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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Accidental Talmudist

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813431213
CA · NTEE X30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Salvador Litvak, Executive Director / CEO ($68,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Salvador Litvak — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,141 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,853 $68,000
$12,55810th
$32,95125th
$62,664Median
$109,23475th
$136,81390th
$68,000This org · 51st
p10$12,558
p25$32,951
p50$62,664
p75$109,234
p90$136,813
$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
Messianic Jewish Movement International AZ$239,891 President $18,000 $19,473 2024
Haberman Institute For Jewish Studies MD$238,128 Executive Director $77,496 $83,904 2023
Shalom Ministries Inc KS$237,741 Chairman $92,617 $112,550 2024
Online Smicha NY$244,315 Director $10,800 $10,977 2024
The Jewish Community Of Manatee County Inc FL$246,254 Rabbi $88,845 $93,883 2024
Ofeq Institute Inc OH$226,827 President $44,013 $51,085 2025
Beit Midrash Letalmud Inc NY$226,317 President $108,000 $109,776 2024
Achim Inc MD$225,251 President $109,874 $115,547 2024
Hillel Of San Luis Obispo CA$224,631 Executive Dir. $83,000 $80,619 2024
Shaarei Shalom Inc AZ$256,157 Director $48,544 $52,514 2024
Bukharian Jewish Congregation Of Briarwood Inc NY$258,059 Rabbi $53,110 $52,592 2025
Yad L Talmid CA$261,830 Ceo $64,515 $62,664 2024
Instarabbi CA$212,655 Treasurerdirector $19,200 $18,649 2024
Tikkun Ha-ir Of Milwaukee Inc WI$210,817 Executive Director $42,444 $48,576 2025
Judaism By Choice Inc CA$267,907 Director $183,992 $178,713 2024
Jcrafts By Chabad Inc MD$269,166 President $104,369 $113,000 2023
Community Kashrus Of Greater Philadelphia PA$269,562 Administrator $77,000 $88,925 2023
Or Azion Inc NY$270,050 President $36,500 $38,196 2023
Areyvut Inc NJ$207,521 Founder And Director $27,000 $27,116 2024
Jewish Education Worldwide Inc FL$272,722 Director $49,000 $51,779 2024
Lubavitch Colombia Inc NY$201,303 Director $12,000 $12,558 2023
Sababa Entertainment Inc PA$280,253 President $2,800 $3,141 2024
Project Genesis Inc MD$282,560 Director $79,500 $83,604 2024
Awakened Heart Project NY$284,511 Vice President $55,167 $56,074 2024
Hillel The Foundation For Jewish Campus Life VA$192,633 Executive Director $108,000 $117,297 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Salvador Litvak) 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 51 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 51st 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.