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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jewish Institute For The Blind (Jerusalem) Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133193296
NJ · NTEE Q113
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Katz, Executive Director / CEO ($68,310) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 598 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

598 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 598 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$770 total compensation of comparable organizations → $291,873 $68,310
$11,90310th
$27,26025th
$54,492Median
$85,67175th
$117,58790th
$68,310This org · 63rd
p10$11,903
p25$27,260
p50$54,492
p75$85,671
p90$117,587
$68,310

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 NJ 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
Afghan Literacy Foundation CA$284,594 Executive Director $13,000 $12,906 2024
Jungle Ministry WA$284,502 President/ex $80,422 $82,778 2024
Idti Inc FL$284,476 International Consultant $127,500 $137,701 2024
20 Liters MI$284,894 Executive Director $28,087 $33,329 2024
Zimele Usa A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$285,114 Executive Director $50,417 $51,751 2024
Junior Achievement Of The Desert Southwest TX$285,477 President $78,018 $92,372 2023
Tulsa Global Alliance OK$283,856 Executive Director $36,755 $46,529 2024
Film School Africa Inc OH$283,633 Executive Di $48,000 $56,941 2025
Philip Hayden Foundation Inc CA$283,376 President $102,639 $101,893 2024
Global Development Network Inc VA$285,999 President Until December 2022 $10,728 $12,260 2023
South Texas Human Rights Center Inc TX$283,213 Board Treasurer $23,333 $26,833 2024
Present Hope Ministry Inc GA$283,117 President $25,310 $29,258 2024
Project R12 TN$286,284 Co-founder P $18,000 $21,752 2024
Middle East Policy Council DC$286,336 Executive Director $160,000 $166,185 2023
Yspaniola Incorporated MA$282,956 Executive Director $40,384 $41,720 2024
Nuclear Truth Project Inc NY$286,557 Secretary And Co-coordinator $24,000 $24,933 2024
Native Future ME$286,586 President $62,500 $71,950 2024
Earthaction Alerts Network MA$282,753 Executive Director/president $14,125 $14,593 2024
Vera Aqua Vera Vita TX$286,608 Executive Director $90,500 $104,076 2024
Smex Usa Inc DC$282,710 Ceo And Vice President Of The Board $22,000 $22,195 2024
Adf Haiti Inc FL$282,705 Ceo $30,750 $34,191 2023
The Sacred Portion Childrens Outreach Inc MT$282,420 Treasurer $20,820 $26,563 2023
Nehemiah Gateway Usa Inc CO$281,973 President $85,000 $93,702 2024
Wide Awake International Inc OR$280,485 President $30,000 $32,029 2024
Waypoint Relief MD$280,283 President $132,000 $146,067 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ cost of living and 2025 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 NJ 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Robert Katz) 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 598 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,310 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.