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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Southern-tier Torah Advancement & Revitization

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204351294
NY · NTEE X30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chaim Harkavy, Executive Director / CEO ($118,764) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 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: Chaim Harkavy — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,071 total compensation of comparable organizations → $194,262 $118,764
$22,01410th
$33,88425th
$49,253Median
$107,05475th
$140,05590th
$118,764This org · 83rd
p10$22,014
p25$33,884
p50$49,253
p75$107,054
p90$140,055
$118,764

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
Institute For Jewish Ideas & Ideals Inc NY$336,162 Vice Pres./director $134,600 $130,738 2024
The Women's Rabbinic Network Ltd NY$354,036 Executive Director $109,763 $103,866 2025
Community Mikveh Ltd NY$324,980 Secretary $36,500 $35,453 2024
Jewish Heritage Movement Inc NY$364,701 Director $50,000 $48,566 2024
The Torah Learning Project NY$364,995 President $50,708 $49,253 2024
Aleph Learning Center NY$311,573 Director $22,154 $21,518 2024
Ohel Sara Bukharian Jewish Center Inc NY$378,468 Babaev $41,250 $39,034 2025
Yad Mishkan Inc NY$380,410 President $24,000 $24,000 2023
Asher Lshlomo Inc NY$300,335 President $6,250 $6,071 2024
Shalom Ministries Inc NY$389,951 President $157,197 $157,197 2023
Heritage For The Blind Inc NY$396,073 Director $118,300 $114,906 2024
Awakened Heart Project NY$284,511 Vice President $55,167 $53,584 2024
The Well In Memory Of The Sassoon NY$409,697 Director $32,191 $31,267 2024
Jewish Interactive Inc NY$409,719 Chief Technical Officer $110,241 $110,241 2023
Or Azion Inc NY$270,050 President $36,500 $36,500 2023
Yagdil Torah Inc NY$414,836 Director $74,256 $72,126 2024
Bukharian Jewish Congregation Of Briarwood Inc NY$258,059 Rabbi $53,110 $50,257 2025
Online Smicha NY$244,315 Director $10,800 $10,490 2024
Friends Of Hillel At Stony Brook Inc NY$473,282 Executive Director $60,557 $60,557 2023
Collective Kindness Inc NY$476,598 Ceo $36,000 $34,967 2024
Mobile Mitzvah Center Inc NY$479,466 Ceo $32,800 $32,800 2023
Foundation 70 Inc NY$486,941 President $200,000 $194,262 2024
Academic Torah Institute Inc NY$495,377 Trustee / Executive Direct $146,590 $142,384 2024

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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Chaim Harkavy) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X30) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $118,764 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.