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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bsd Publishers Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455403682
NY · NTEE A33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Menachem Weiss, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 513 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

513 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 513 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $479,158 $18,000
$3,81510th
$11,41325th
$25,845Median
$46,55375th
$68,20890th
$18,000This org · 36th
p10$3,815
p25$11,413
p50$25,845
p75$46,553
p90$68,208
$18,000

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 NY 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
Wei-hwa Chinese School VA$98,248 Principal $2,376 $2,539 2023
Person County Museum Of History Inc NC$98,322 Executive Director $39,000 $43,316 2024
Discipleship Tape Ministries Inc TX$98,388 President $26,250 $28,225 2024
Brenham Maifest Association TX$97,786 Director- Marketing $3,000 $3,226 2024
Chamber Orchestra Of Southern MD$97,759 Music Direct $18,220 $17,838 2025
Historic St Mary's Mission Inc MT$97,317 Executive Director $24,249 $28,096 2024
Southern Hills Arts Council OH$97,274 Director Of Operations $15,000 $17,582 2023
Pembina County Historical Society ND$97,239 Museum Curator $11,036 $13,018 2024
Small Wonder Puppet Theatre Inc NY$97,235 Executive Director $55,215 $53,631 2024
Cornerstone Community Radio Inc FL$99,320 President $56,220 $56,770 2024
St Albans Historical Society Inc VT$97,194 Executive Director $34,154 $35,999 2025
Hopewell Valley Arts Council Inc NJ$97,191 Executive Director $31,797 $30,516 2024
Exchange Arts PA$99,483 Executive Director $51,674 $57,027 2023
Signal And Cyber Museum Society GA$99,556 Executive Director $10,000 $10,808 2024
Picco Music Academy Inc CA$96,948 President $15,500 $14,386 2024
Focus On Children United For Success Inc MD$96,901 Chairman $11,217 $11,272 2024
Ensemble For The Romantic Century NY$99,658 President $12,000 $12,000 2023
Indigenous Peoples' Day Philly PA$96,719 Cofounder, I $9,990 $11,025 2023
Mechanicsburg Museum Association PA$99,879 Treasurer $5,200 $5,574 2024
Old Santa Fe Association Inc NM$96,670 Executive Di $69,783 $80,677 2024
Rolf And Alice Klep Educational And OR$99,886 Trustee $8,156 $8,141 2024
The Children's Center For Science & OH$96,659 Executive Director - Non-voting $374 $425 2024
The Cappies Inc VA$99,934 Technology Officer/cfo $20,000 $21,370 2023
Noise Salon Inc MA$100,002 Executive Director/ Treasurer $15,914 $15,826 2023
Beverlys Exhibitions Corp NY$96,523 Creative Director $6,100 $6,100 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Menachem Weiss) 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 513 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (A), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.