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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Network For Social Justice Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043118712
MA · NTEE R30Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Liora Norwich, Executive Director / CEO ($86,248) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Liora Norwich — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,209 total compensation of comparable organizations → $236,164 $86,248
$32,08110th
$70,54325th
$93,272Median
$117,96975th
$163,03590th
$86,248This org · 43rd
p10$32,081
p25$70,543
p50$93,272
p75$117,969
p90$163,035
$86,248

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
Flourish Collective CA$363,704 Ceo $158,990 $148,394 2024
Im From Driftwood NY$343,628 Executive Dir. $95,825 $93,595 2024
Patrol Stories Inc TX$339,693 President $116,654 $126,130 2024
Safety & Health Council Of Greater Weste MO$386,625 Secretary $84,011 $96,179 2024
Mccj Inc FL$333,608 Executive Director $112,000 $113,727 2024
American Cntr For Religious Liberty & Tolerance Inc NJ$393,348 Director $237,692 $236,164 2023
White Awake MD$325,386 Executive Di $147,824 $149,382 2024
American Arab Civil Rights League MI$323,637 Exective Dir $100,000 $111,567 2024
Richmonders Involved To Strengthen Our Communities VA$320,782 Lead Organizer $80,000 $85,958 2023
Dimensions Educational Consulting MA$404,449 Ceo And Executive Director $200,000 $200,000 2023
The Witness Institute MD$316,052 Executive Director $192,859 $194,891 2024
Community Mediation Center TN$411,118 Executive Di $54,013 $59,786 2025
Arab Film And Media Institute CA$307,253 Executive Director $50,000 $46,668 2024
Louisville Youth Group Inc KY$417,596 Executive Director $77,783 $90,327 2024
100 Black Men Of West Georgia Inc GA$301,440 Coo $47,593 $53,253 2023
Mancos Valley Resources CO$294,061 Administrator $35,544 $36,839 2024
Utah Center For Legal Inclusion UT$281,041 Executive Director $93,692 $103,649 2024
Intercommunity Justice & Peace Cent OH$278,990 Executive Di $75,000 $85,862 2024
Ohio Immigrant Alliance OH$276,851 President $8,820 $10,097 2024
Communities United For People OR$445,780 Co-director $79,576 $82,236 2023
World Trust Educational Services Inc CA$452,232 Co-exec Dir $105,703 $101,573 2023
Colage RI$452,357 Executive Director $89,680 $92,948 2024
Be Present Inc GA$268,392 Co-leader Of Transformative Action/ceo $18,750 $20,980 2023
Main Street Hanover Inc PA$261,517 Executive Di $4,008 $4,209 2025
Southern Jewish GA$259,492 Executive Di $103,000 $115,249 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Liora Norwich) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,248 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.