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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822758885
PA · NTEE I83
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ena M Lebel, Executive Director / CEO ($101,263) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 431 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Ena M Lebel — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

431 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 431 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $407,959 $101,263
$18,18910th
$38,49725th
$57,955Median
$77,63675th
$97,89090th
$101,263This org · 91st
p10$18,189
p25$38,497
p50$57,955
p75$77,636
p90$97,890
$101,263

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
First Judicial District Casa-gal Program MT$248,664 Executive Director $54,683 $59,109 2024
Hero House The Childrens Advocacy GA$248,817 Executive Direc $65,030 $65,568 2024
Fresh Start Learning WI$248,341 Executive Director $118,339 $123,932 2024
Hands Of Luke Medical Ministries TX$249,383 Executive Director $4,500 $4,514 2024
Family & Children's Council IA$247,648 Executive Director $78,000 $88,172 2023
1614-1622 Jonquil Terrace IL$249,733 Executive Director/ceo $19,212 $19,499 2023
The Rise Foundation By Envoy Inc IL$250,000 President And Executive Directo $132,563 $134,547 2023
The Front Line Foundation MN$247,108 President & $54,167 $53,672 2024
West Virginia Bar Foundation Inc WV$246,729 Executive Director $38,000 $40,194 2025
Made New Foundation Inc CA$246,584 Executive Director $16,500 $14,287 2024
New Vision Inc TN$250,643 President $51,000 $53,757 2024
Treatment Court Foundation Of Sweetwater County WY$250,657 Coordinator $55,750 $61,632 2023
Opening Doors International Services Inc TX$251,057 Executive Dir. $55,000 $55,170 2024
Capital Region Crime Stoppers Inc LA$245,875 Executive Di $80,000 $88,335 2024
Road To Empowerment Restorative CA$251,367 Principal Of $31,998 $27,707 2024
Women Of Hope Inc OH$245,629 Executive Director $62,500 $68,341 2023
Faith Based Security Network Inc KS$251,617 President $47,729 $51,706 2024
Journey 4ward TX$245,349 Advocate/director $52,737 $52,900 2024
Anchor Of Hope International Ministries Inc CA$245,329 Executive Directorboardmember $56,160 $48,629 2024
Allegheny County Police Association PA$251,989 Chairman $475 $475 2024
Battered But Not Broken SC$245,008 Executive Director And Founde $50,485 $54,374 2023
Pedal The Pacific TX$244,736 Director $65,000 $67,127 2023
Community Solutions Of Central Oregon OR$252,526 Executive Dir. $47,269 $44,018 2024
The Delta Project MI$244,281 Director $75,000 $77,627 2024
Hope Prison Ministry Inc MA$253,024 President $85,000 $78,857 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
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 (Ena M Lebel) 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 431 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $101,263 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.