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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Avenue Blackbox Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922333801
NY · NTEE A23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Renalda Golden, Executive Director / CEO ($64,267) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,570 total compensation of comparable organizations → $247,215 $64,267
$5,55610th
$13,76625th
$38,282Median
$67,54275th
$87,22290th
$64,267This org · 71st
p10$5,556
p25$13,766
p50$38,282
p75$67,542
p90$87,222
$64,267

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 NY 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
Aloha Kuamo'o' Aina HI$219,335 Admin Assistant $37,958 $37,608 2023
Chinese Center On Long Island Inc NY$219,451 Director $6,532 $6,345 2024
Seattle Out And Proud Inc WA$219,787 Executive Director $145,525 $140,048 2024
Hispanic Women Of Springfield IL$219,920 Vice-president $33,930 $35,856 2024
Creative China Center Inc NY$220,119 President $12,000 $11,656 2024
Three Aksha PA$217,443 Artistic Director $60,000 $64,316 2024
Kooyrigs Inc MI$220,726 Executive Director $22,540 $25,746 2023
Sicc Inc NY$216,722 Executive Director $43,500 $42,252 2024
Contra Costa Chinese School CA$221,311 President $25,000 $23,205 2024
United Chinese Learning Center CA$221,680 Principal $51,480 $47,783 2024
Russian Educational Center OH$215,205 Member, Board Of Directors $27,000 $31,647 2023
Ariel Rivka Dance Inc NJ$215,092 Managing Direct $60,000 $57,583 2024
Just Communities Of Arkansas Inc AR$222,844 Ceo $101,319 $122,418 2024
Center For Cultural Vibrancy VA$223,629 Executive Di $110,586 $114,773 2024
Independent Jewish World Cinema Inc CA$214,196 Secretary $47,500 $44,088 2024
Alliance Francaise De La Riviera Californienne Inc CA$213,405 Executive Director $30,901 $27,943 2025
Niagara Celtic Heritage Society Inc NY$224,921 Festival Dir $5,700 $5,536 2024
Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle WA$212,357 Executive Director $81,644 $78,572 2024
More Than A Single Story Inc MN$211,860 Artistic/executive Director $30,000 $32,805 2023
Massachusetts Center For Native American Awareness Inc MA$210,887 President $37,000 $34,818 2025
Burma Research Institute MD$227,379 Executive Director $49,218 $49,461 2024
The Royal Ethiopian Trust Inc CT$227,607 Chairman Of $16,000 $16,125 2024
Hispanic Womens Organization Of Arkansas AR$227,728 Exec Director $55,000 $68,416 2023
Hispanic Education Inc FL$230,270 President $39,000 $39,382 2024
German American Cultural Society RI$206,873 Treasurer $4,761 $4,907 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Renalda Golden) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,267 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.