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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dance Moves Stl

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900509284
MO · NTEE A62
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Brooks, Executive Director / CEO ($58,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 132 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Angela Brooks — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

132 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 132 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$273 total compensation of comparable organizations → $136,973 $58,000
$9,73710th
$19,05125th
$33,529Median
$50,57075th
$74,03190th
$58,000This org · 82nd
p10$9,737
p25$19,051
p50$33,529
p75$50,570
p90$74,031
$58,000

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 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
Pioneer Winter Collective Inc FL$287,596 Executive Director $43,529 $40,800 2023
Keane Sense Of Rhythm Inc MN$286,852 Executive Director $60,902 $58,320 2024
Abhinaya Dance Company Of San Jose CA$286,824 Secretary $7,500 $6,462 2023
Uptown Dance Company TX$286,613 Executive Director $33,350 $32,330 2024
Celebrate The Beat CO$285,601 Managing Dir. $61,250 $56,919 2024
Headlong Dance Theater Inc PA$284,717 President $45,000 $46,611 2022
Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet Inc NY$290,227 Chairwoman $55,638 $48,724 2024
Knickerbocker Cotillion Inc NJ$284,220 Executive Dir. $38,000 $32,880 2024
Layerhythm Productions Inc NY$283,841 President $46,271 $40,521 2024
Heart For Dance MI$278,671 Director $26,000 $26,008 2024
Danceability Inc NY$278,210 Executive Di $58,865 $53,073 2023
Soul To Sole Choreography CA$276,490 Secretary $26,316 $22,022 2024
Bare Bait Dance MT$275,622 Executive Di $30,001 $31,341 2024
South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory SC$275,580 Artistic Director/ceo $32,070 $33,382 2023
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre IL$299,861 Artistic Dir. $44,604 $41,402 2025
New Expressive Works OR$300,355 Executive Director & Board Chair $34,100 $30,689 2024
Integrity Dance Center Inc FL$300,434 President $26,739 $25,063 2023
Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre Inc GA$300,798 Artistic Director $19,456 $19,519 2023
The Mahea Uchiyama Center For CA$272,731 Director $65,462 $54,782 2024
The High Steppers Drill Team Inc CA$302,799 President $53,800 $43,862 2025
Dynamic Forms Inc NY$271,786 Founder, Executive & Artistic Director $156,410 $136,973 2024
Lubovitch Dance Foundation Inc NY$271,782 Executive Director/chief Financial Officer $112,433 $101,370 2023
Indiana Dance Coaches Association I IN$271,531 President $5,000 $5,261 2023
Focus Dance Corporation FL$271,128 Secretary $5,893 $5,365 2024
Ravel Dance Company Inc VA$304,284 President $25,000 $23,393 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 2025 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Angela Brooks) 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 132 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,000 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.