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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Education Law Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480789929
PA · NTEE I80Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nathan Walker, Executive Director / CEO ($77,610) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9 total compensation of comparable organizations → $396,254 $77,610
$18,05910th
$37,29325th
$55,374Median
$88,14475th
$126,06490th
$77,610This org · 64th
p10$18,059
p25$37,293
p50$55,374
p75$88,144
p90$126,064
$77,610

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 PA 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
Disability Legal Services Of Indiana IN$209,446 Executive Director $79,163 $81,312 2024
Open Immigration Legal Services Inc CA$208,729 President $59,013 $49,633 2024
Center For Integrity In Forensic WI$208,031 Executive Director $122,813 $128,617 2023
Redirections Of Rockingham County NC$216,870 Executive Director $37,000 $38,337 2023
4 The Children CO$219,757 Executive Director $57,589 $55,374 2023
Legal Services Clinic Of The Puerto Rican Community Inc FL$220,815 President $39,000 $36,739 2023
Florida Justice Center Inc FL$221,688 Executive Director $50,401 $46,117 2024
Canadian County Casa Inc OK$221,936 Exec Director $67,667 $70,702 2025
Apoyo Legal Migrante Asociado CA$223,565 President $41,798 $36,193 2023
Chosen Family Law Center Inc NY$200,258 Treasurer $32,000 $28,164 2024
Compass Immigration Legal Services PA$199,376 President $5,925 $5,755 2024
Crossroads For Florida Kids Inc FL$228,940 Executive Director $105,000 $96,076 2024
Maricopa County Bar Foundation AZ$190,092 Executive Director $3,528 $3,305 2024
Legal Aid Foundation Of Western OH$188,633 Interim Executive Director $26,821 $28,486 2023
Montgomery Bar Foundation PA$186,570 Executive Director $10,368 $10,071 2024
Casa Of Berks County PA$238,542 Executive Di $53,297 $51,768 2024
Inland Empire Latino Lawyers CA$239,060 Executive Director $84,635 $71,183 2024
Cottage Street Youth Law OR$241,380 Executive Director $102,200 $92,442 2024
Valley Immigrant Advocates IL$175,952 Executive Director $10 $9 2025
The Rise Foundation By Envoy Inc IL$250,000 President And Executive Directo $132,563 $130,686 2023
Migration Resource Center NY$174,041 Director $13,184 $11,946 2023
Opening Doors International Services Inc TX$251,057 Executive Dir. $55,000 $53,587 2024
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc MD$172,318 Executive Director $137,082 $128,514 2023
Pikes Peak Justice & Pro Bono Center CO$255,069 Executive Director $74,255 $69,351 2024
New Covenant Legal Services MO$256,169 Executive Di $60,000 $61,898 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Nathan Walker) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,610 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.