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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

University Alliance Ruhr Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202537636
NY · NTEE Q23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Priya Nayar, Executive Director / CEO ($130,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 639 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

639 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 639 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$741 total compensation of comparable organizations → $377,285 $130,000
$14,11610th
$32,01325th
$59,284Median
$89,24575th
$121,08090th
$130,000This org · 91st
p10$14,116
p25$32,013
p50$59,284
p75$89,245
p90$121,080
$130,000

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 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
Witness For Peace MN$357,179 Secretary $16,741 $18,846 2023
Lemonade International Inc NC$357,700 Executive Director $84,892 $99,938 2023
Miqueas 6-8 Inc GA$357,781 Board Members $5,000 $5,728 2023
Project Soar Marrakech DC$357,057 Co-founder & Ceo $48,379 $46,982 2024
Hong Kong Democracy Council Usa DC$358,064 Executive Director $66,900 $64,968 2024
Latin American Missions Board Inc WI$356,780 Missionary D $32,998 $38,137 2024
Civic Leadership Usa Clusa CA$358,132 President $145,200 $142,851 2023
Hostage Families Alliance DC$358,534 President $28,334 $27,516 2024
Olive Tree Ministry Inc CA$358,573 Executive Di $36,000 $35,417 2023
Africa Future Foundation CA$358,743 Cfo $12,000 $11,805 2023
The Master's Mission Inc SC$356,102 Administrato $16,670 $19,814 2023
Hands Up For Haiti Inc NY$355,875 Past Executive Director $18,138 $18,138 2024
Forget Me Not Ministries Inc IN$359,736 President $45,736 $54,952 2023
Silent Images Inc NC$354,885 Executive Director $83,500 $95,479 2024
Development Data Lab Inc DC$360,545 Executive Director $138,500 $138,473 2023
Community Asylum Seekers Project Inc VT$354,292 Executive Director $58,600 $67,201 2023
Apple Of His Eye Charity OR$352,778 Executive Dir. $36,365 $37,372 2024
Amigos The Richmond Latino Center Inc IN$351,902 Director $28,912 $33,741 2024
World Wide Hispanic Outreach Inc IN$351,602 Executive Director $24,000 $28,009 2024
Armenian Technology Group Inc CA$363,635 Executive Direc $45,500 $42,359 2025
Reincorporated Nfp TX$363,645 President, Ceo $25,000 $28,492 2023
Africa Fire Mission OH$363,661 Executive Director $85,000 $99,630 2024
Iron Sharpens Iron Mentoring Inc NV$363,712 Executive Director $64,989 $72,091 2024
Giao Diem Humanitarian Foundation Inc CA$363,955 Director $5,000 $4,778 2024
Apparent Project WA$364,312 President $10,500 $10,710 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Priya Nayar) 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 639 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $130,000 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.