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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Leverage Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473517179
IL · NTEE R22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Antoinette Hardy-waller, Executive Director / CEO ($118,558) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 417 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Antoinette Hardy-waller — reported title “CEO & PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

417 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 417 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$574 total compensation of comparable organizations → $270,600 $118,558
$22,65010th
$50,96125th
$76,374Median
$107,02275th
$145,07390th
$118,558This org · 82nd
p10$22,650
p25$50,961
p50$76,374
p75$107,022
p90$145,073
$118,558

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 IL 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
We Must Vote Inc MS$464,500 Director $70,000 $79,301 2024
Trails And Open Space Coalition CO$464,370 Executive Dir. $76,296 $74,415 2024
Second Judicial District Casa Program Inc ID$466,180 Executive Director $118,478 $124,895 2025
National Center For Justice And Liberty IL$466,432 President $118,059 $118,059 2024
Hispanic Contractors Association Of The Carolinas NC$466,738 Executive Director $137,297 $148,562 2023
Mississippi Immigrant Rights Allian MS$466,875 Excutive Director $50,000 $58,317 2023
California Policy Center For I CA$467,346 Exec Director $129,882 $114,079 2024
Lgbt Center Intercultural Collective Inc NY$467,535 Executive Director & Board Vice President $72,516 $66,653 2024
Pregnancy Resource Center Inc FL$468,137 Executive Director $50,000 $47,778 2024
American Firearms Coalition OH$468,236 Secretary $38,000 $42,148 2023
Conservation Voters For Idaho Education ID$469,072 Executive Director $9,086 $10,122 2023
American Values Coalition TX$469,525 Executive Dir. $100,000 $101,749 2024
Cause Of Action Institute VA$470,002 Director $12,630 $12,404 2024
Out Montclair Inc NJ$459,855 Executive Dir. $85,125 $77,308 2024
Eternal Vigilance Action Inc GA$472,017 Ceo Director Key Employee $121,200 $127,619 2023
Capital District Gay And Lesbian NY$457,881 Executive Di $79,611 $73,174 2024
Garland County Casa Program AR$457,086 Executive Director $60,583 $67,482 2025
Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund NC$456,822 Executive Director $60,883 $63,989 2024
Native Peoples Action Inc AK$456,507 Executive Dir. $24,440 $24,469 2023
National Mobilization Against NY$456,309 Executive Director $45,336 $42,901 2023
Center For Leadership & Neighborhood Engagement Inc MN$455,041 Executive Director $56,667 $58,637 2023
The Future Of Free Speech TN$454,878 President $36,000 $39,627 2023
League Of Women Voters Of California Education Fund CA$454,774 Executive Director $120,468 $105,811 2024
Immigration Accountability Project MS$475,384 President $31,936 $36,180 2024
Virginia Learns VA$454,700 President An $205,997 $208,291 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Antoinette Hardy-waller) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 417 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $118,558 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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 13, 2026.