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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rain City Rock Camp For Girls

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 943455872
WA · NTEE A68
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Crystal White, Executive Director / CEO ($76,489) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 188 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

188 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 188 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$126 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,850 $76,489
$15,01410th
$32,05925th
$50,796Median
$71,40275th
$94,92290th
$76,489This org · 78th
p10$15,014
p25$32,059
p50$50,796
p75$71,402
p90$94,922
$76,489

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 WA 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
United States Open Music Competition CA$318,411 President $1,000 $964 2024
Music In The Somerset Hills Inc NJ$318,720 Artistic Director $65,141 $64,962 2024
Keys Corp NY$316,049 Executive Director $43,378 $45,074 2023
Market Square Concerts PA$321,305 Co-director $32,000 $34,724 2025
Baton Rouge Blues Festival & Foundation LA$313,533 Executive Director $72,000 $88,553 2024
Master Musicians Festival Inc KY$323,246 Executive Di $54,799 $65,759 2024
Cellobello Inc MA$323,408 Executive Director $101,952 $102,329 2024
Idaho Music Educators Association Inc ID$311,720 Executive Director (Non-voting) $21,000 $24,952 2024
Mount Desert Festival Of Chamber Music ME$325,266 Executive Director $13,140 $15,130 2023
Overture Band Programs Inc WI$325,285 President/treas. $72,755 $82,681 2025
Braver Players Musical Theater Foundation CA$326,173 President $50,000 $48,224 2024
Keeping The Blues Alive Foundation FL$326,367 President $41,958 $45,326 2023
Moon & Stars Foundation CO$326,461 Executive Director $40,498 $42,255 2025
Danbury Music Centre CT$327,415 President $14,615 $14,911 2025
Make Music Alliance Inc NY$328,374 Executive Director $9,692 $9,530 2025
Baltimore Classical Guitar Society Inc MD$307,151 President $70,000 $71,212 2025
Goat In The Road Productions LA$329,022 Co-artistic Director $52,916 $63,404 2025
Colajazz Foundation SC$306,593 Director $45,000 $53,984 2023
Southwood Band Booster Club LA$305,948 Director $5,310 $6,531 2024
Sarasota Music Conservatory Inc FL$305,622 Director (Appt. 2/24) $600 $630 2024
Anthology Of Recorded Music Inc NY$330,999 Vice President & Secretary $112,450 $116,847 2023
Backcountry Concerts Inc CT$304,276 Artistic Direct $54,000 $58,222 2023
City Strings United Inc MA$301,126 President $72,220 $74,628 2023
Kelly Music For Life PA$336,039 President $39,000 $43,440 2024
Music At Kohl Mansion Inc CA$336,836 Exec. Dir. $90,417 $89,781 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Crystal White) 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 188 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,489 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.