Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Sampy, Executive Director / CEO ($59,701) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 82 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: David Sampy — reported title “Former Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 DC cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Franklin Legal Aid Society | WA | $294,679 | Executive Dir. | $63,815 | $65,108 | 2024 |
| Justice For Our Neighbors Of The | PA | $294,362 | Executive Dir. | $32,917 | $38,512 | 2023 |
| Wyoming Childrens Law Center | WY | $298,593 | Executive Director And Ex Officio Board Member | $113,980 | $143,194 | 2023 |
| Legal Assistance Of Dakota County | MN | $293,191 | Executive Di | $88,625 | $102,741 | 2023 |
| Arizona Crime Victim Rights Law Group | AZ | $301,434 | Executive Dir. | $78,125 | $85,621 | 2024 |
| Columbia Basin Dispute Resolution Center | WA | $288,772 | Executive Dir. | $53,000 | $55,670 | 2023 |
| South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center | CA | $288,622 | Executive Dir. | $50,002 | $50,656 | 2023 |
| Connect Immigration | CO | $306,327 | Executive Director | $87,000 | $95,065 | 2024 |
| Servicios Legales Comunitarios Inc | PR | $309,343 | Chief Operating Officer | $68,151 | $68,151 | 2024 |
| Montgomery County Bar Foundation | AL | $283,016 | Executive Director | $90,360 | $111,243 | 2024 |
| Columbia Gorge Casa | OR | $282,100 | Executive Dir. | $59,267 | $62,720 | 2024 |
| Lex Rex Institute | CA | $281,879 | Ceo And Attorney | $471,140 | $463,608 | 2024 |
| Peoples Law Center | WI | $281,834 | Executive Director | $138,000 | $169,087 | 2023 |
| Washington Wage Claim Project | WA | $281,506 | Staff Attorney | $183,961 | $187,688 | 2024 |
| Arizona Justice For Our Neighbors | AZ | $312,535 | Executive Dir. | $95,351 | $104,499 | 2024 |
| Student Legal Services Inc | NY | $312,839 | Director | $94,906 | $95,210 | 2025 |
| The Joseph Project Inc | MI | $314,352 | President | $30,000 | $36,329 | 2023 |
| Emergency Legal Responders | LA | $317,714 | Executive Director | $80,125 | $103,512 | 2023 |
| Equal Citizens Foundation | DC | $269,229 | Treasurer | $36,000 | $36,000 | 2024 |
| Frontline Legal Services | LA | $268,828 | Co-executive Director | $75,000 | $94,111 | 2024 |
| Allegany Law Foundation Inc | MD | $268,405 | Executive Director | $57,073 | $62,601 | 2023 |
| Wyoming County - Attica Legal Aid | NY | $267,246 | Vice Preside | $31,756 | $31,857 | 2025 |
| Trinity Legal Clinic Of Oklahoma | OK | $326,987 | Executive Dir. | $56,347 | $70,705 | 2024 |
| El Centro Hispanoamericano | NJ | $264,706 | Executive Director | $49,660 | $50,526 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health Justice Center | OR | $263,336 | Attorney/partner | $105,769 | $111,931 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 DC 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 26th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 34th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 20th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 24th |
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.
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
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 10, 2026.