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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Lead Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133761446
NY · NTEE P20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Avrohom Hecht, Executive Director / CEO ($70,350) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 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: Avrohom Hecht — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,452 total compensation of comparable organizations → $282,960 $70,350
$17,46210th
$31,98025th
$51,058Median
$88,74475th
$115,12890th
$70,350This org · 63rd
p10$17,462
p25$31,980
p50$51,058
p75$88,744
p90$115,128
$70,350

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 NY 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
Chinuch Guidance And Support Inc NY$475,884 Director $31,200 $31,200 2023
The Teachers Desk Inc NY$475,973 Presidentexecutive Director $37,830 $37,830 2023
Rph-west Inc NY$472,359 Executive Director (Through 2/23) $1,950 $1,950 2023
Cope Foundation Inc NY$481,290 Executive Director $95,051 $92,324 2024
Ruth's Refuge Inc NY$456,741 Executive Director $45,411 $45,411 2023
People Against Trafficking Humans NY$453,207 Executive Di $84,996 $80,429 2025
Polonians Organized To Minister To Our Community Inc NY$450,831 Board President $30,907 $30,020 2024
Not On My Watch Inc NY$500,455 Executive Director $68,167 $68,167 2023
Inspiring Futures Inc NY$504,192 Executive Di $70,000 $66,239 2025
Womenone Ltd NY$507,647 Ceo Member $100,000 $97,131 2024
Nasi Project Inc NY$522,091 Officer $282,960 $282,960 2023
Educate The Children Inc NY$417,870 Executive Director $33,990 $32,164 2025
Baking Memories 4 Kids Inc NY$532,825 President $50,000 $50,000 2023
East Harlem Multi Service Center NY$534,612 President $70,634 $70,634 2023
Justice For Families Ltd NY$538,896 Executive Director $117,149 $113,788 2024
Broadway Advocacy Coalition Inc NY$548,570 Executive Director (To 5/31/24) $111,848 $108,639 2024
Friends Of Little Portion Friary NY$550,581 Executive Director (To 10/24) $54,600 $53,034 2024
Harlem One Stop Inc NY$395,487 President & $24,250 $23,554 2024
Songcatchers Inc NY$393,221 Board Member $1,495 $1,452 2024
Starfish Greathearts Foundation Usa NY$391,990 Executive Director $103,125 $100,166 2024
Griot Circle Inc NY$558,890 Executive Director $100,046 $97,176 2024
Mitzvah Man Foundation Corp NY$382,126 Chief Operating Officer $141,750 $137,683 2024
The Community Initiative Of Nc NY$567,494 Executive Di $16,315 $15,847 2024
Carlos Legacy Inc NY$571,921 Chairman/exec. $37,187 $36,120 2024
Minority Millennials NY$374,942 President $31,918 $31,918 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
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 (Avrohom Hecht) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,350 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.