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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hillel The Foundation For Jewish Campus Life

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300091478
VA · NTEE X30
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gary Litt, Executive Director / CEO ($108,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,808 total compensation of comparable organizations → $207,029 $108,000
$16,04910th
$29,28425th
$48,423Median
$84,15975th
$110,58790th
$108,000This org · 90th
p10$16,049
p25$29,284
p50$48,423
p75$84,159
p90$110,587
$108,000

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 VA 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
Swarthmore Chabad PA$190,489 President $30,000 $30,186 2025
Lubavitch Colombia Inc NY$201,303 Director $12,000 $11,562 2023
Yesodei Hadas Inc NJ$183,151 Trustee $111,504 $103,108 2024
Beit Kohenet Inc MD$182,529 Ceo $33,116 $32,065 2024
Maccabim Hebrew School IL$181,263 President $29,131 $29,661 2024
Areyvut Inc NJ$207,521 Founder And Director $27,000 $24,967 2024
Ameinu MI$177,497 President $193,666 $207,029 2024
Tikkun Ha-ir Of Milwaukee Inc WI$210,817 Executive Director $42,444 $44,726 2025
Seder Family Foundation IL$172,751 Secretary $121,518 $127,384 2023
Instarabbi CA$212,655 Treasurerdirector $19,200 $17,171 2024
Orot The Center For New Jewish Learning IL$161,233 President $50,000 $50,910 2024
Hillel Of San Luis Obispo CA$224,631 Executive Dir. $83,000 $74,228 2024
Achim Inc MD$225,251 President $109,874 $106,388 2024
Beit Midrash Letalmud Inc NY$226,317 President $108,000 $101,074 2024
Ofeq Institute Inc OH$226,827 President $44,013 $47,036 2025
Simon And Josephine Braitman Family NY$155,336 Secretary $30,887 $28,906 2024
Nexus Education Foundation Inc NJ$154,047 Trustee $22,100 $21,040 2023
Kleinman Holocaust Education Center Inc NY$149,592 Director $207,885 $200,300 2023
Shalom Ministries Inc KS$237,741 Chairman $92,617 $103,628 2024
Haberman Institute For Jewish Studies MD$238,128 Executive Director $77,496 $77,253 2023
Your Torah Tutors MI$146,345 President Treasury Director $33,800 $37,199 2023
Accidental Talmudist CA$239,173 Ceo $68,000 $62,610 2023
Messianic Jewish Movement International AZ$239,891 President $18,000 $17,929 2024
Online Smicha NY$244,315 Director $10,800 $10,107 2024
The Jewish Community Of Manatee County Inc FL$246,254 Rabbi $88,845 $86,441 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Gary Litt) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,000 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.