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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southwest Jewish Congress

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270257690
TX · NTEE Q40
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Myers, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 309 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

309 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 309 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $251,773 $45,000
$8,31010th
$20,61325th
$40,456Median
$66,95675th
$95,33590th
$45,000This org · 56th
p10$8,310
p25$20,613
p50$40,456
p75$66,956
p90$95,335
$45,000

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 TX cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Jubilee Usa NetworkDC $168,246$166,258 990
Japan Society Of Boston IncMA $168,092$58,693 990
Junior Achievement Of Middletown AreaOH $167,633$75,428 990
The Coffee TrustNM $170,317$7,067 990
Himalayan Healthcare IncNY $167,365$34,580 990
Alaska World Affairs CouncilAK $167,258$78,161 990
Partnership International IncDC $167,065$29,006 990
Raising Hope IncPA $171,014$21,075 990
Partners For Cancer Care AndMD $166,465$59,177 990
Heart Of Christ-corazon De Cristo IncAL $165,779$12,204 990
Junior Achievement Of Hawaii IncHI $165,759$87,246 990
Christian Dominican Medical MissionTX $165,638$5,616 990
American Friends Of Elon MorehNJ $165,638$21,610 990
The Social Enterprise Fund IncFL $172,241$2,254 990
International Contingency AndDC $165,419$3,797 990
The Advocacy ProjectDC $172,637$29,805 990
Cdi International IncNY $165,000$32,520 990
Jewish Leadership Institute IncFL $164,919$18,783 990
Coalition For Integrity IncDC $172,861$251,773 990
Fp21DC $164,398$122,310 990
Japan-america Society OfPA $174,087$47,589 990
Children UpIL $163,314$44,415 990
The Small-scale Sustainable Infra-MA $163,039$22,891 990
Friends Of Be An Angel IncWI $162,435$37,585 990
Make Life Skate LifeCO $175,405$23,686 990

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 TX 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 Myers) 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 309 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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). 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.