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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Black Cooperative Impact Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814320957
CA · NTEE J20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Lewis, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,698 total compensation of comparable organizations → $627,623 $60,000
$29,14810th
$53,81725th
$78,197Median
$93,06875th
$112,06190th
$60,000This org · 30th
p10$29,148
p25$53,817
p50$78,197
p75$93,068
p90$112,061
$60,000

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
Working Family Solidarity IL$332,018 Executive Director $59,167 $65,431 2024
Open Employment CA$335,183 President $60,000 $58,279 2024
Ct Against Gun Violence Education Fund Inc CT$328,483 Exec Dir (Thru 1/3/24) $26,538 $27,989 2024
Shirlington Employment And Education Center Inc VA$328,025 Executive Director $71,756 $77,933 2024
Urban Solutions Training & Development Corporation MI$327,984 Founder And Ceo $6,000 $6,966 2024
Timberline Adult Day Services CO$339,071 Executive Director $86,656 $93,467 2024
Career Connectors Network AZ$326,527 Founder Ceo $60,923 $65,906 2024
International Hartford Ltd CT$344,420 Executive $85,000 $89,647 2024
Save A Suit CT$321,014 Executive Dir. $43,686 $46,075 2024
Suttons Support Services Inc FL$344,964 Ceo $85,500 $90,349 2024
Project Success Coalition UT$317,875 Director $72,241 $85,625 2023
Jackson County Twenty First Century Coun AL$316,326 Director $62,000 $75,343 2024
Music City Construction Careers Inc TN$357,097 Training Director $78,375 $92,668 2024
First Call For Help Of Ellis County Inc KS$302,465 Executive Dir $46,689 $56,738 2024
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Kerr County TX$301,268 Executive Director $70,092 $78,867 2024
Diversity Cyber Council Inc GA$367,282 President $37,500 $43,666 2023
Margate Business Association Inc NJ$367,350 Executive Director $76,667 $76,997 2024
Belvedere Real Care Providers Network Inc MD$297,411 Vice President $24,000 $25,985 2023
Nevada Business Opportunity Fund NV$292,801 Executive Director $556,640 $627,623 2024
Dress For Success Sw Florida Inc FL$290,787 Executive Director $75,510 $82,149 2023
Career Transitions Inc MT$289,279 Executive Dir. $85,736 $101,278 2025
Njea Frederick L Hipp Foundation For NJ$288,553 President $195,157 $195,998 2024
Rural Engagement And Vitality Center OR$378,542 Executive Director $92,900 $97,044 2024
Dress For Success Worcester Inc MA$284,377 Executive Director $80,604 $81,475 2024
Diffvelopment NJ$281,193 Ceo $43,750 $43,939 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Robert Lewis) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.