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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hamilton Partnership For Paterson Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270826275
NJ · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leslie Weber, Executive Director / CEO ($72,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 323 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Leslie Weber — reported title “FORMER EXEC DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

323 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 323 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$683 total compensation of comparable organizations → $279,363 $72,000
$21,02210th
$48,90425th
$75,757Median
$97,48775th
$131,63390th
$72,000This org · 45th
p10$21,022
p25$48,904
p50$75,757
p75$97,487
p90$131,633
$72,000

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 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
Ripley County Caring Community MO$403,145 Executive Di $50,715 $60,162 2024
Holy Ghost Association Inc MA$402,345 Asst Treasurer $18,221 $18,880 2023
The Montgomery Institute MS$402,323 President $52,000 $64,866 2024
Whitestone Community Association AK$402,005 Secretary $13,824 $14,803 2024
Engage Winona MN$404,673 Executive Director $68,000 $75,256 2024
Stuart Main Street Assoc Inc FL$401,086 Executive Director $66,090 $69,538 2024
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc MD$405,305 Executive Director $84,612 $86,315 2025
Streets Are For Everyone CA$406,388 Executive Dir. $27,375 $26,475 2024
Watershed Human And Community Development Agency Inc AR$399,384 Treasurer $30,034 $38,928 2023
One Wake NC$407,238 Executive Director $109,791 $127,059 2024
Westown Community Development Corp OH$398,892 Executive Di $84,078 $99,740 2024
The Tatanka Funds Incorporated SD$396,706 Executive Director (Thru July 24) $69,954 $86,470 2024
Staten Island Urban Center Inc NY$409,827 Ceo & Founder $78,430 $81,723 2023
West Indianapolis Development Corp IN$410,024 Executive Director $114,000 $138,625 2023
Friends Of Finland And Community MN$396,245 Executive Director $38,628 $42,750 2024
Renewall Inc WV$396,012 Executive Dir. $42,700 $53,311 2023
Associated Neighborhood Centers OH$410,835 Executive Director $48,500 $57,534 2024
Star-tec Enterprises Inc FL$410,918 President Ceo $200,000 $205,011 2025
New Birth Community Development CA$411,445 Board President, Executive Director $22,155 $22,060 2023
Dineh Cooperatives Incorporated AZ$411,616 Interim President & Ceo (Thru 09/24) $122,805 $132,280 2024
Adult Care Center Of The Northern VA$412,644 Executive Director $56,073 $62,430 2023
Compassion Ministries Of Waco TX$413,125 Executive Director $67,000 $77,282 2023
Seymour Main Street Inc IN$413,471 Executive Director $49,275 $59,919 2023
Livingston Community Partnership Management Corporation NJ$413,548 Executive Director $77,500 $77,500 2024
Southern Palmetto Foundation SC$392,774 President And Ceo $79,281 $92,636 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 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Leslie Weber) 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 323 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,000 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.