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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Center For Jewish Film Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 042764044
MA · NTEE A31Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Rivo, Executive Director / CEO ($95,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 57 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: Lisa Rivo — reported title “CO DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

57 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 57 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,723 total compensation of comparable organizations → $218,012 $95,000
$8,60310th
$27,97925th
$51,843Median
$80,25275th
$120,73990th
$95,000This org · 82nd
p10$8,603
p25$27,979
p50$51,843
p75$80,252
p90$120,739
$95,000

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 MA 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
Hollywood In Pixels Inc CA$243,170 President/chair $8,300 $7,747 2024
Monterey County Film Commission CA$238,200 Film Commissioner $92,898 $89,268 2023
Capital City Film Festival MI$237,471 Executive Di $1,500 $1,723 2023
Myth Media OR$247,747 Executive Dir $28,182 $27,559 2025
Women Photographers International Archive Inc FL$248,525 President $50,010 $50,781 2024
Make Your Mark Media Inc MD$251,060 Employee $125,700 $130,776 2023
Cinema Tropical Inc NY$252,198 Dir/officer $89,000 $84,688 2025
Screamfest Horror Film Festival CA$253,413 Co-director $41,600 $39,974 2023
Reel Earth Films AZ$230,403 Executive Director $26,143 $27,979 2023
Eastland Fine Arts Association TX$254,741 Coo $53,247 $59,273 2023
Clarity Educational Productions Inc CA$256,270 President $90,000 $86,483 2023
Hasan History Arts And Science Action VA$227,178 Co-president $11,000 $11,819 2023
Aurora Picture Show TX$258,263 Executive Director $49,650 $53,684 2024
Mezcla Media Collective Ltd IL$225,813 Executive Dir. $38,400 $40,805 2024
Appian Media Resources Inc IN$225,777 President/se $22,291 $26,159 2023
Mirabel Pictures CA$262,326 President $56,000 $53,812 2023
Filmmakers United CA$221,196 President $44,780 $41,795 2024
The Lighthouse International Film NY$216,662 Director $8,000 $7,813 2024
San Francisco Independent Film Festival CA$216,359 Director $40,000 $37,334 2024
Black Photographers Union CA$216,115 President $9,500 $9,129 2023
The New American Cinema Group Inc NY$212,460 Executive Director $34,849 $35,043 2023
Cinemama CA$273,475 President $7,380 $7,092 2023
Houston Cinema Arts Society TX$274,179 Executive Director $92,943 $100,492 2024
San Francisco Cinematheque CA$209,336 Exec. Dir./dir. $76,286 $71,202 2024
Transgender Film Center Ltd KS$277,574 President/executive Director $11,500 $13,826 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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)84th
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 (Lisa Rivo) 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 57 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,000 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.