
p50$16,740
p75$30,771
p90$46,330
$74,596

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
Stanley Museum Inc ME$67,395 Executive Director $15,683 $15,265 2023
Monadnock Chorus NH$67,449 Artistic Director $12,300 $10,723 2024
Grippo Stage Company Inc IL$67,129 President/artistic Director $30,000 $28,669 2023
Mag Foundation CA$66,969 President $63,448 $53,255 2023
Bellefontaine Cultural Arts Commission OH$66,936 Co-director $6,500 $6,692 2023
Center For Changes MI$67,764 President $33,600 $33,711 2023
Faribault Community Television MN$67,798 Station Mngr $47,508 $44,321 2024
Heath Community Arts Council OH$67,989 Executive Di $40,000 $41,181 2023
Arpi Publishing CA$68,026 Trustee $8,000 $6,715 2023
Move The World CA$68,220 President & Ceo $30,550 $24,265 2025
The Society Of Mayflower Descendants ME$66,399 Governor $1,500 $1,460 2023
Casoe Inc MI$68,300 Ceostore Manager $24,000 $25,067 2022
Fermata Arts Foundation Inc CT$66,300 President $3,248 $2,960 2023
Waupaca Historical Society WI$66,228 Director $24,473 $24,131 2024
Friends Of Col Ben Stephenson House IL$68,398 Museum Director $44,318 $42,351 2023
Hartford Preservation Alliance Inc CT$66,165 Executive Dir. $21,000 $19,139 2023
Ss Columbia Project NY$65,891 Chairwoman $20,000 $17,567 2023
The National Foundation For Musical MN$65,780 President $12,000 $11,525 2023
Link Art Gallery IL$68,968 Executive Di $17,583 $16,321 2024
Valley Art Association OR$69,007 Exec. Director $27,720 $23,678 2025
Queens World Film Initiative Inc NY$69,060 Co-founder & Artistic Director $2,880 $2,394 2025
Towne Street Theatre CA$69,090 Secretary $10,000 $8,153 2024
Maryland Conservatory Of Music Inc MD$69,212 President And Executive Director $74,268 $67,492 2023
Echo Park Film Center CA$69,228 Executive Director $45,090 $36,761 2024
Interior And Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation AK$65,366 Operations Director $29,959 $27,043 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 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 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Andy Kroesen) 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 324 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,596 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.