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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

No Surf House

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931936060
OH · NTEE A60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Hamad, Executive Director / CEO ($22,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 149 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

149 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 149 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,109 $22,000
$12,71110th
$27,67125th
$47,208Median
$60,50475th
$82,02090th
$22,000This org · 17th
p10$12,711
p25$27,671
p50$47,208
p75$60,504
p90$82,020
$22,000

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 OH 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
The Gilbert Theater Inc NC$388,639 Artistic Director $24,000 $23,413 2024
Del Sol Performing Arts CA$386,620 Assistant Se $42,815 $35,937 2023
Yaa Samar Dance Theatre NY$386,500 Executive Director $52,400 $44,706 2024
Steel River Playhouse Inc PA$392,567 Artistic Dir $25,000 $24,233 2023
Celebration Arts CA$392,684 Executive Director $32,083 $26,156 2024
New York Mills Arts Retreat MN$395,859 Exec Directo $46,833 $44,982 2023
Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra CA$396,157 Music Direcotr $35,730 $28,379 2025
Young Dance Inc MN$381,260 Executive Director $34,840 $33,463 2023
Beaches Fine Arts Series Inc FL$401,211 Executive Di $81,764 $70,651 2025
Hot House West UT$402,831 Executive Di $22,936 $22,163 2024
Prescott Circus Theatre CA$374,696 Executive Dir. $60,738 $49,518 2024
Riverside Arts Center Foundation Inc MI$405,796 Executive Dir. $88,580 $86,323 2024
Gilmer Arts & Heritage Association GA$406,349 Excutive Director $48,000 $45,568 2024
Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja Inc NY$371,539 Executive Director $100,000 $85,316 2024
Shine On Performing Arts TX$371,248 President Of Board & Executive Artistic Director $40,019 $37,796 2024
Linton Incorporated OH$407,275 Executive Director $65,291 $67,220 2023
Bembe Drum & Dance Inc WI$369,420 Int. Exec. D $28,323 $27,928 2024
Sunfest Of Palm Beach County Inc FL$368,350 Executive Director $117,990 $101,955 2025
Child Hope International CA$410,405 Executive Director $94,738 $77,238 2024
Luminary Arts Corporation CA$410,560 President $60,331 $49,186 2024
Thomasville Entertainment GA$365,778 Executive Dir. $35,700 $33,018 2025
Music Export Memphis TN$412,991 Executive Director. $90,857 $90,169 2024
Mondo Bizarro Productions LA$414,694 Executive Director $7,000 $7,493 2023
Lovegood Performing Arts Company OR$363,379 President $12,160 $10,977 2023
Ladies Of Hip-hop Festival NJ$363,054 Executive Director $13,700 $11,890 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Jason Hamad) 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 149 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,000 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.