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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hunter College High School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 133953396
NY · NTEE B84
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lorna A Malcolm, Executive Director / CEO ($64,404) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lorna A Malcolm — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,022 total compensation of comparable organizations → $261,445 $64,404
$9,09510th
$15,29925th
$58,940Median
$85,10875th
$102,96790th
$64,404This org · 50th
p10$9,095
p25$15,299
p50$58,940
p75$85,108
p90$102,967
$64,404

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
Lauder Institute Alumni Association Inc NY$405,660 Executive Director $48,000 $48,000 2024
University Of Nebraska At Omaha Alumni NE$397,884 Exec. Dir. (Non-voting) $14,057 $16,732 2024
Alumni Association Of Emporia State KS$393,316 Alumni Relations $70,133 $86,325 2023
University Of Arkansas Pine Bluff Ark Am&n Alumni Association AR$441,419 Executive Director $13,615 $16,936 2024
206 Universal Dba 206 Zulu WA$383,172 Co-director $64,350 $65,641 2023
Bowling Green State University Alumni OH$378,013 President, Bgsu Foundation $71,033 $85,718 2023
Peoria High School Alumni Association IL$368,427 Office Administrator $8,161 $8,879 2024
Alpha Sigma Nu Inc WI$463,441 Executive Director $75,134 $86,836 2024
George Mason University Alumni VA$358,100 Executive Director $48,888 $52,238 2024
University Of Toledo Alumni Association OH$479,751 Executive Director $216,655 $261,445 2023
Project Simeon 2000 IL$489,862 Ceo $160,000 $174,075 2024
The German Club Alumni Foundation Inc VA$501,727 Executive Director $66,125 $72,743 2023
District Alpha Of The Clemson SC$318,633 Executive Director $9,284 $11,035 2023
Harvard Business School Association Of CA$315,252 Executive Dir. $77,911 $74,451 2024
Steven's High School Alumni Association NH$296,726 Secretary $1,000 $1,022 2024
Princeton Project 55 Inc NJ$537,740 Current Executive Director (1/1/23 - 6/30/23) $70,137 $71,347 2023
Slippery Rock University Alumni PA$290,650 Director Of Alumni Engagem $38,518 $41,412 2025
Salem Education Foundation VA$287,998 Director & Secretary $6,000 $6,600 2023
Leo Foundation AZ$287,149 Ceo $76,000 $83,276 2023
Fontainebleau Associations NJ$285,721 Secretary $15,000 $14,821 2024
Southwestern Pharmacy OK$592,007 Financial Ad $9,600 $11,698 2024
Mit Sloan Boston Alumni Association MA$623,056 Cio Chair $102,321 $104,759 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 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 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Lorna A Malcolm) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,404 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.