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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

People Against Trafficking Humans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472027643
NY · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Palmer, Executive Director / CEO ($84,996) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julie Palmer — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,535 total compensation of comparable organizations → $299,026 $84,996
$16,90910th
$33,79525th
$53,957Median
$93,36075th
$117,52890th
$84,996This org · 72nd
p10$16,909
p25$33,795
p50$53,957
p75$93,360
p90$117,528
$84,996

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
Polonians Organized To Minister To Our Community Inc NY$450,831 Board President $30,907 $31,725 2024
Ruth's Refuge Inc NY$456,741 Executive Director $45,411 $47,989 2023
Rph-west Inc NY$472,359 Executive Director (Through 2/23) $1,950 $2,061 2023
Project Lead Inc NY$474,569 Executive Di $70,350 $74,344 2023
Chinuch Guidance And Support Inc NY$475,884 Director $31,200 $32,971 2023
The Teachers Desk Inc NY$475,973 Presidentexecutive Director $37,830 $39,978 2023
Cope Foundation Inc NY$481,290 Executive Director $95,051 $97,566 2024
Educate The Children Inc NY$417,870 Executive Director $33,990 $33,990 2025
Not On My Watch Inc NY$500,455 Executive Director $68,167 $72,037 2023
Inspiring Futures Inc NY$504,192 Executive Di $70,000 $70,000 2025
Womenone Ltd NY$507,647 Ceo Member $100,000 $102,646 2024
Harlem One Stop Inc NY$395,487 President & $24,250 $24,892 2024
Songcatchers Inc NY$393,221 Board Member $1,495 $1,535 2024
Starfish Greathearts Foundation Usa NY$391,990 Executive Director $103,125 $105,854 2024
Nasi Project Inc NY$522,091 Officer $282,960 $299,026 2023
Mitzvah Man Foundation Corp NY$382,126 Chief Operating Officer $141,750 $145,500 2024
Minority Millennials NY$374,942 President $31,918 $33,730 2023
African Refuge Inc NY$374,587 Executive Di $46,800 $49,457 2023
Baking Memories 4 Kids Inc NY$532,825 President $50,000 $52,839 2023
East Harlem Multi Service Center NY$534,612 President $70,634 $74,644 2023
Justice For Families Ltd NY$538,896 Executive Director $117,149 $120,249 2024
The Journalists And Writers Foundation Inc NY$362,501 President $90,925 $93,331 2024
Center4hope Inc NY$361,849 Executive Director $90,962 $93,369 2024
Southwest Area Neighborhood Association NY$359,883 Executive Director $53,654 $55,074 2024
Broadway Advocacy Coalition Inc NY$548,570 Executive Director (To 5/31/24) $111,848 $114,807 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2025 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Julie Palmer) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,996 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.