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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Garfield Federation Of Teachers

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222316907
NJ · NTEE J40
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justin Serfozo, Executive Director / CEO ($6,520) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 153 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

153 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 153 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$20 total compensation of comparable organizations → $315,890 $6,520
$2,23610th
$5,47925th
$12,777Median
$27,43575th
$79,39090th
$6,520This org · 29th
p10$2,236
p25$5,479
p50$12,777
p75$27,435
p90$79,390
$6,520

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 NJ 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
Manchester Police Patrolmans NH$227,019 President $7,000 $7,239 2024
San Joaquin County Probation Officers CA$227,028 President $1,125 $1,088 2024
Building & Construction Trades Council NY$227,078 President $6,000 $6,252 2023
Monroe County Sheriff Police Benevolent NY$226,620 Out-going President $4,231 $4,409 2023
Neca-ibew Joint Apprenticeship & IL$226,048 Trustee $46,888 $51,629 2024
American Postal Workers Union FL$225,472 President $17,064 $18,485 2023
Ubc & Ja Local 352 NH$228,364 Warden $700 $705 2025
Oklahoma Holstein-friesian Association OK$224,282 Secretary $2,500 $3,175 2023
Carpinteria Association United School CA$223,099 President $43,103 $40,612 2025
Local Union No 349 Of The United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Join ME$222,099 Warden $499 $545 2025
Winona Education Association MN$221,862 Co President $6,000 $6,640 2024
International Association Of ND$221,290 President $55 $68 2024
Onondaga County Deputy Sheriff NY$220,670 President $12,527 $13,053 2023
Amalgamated Transit Union-division 956 PA$233,203 President $19,719 $22,025 2024
Amalgamated Transit Union CT$233,362 President $32,592 $34,226 2024
Letter Carriers Branch 4065 Association Of Letter Carriers TX$234,656 President, Shop Steward $24,734 $27,711 2024
Las Vegas Peace Officers Association NV$234,866 President $6,681 $7,308 2025
Milpitas Police Officers Association CA$235,488 President $10,900 $10,270 2025
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation NE$218,104 President $10,757 $13,341 2023
The Labor Temple Association Inc MN$217,728 President $10,400 $11,510 2024
Hacienda La Puente Teachers Assoc CA$217,068 President $2,300 $2,224 2024
Harford County Deputy Sheriff 1989 MD$216,810 Presdient $13,491 $14,127 2024
Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Ap Trust AL$215,868 Training Coordinator $68,891 $83,358 2024
American Federation Of State County & NY$215,654 President $19,600 $19,837 2024
Westerly Teachers' Association RI$214,652 President $10,350 $10,829 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Justin Serfozo) 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 153 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,520 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.