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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lake County Symphony

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 942577725
CA · NTEE A680
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Camm Linden, Executive Director / CEO ($1,230) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,618 total compensation of comparable organizations → $85,273 $1,230
$8,43610th
$16,40825th
$30,027Median
$48,87275th
$62,06390th
$1,230This org · 0th
p10$8,436
p25$16,408
p50$30,027
p75$48,872
p90$62,063
$1,230

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 CA 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
International Federation For Choral Music TX$113,444 Office Manager $36,960 $42,816 2024
Tanner Gift Of Music Trust UT$113,311 Secretary/tr $8,500 $10,372 2023
Trilogy An Opera Company NJ$111,031 Artisticexecutive Director $19,150 $19,801 2024
Da Capo Virginia VA$103,840 Executive & Vivo Director/past-president $43,633 $48,789 2024
The Classical Saxophone Project Inc NY$128,004 President $27,500 $28,778 2024
Musiconnects Inc MA$128,066 Executive Di $65,000 $65,900 2025
Picco Music Academy Inc CA$96,948 President $15,500 $15,500 2024
Alice And Eleonore Schoenfeld CA$132,945 Ceo $60,000 $60,000 2024
Korea Music Foundation Inc NY$132,970 President $3,000 $3,233 2023
William Lewis School Of Opera TX$135,149 Vice President $36,000 $41,704 2024
Arco Collaborative Inc NY$93,123 President $39,000 $40,812 2024
York County Honors Choirs Inc PA$137,484 Executive Director $26,000 $30,027 2024
Spokane Chamber Music Association WA$90,126 Marketing Director $11,100 $11,509 2024
International Jazz Day Az AZ$87,344 Executive Dir. $18,215 $20,287 2024
Music For Autism CA$87,168 Executive Director $35,744 $36,800 2023
Composers Now Inc NY$145,117 Board Chair Artistic Director $34,275 $35,868 2024
Songs Of Solomon An Inspirational Ensemble Inc NY$146,131 President $24,412 $26,301 2023
Agc Of Oklahoma Education Foundation OK$82,641 Executive Director $13,188 $17,315 2023
Festival Music Society Inc IN$78,111 Managing Director $22,800 $27,845 2024
Detroit Performing Artists Inc MI$153,760 Executive Di $21,186 $26,073 2023
Alleghany Jam NC$155,028 Executive Director $53,791 $62,707 2025
C'est Bon Music Inc CA$156,557 Ceo $14,300 $14,300 2024
One Heart Beat Inc GA$156,857 Co-founder & Executive Dir $50,000 $58,221 2024
Seasun Theatre Artist Group CA$157,161 Director $6,940 $7,145 2023
Cleveland Rocks Past Present And Future OH$159,775 Key Employee $15,600 $19,700 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Camm Linden) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,230 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.