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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Torah Learning Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208742072
NY · NTEE X30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yehoshua Werde, Executive Director / CEO ($50,708) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Yehoshua Werde — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,250 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,000 $50,708
$25,97410th
$36,12525th
$58,730Median
$111,85675th
$140,59590th
$50,708This org · 42nd
p10$25,974
p25$36,125
p50$58,730
p75$111,856
p90$140,595
$50,708

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
Jewish Heritage Movement Inc NY$364,701 Director $50,000 $50,000 2024
The Women's Rabbinic Network Ltd NY$354,036 Executive Director $109,763 $106,934 2025
Ohel Sara Bukharian Jewish Center Inc NY$378,468 Babaev $41,250 $40,187 2025
Yad Mishkan Inc NY$380,410 President $24,000 $24,709 2023
The Southern-tier Torah Advancement & Revitization NY$340,608 Director $118,764 $122,272 2023
Shalom Ministries Inc NY$389,951 President $157,197 $161,840 2023
Institute For Jewish Ideas & Ideals Inc NY$336,162 Vice Pres./director $134,600 $134,600 2024
Heritage For The Blind Inc NY$396,073 Director $118,300 $118,300 2024
Community Mikveh Ltd NY$324,980 Secretary $36,500 $36,500 2024
The Well In Memory Of The Sassoon NY$409,697 Director $32,191 $32,191 2024
Jewish Interactive Inc NY$409,719 Chief Technical Officer $110,241 $113,497 2023
Yagdil Torah Inc NY$414,836 Director $74,256 $74,256 2024
Aleph Learning Center NY$311,573 Director $22,154 $22,154 2024
Asher Lshlomo Inc NY$300,335 President $6,250 $6,250 2024
Awakened Heart Project NY$284,511 Vice President $55,167 $55,167 2024
Or Azion Inc NY$270,050 President $36,500 $37,578 2023
Bukharian Jewish Congregation Of Briarwood Inc NY$258,059 Rabbi $53,110 $51,741 2025
Friends Of Hillel At Stony Brook Inc NY$473,282 Executive Director $60,557 $62,346 2023
Collective Kindness Inc NY$476,598 Ceo $36,000 $36,000 2024
Mobile Mitzvah Center Inc NY$479,466 Ceo $32,800 $33,769 2023
Foundation 70 Inc NY$486,941 President $200,000 $200,000 2024
Academic Torah Institute Inc NY$495,377 Trustee / Executive Direct $146,590 $146,590 2024
Sephardic Community Dayanut Program Inc NY$537,567 Officer $62,292 $62,292 2024
I Maaser Inc NY$538,528 President $81,966 $84,387 2023
Core Inc NY$543,313 Founding Director / Ceo $26,458 $27,239 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Yehoshua Werde) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X30) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,708 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.