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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foundation For Self Leadership

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201318139
IL · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Toufic Hakim Phd, Executive Director / CEO ($105,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 222 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

222 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 222 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $339,507 $105,000
$9,82010th
$22,78425th
$50,937Median
$88,29575th
$115,92790th
$105,000This org · 83rd
p10$9,820
p25$22,784
p50$50,937
p75$88,295
p90$115,927
$105,000

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 IL 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
Penn Manor School District PA$397,015 Executive Di $19,200 $18,917 2024
Corning Union High School District CA$398,029 Superintende $18,513 $16,261 2023
Minnesota Dental Foundation MN$394,102 Executive Director, Mn Den $14,803 $14,451 2024
The Rvda Education Foundation VA$398,365 President $39,319 $38,616 2023
Appraisal Institute Education And IL$398,546 Treasurer (Start June 2024) $19,797 $19,229 2024
Temple Education Foundation Inc TX$393,152 Exec Director/development $33,805 $33,409 2024
Internat'l Union Operating Engineer NJ$399,674 President $66,523 $60,414 2023
Mid-south Synergy Charitable Foundation TX$401,935 President $147,462 $145,736 2024
Sullivan Scholars Foundation OH$389,841 Secretary $56,466 $59,088 2024
Edwin J Gregson Foundation CA$389,830 Secretary $25,000 $21,328 2024
Michael James Jackson Foundation For NY$402,852 Director Of Operations $55,000 $49,103 2024
Thrive In Joy Nick Fagnano Foundation CA$388,522 Executive Dir. $54,000 $46,069 2024
All Our Kids Inc Foundation NE$388,200 President $6,369 $6,768 2024
Blue White Scholarship Foundation PA$404,518 Executive Dir. $96,000 $92,146 2025
Jem Inc WI$387,644 President $30,000 $30,954 2024
Star Sponsorship Program Inc TX$405,073 Executive Director $58,386 $57,703 2024
Pittsburgh Jewish Pre-kindergarten PA$386,116 President $50,440 $51,164 2023
City Scholars Foundation CA$406,279 Founder & President $128,369 $109,516 2024
Spring Foundation AR$406,457 Executive Dir. $72,000 $79,959 2024
1000 Dreams Fund DC$385,648 Ceo $9,460 $8,202 2024
Foundation For Excellence In Long Term PA$384,565 President & Ceo $45,420 $44,750 2024
Georgia Food Industry Education GA$408,034 President $32,108 $31,897 2024
Nln Foundation For Nursing Education DC$409,067 President / Ceo $13,578 $12,120 2023
If Given A Chance CA$382,130 Executive Director $69,658 $59,428 2024
Darrelle Revis Foundation Inc FL$411,942 Executive Director $47,000 $44,911 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Toufic Hakim Phd) 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 222 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $105,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.