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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lehigh Dialogue Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201374639
PA · NTEE X40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Okan Ozkan, Executive Director / CEO ($59,234) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,227 total compensation of comparable organizations → $119,922 $59,234
$13,57510th
$30,56825th
$42,385Median
$65,70175th
$86,49090th
$59,234This org · 70th
p10$13,575
p25$30,568
p50$42,385
p75$65,701
p90$86,490
$59,234

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 PA 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
Ilmoasis Nfp IL$382,308 President $20,000 $19,717 2024
Darul Wahi MI$392,636 Treasurer $45,000 $46,576 2024
Insight Foundation Inc NJ$394,383 Executive Dir. $100,678 $90,139 2024
Mufid Academic Seminary VA$364,008 President $69,798 $67,580 2024
Burmes Islamic Association Of Colorado CO$402,889 Ullah $7,300 $7,227 2023
Center Dc DC$353,954 Executive Director $45,449 $39,993 2024
American Islamic Outreach NC$348,352 Ceo $55,000 $56,987 2024
Ihya Foundation TX$347,795 Director $35,000 $36,145 2023
Markaz Tawheed Wa Sunnah NC$341,396 Vice Chairman $56,400 $58,438 2024
Noori Qudsi Academy Of Islam CA$423,219 Imam - Leader $28,000 $24,961 2023
Knowman Learning Academy OH$328,983 President $12,276 $13,424 2023
American Muslim Advisory Counc TN$449,969 Exe Director $80,100 $84,430 2024
Sapience Education TX$310,485 Director $90,000 $92,944 2023
Al-huda Islamic Center Of Nashville TN$306,717 Director $54,000 $56,919 2024
Ummul Qura Islamic Foundation TX$295,853 Principal/director $60,000 $60,185 2024
Masjid Al-shuhada CO$291,867 Director $20,025 $19,823 2023
Imam Abu Hanifa Islamic Center AZ$291,353 President $31,200 $30,089 2024
Ahlulbait Foundation GA$472,076 Director $55,135 $57,234 2023
Northwest Islamic Center Inc MO$485,744 Imam $37,317 $39,634 2024
Sanad Trust Foundation-new FL$273,199 President & Ceo $47,350 $44,605 2024
Al-kawthar Institute Inc NY$500,762 President $15,000 $13,592 2024
Muna Center Of South Florida Inc FL$260,357 President $33,000 $32,005 2023
Islamic Education Center Inc MD$503,571 Resident Alim-compensation $124,247 $119,922 2023
Dar Al Qalam Cultural Center MN$504,078 Executive Director $36,000 $36,724 2023
Mihraab Foundation WA$518,339 Executive Director $44,736 $40,164 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Okan Ozkan) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,234 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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 10, 2026.