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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Jersey Association For College

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222918655
NJ · NTEE B034
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Hatch, Executive Director / CEO ($22,353) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Susan Hatch — reported title “EXE. ASSIST.”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$301 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,300 $22,353
$7,80110th
$25,03525th
$49,669Median
$90,56375th
$115,86390th
$22,353This org · 22nd
p10$7,801
p25$25,035
p50$49,669
p75$90,563
p90$115,863
$22,353

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
North Texas Chapter Of The National TX$263,912 Executive Dir. $85,500 $95,792 2023
Southeast Missouri Preparatory School MO$261,800 President $30,666 $34,423 2025
National Association Of Corporate Directors - Chicago Chapter IL$260,305 Executive Director $130,004 $139,042 2024
Maine Music Educators Association ME$259,983 Executive Director $20,602 $23,106 2023
Mass Assoc For Health Physical MA$267,123 Executive Di $65,611 $64,141 2024
Northeast Greek Leadership PA$258,306 Executive Di $49,781 $54,007 2024
New England Center For Attention VT$257,226 Executive Dir. $120,000 $135,280 2023
California Association Of CA$269,871 Executive Dir. $217,913 $204,706 2024
Lone Star State School Counselor Association TX$256,187 Executive Director $23,260 $25,313 2024
National Council On School Facilities DC$255,554 Former Executive Director $23,505 $22,439 2024
Meadowlands Regional 2040 Foundation Inc NJ$253,386 President & Ceo $7,311 $7,101 2024
Universities Council On Water IL$273,112 Executive Director $104,938 $115,549 2023
Consortium For North American Higher Education Collaboration Con AZ$253,145 Executive Director And Treasurer $13,266 $13,879 2024
Dyslexia Center Of Austin TX$252,836 Executive Dir. $36,000 $40,333 2023
Schuylkill Community Education Council PA$273,566 Executive Direc $103,805 $115,942 2023
Midwest Principals Center Inc IL$276,507 Co-director $47,532 $50,836 2024
Association For Practical & Professional IN$249,118 Executive Director $50,000 $55,884 2025
The Association Of Asset Management Prof NE$248,153 President $250 $301 2023
Gamma Iota Sigma Foundation OH$246,200 Executive Director $5,056 $5,826 2024
Consortium For Entrepreneurship WV$283,070 Ceo $75,000 $90,952 2023
Nebraska Legal Diversity Council NE$241,500 Executive Director $125,000 $146,261 2024
Ohio School Health Services OH$241,396 Treasurer $17,500 $20,760 2023
Entrepreneurs Organization Of Iowa IA$239,142 Chapter Admi $56,060 $65,055 2025
Washington State Music Teachers WA$287,883 President $1,000 $974 2024
Delaware Mathematics Coalition Inc DE$290,372 Executive Officer $54,213 $57,749 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Susan Hatch) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B03), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,353 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.