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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Urban Outreach Center Of New York City Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820642308
NY · NTEE S21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of The Rev Dr Jordan Tarwater, Executive Director / CEO ($24,670) 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 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: The Rev Dr Jordan Tarwater — reported title “Executive Director and Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$18,457 total compensation of comparable organizations → $225,532 $24,670
$30,05510th
$49,71325th
$70,509Median
$92,27575th
$112,14090th
$24,670This org · 5th
p10$30,055
p25$49,713
p50$70,509
p75$92,275
p90$112,140
$24,670

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 NY 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
Family Forward Action OR$329,802 Interim Co-executive Director $20,027 $21,190 2023
Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc NY$328,381 President $200,000 $200,000 2024
Sana Roots Co TX$326,496 Ceo $23,592 $26,888 2023
Phoenix Community Alliance AZ$344,617 President/ceo- Dpi $24,239 $25,797 2024
Plaza Apartments Inc KS$318,423 Executive Director $44,400 $53,083 2024
Eastside Jewish Commons OR$351,225 Treasurer $30,000 $31,741 2023
Pittsburgh Cares PA$351,812 Executive Di $70,414 $77,708 2024
Columbia-greene Addiction Coalition Inc NY$314,537 Executive Director $85,000 $85,000 2024
Rebuilding Together Boston Inc MA$308,887 Executive Director $101,046 $100,486 2024
Upper Manhattan Together Inc NY$307,486 Lead Organizer $91,538 $91,538 2024
New Haven Rising Inc CT$364,117 Secretary/director $104,206 $108,125 2024
Okanogan County Community Coalition WA$364,412 Executive Dir $64,895 $66,197 2023
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition NY$366,005 Executive Di $93,012 $93,012 2024
Washington State Coalition Of African WA$299,240 Executive Director $29,200 $28,931 2024
Pinnacle Of Purpose Inc KY$298,910 Ceo $28,084 $33,390 2024
District 2 Community Council MN$296,580 Executive Director $64,480 $70,509 2024
Multiply Goodness ID$293,898 Director $40,833 $49,490 2023
Nehda Inc NY$288,305 Executive Director $53,298 $51,924 2025
Leadership Medina County OH$381,116 Executive Director $78,401 $89,526 2025
Strategic Justice Initiatives Inc FL$283,125 Executive Director $216,938 $225,532 2024
Gedakina Inc VT$386,304 President, E $93,866 $104,555 2024
South Texan's Property Rights TX$280,821 Executive Di $55,000 $60,885 2024
Board Of Latino Legislative Leaders TX$272,300 Executive Director $63,000 $69,741 2024
Frogtown Neighborhood Association MN$398,273 Co-executive Director $78,525 $85,867 2024
Interchurch Coalition For Action Reconciliation And Empowerment FL$269,014 Lead Organizer/ Ed $69,415 $72,165 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted5th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (The Rev Dr Jordan Tarwater) 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 (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,670 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.