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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mitzvah Matters

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465041449
CA · NTEE X30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eran Bar-adon, Executive Director / CEO ($68,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Eran Bar-adon — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$55 total compensation of comparable organizations → $203,289 $68,000
$18,88910th
$36,84625th
$72,802Median
$114,18275th
$150,42590th
$68,000This org · 48th
p10$18,889
p25$36,846
p50$72,802
p75$114,182
p90$150,425
$68,000

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 CA 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
Nefesh Hachaim Mentoring Inc NJ$343,380 President $21,332 $22,057 2023
The Southern-tier Torah Advancement & Revitization NY$340,608 Director $118,764 $124,283 2023
Institute For Jewish Ideas & Ideals Inc NY$336,162 Vice Pres./director $134,600 $136,813 2024
The Women's Rabbinic Network Ltd NY$354,036 Executive Director $109,763 $108,692 2025
The Shalem School CA$354,806 Vice President & Treasurer $86,154 $86,154 2023
Lev Hachnasat Orchim Inc CA$329,720 Ceo $37,569 $37,569 2023
Menorah Arts Culture And CO$329,430 President $29,823 $33,117 2023
Jewish Heritage Connection PA$325,963 Pres/exec Dir $81,990 $89,601 2025
Lev Experience MD$364,576 Executive Director $91,000 $95,698 2024
Jewish Heritage Movement Inc NY$364,701 Director $50,000 $50,823 2024
Kollel Of Young Israel OH$325,000 Rosh Kollel $65,000 $77,440 2024
Community Mikveh Ltd NY$324,980 Secretary $36,500 $37,100 2024
The Torah Learning Project NY$364,995 President $50,708 $51,542 2024
Jewish Community Legacy Project Inc GA$323,849 Sr. Vice Pre $130,000 $151,375 2023
Congregation Beit Simcha AZ$323,025 Rabbi $98,253 $106,289 2024
Cleveland Community Mikvah Inc OH$368,544 President $30,000 $35,741 2024
Limmud Na CA$315,105 Ceo $184,309 $179,021 2024
The Aish School - Azriel Aharon CA$375,100 President $147,660 $143,424 2024
Cleveland Kashruth Organization Inc OH$314,492 Treasurer $2,847 $3,492 2023
Aleph Learning Center NY$311,573 Director $22,154 $22,518 2024
Ohel Sara Bukharian Jewish Center Inc NY$378,468 Babaev $41,250 $40,848 2025
Yad Mishkan Inc NY$380,410 President $24,000 $25,115 2023
Asher Lshlomo Inc NY$300,335 President $6,250 $6,353 2024
Shalom Ministries Inc NY$389,951 President $157,197 $164,502 2023
Tifereth Raphael Inc MA$296,235 Pres,treas,d $12,000 $12,130 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Eran Bar-adon) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,000 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.