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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hispanic Liaison Of Chatham County

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561974043
NC · NTEE P84
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ilana Dubester, Executive Director / CEO ($76,248) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 74 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

74 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 74 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,444 total compensation of comparable organizations → $203,827 $76,248
$21,90010th
$41,55525th
$61,655Median
$86,31475th
$106,29190th
$76,248This org · 62nd
p10$21,900
p25$41,555
p50$61,655
p75$86,314
p90$106,291
$76,248

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 NC 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
Iowa Congolese Organization And IA$446,134 President $19,644 $21,431 2023
Alimentando Al Pueblo WA$454,363 Executive Dir. $52,722 $47,032 2023
Gateway Of Grace TX$455,143 Executive Director And Founder $89,000 $88,707 2023
Garces Family Foundation PA$444,097 Executive Director $108,673 $104,883 2024
El Pueblo MS$443,718 Executive Director $55,167 $61,220 2023
New Women New Yorkers Inc NY$460,184 Ceo $68,646 $61,807 2023
Pennsylvania Hias Indigent Immigrant PA$460,825 Executive Director $23,826 $22,995 2024
Upper Midwest American Indian Center MN$460,962 Executive Director $30,251 $29,784 2023
Milestone Community Developmen MN$464,045 Executive Dr $89,048 $85,157 2024
Together & Free Inc NY$465,803 Executive Director $125,000 $112,546 2023
Springs Of Living Water HI$433,016 President $20,250 $18,064 2023
Hispanic American Mission Inc OK$432,272 Board Membervice President $53,250 $56,748 2024
Su Casa Columbus Inc IN$428,724 Executive Director $40,385 $42,435 2023
Tabithas Heart MN$427,948 Executive Director $49,500 $47,337 2024
Servicios Latinos De Burlington County Inc NJ$425,789 Executive Director $105,752 $91,380 2024
Pathways To Citizenship CA$424,856 Executive Director $63,765 $53,289 2024
International House Inc IN$423,303 Executive Di $53,056 $54,149 2024
La Plaza CO$478,802 Executive Di $51,003 $47,331 2024
Irish Immigration Pastoral Center CA$481,410 President $49,332 $41,227 2024
Haiti Cultural Exchange Inc NY$484,209 Executive Director $84,000 $73,461 2024
Uniendo Sentimientos Oregon OR$484,457 Executive Director $35,072 $32,452 2023
The Urban Village Inc MN$414,126 Executive Director $60,000 $59,073 2023
Hogar Hispano Inc DC$409,168 Executive Director $166,380 $145,476 2023
Parity Inc OH$408,920 Chief Operations Officer $100,097 $102,605 2024
New Neighbors Partnership Association NY$491,695 Executive Director $70,140 $61,340 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Ilana Dubester) 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 74 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,248 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.