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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Building Together Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823156624
NY · NTEE Q31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roland Lewis, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 465 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

465 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 465 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$719 total compensation of comparable organizations → $272,894 $12,000
$10,18810th
$23,82525th
$46,758Median
$73,76475th
$102,82190th
$12,000This org · 13th
p10$10,188
p25$23,825
p50$46,758
p75$73,764
p90$102,821
$12,000

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 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
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $74,514 2024
American Friends Of Emek Beracha In NY$225,751 President $21,260 $20,118 2025
American Medical Institute Inc TX$225,800 Director/manager $55,207 $59,360 2024
The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center WA$225,136 Executive Director $107,805 $101,074 2025
Us Diplomatic Studies Foundation AZ$226,075 President $43,927 $45,410 2024
Guatemala Human Rights Commission U S A DC$226,075 Advocacy Director $61,919 $60,131 2023
The Kaifa Group Inc NY$224,787 Director $20,400 $20,400 2023
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $83,650 2024
Brio Health Global CA$227,106 Executive Director $65,173 $62,279 2023
Hands Of Hope SC$223,889 President $22,864 $25,639 2024
All Things New Inc FL$223,630 Formerpresident $36,667 $37,026 2024
Allies Inc IN$227,662 Executive Di $60,830 $70,990 2023
Center For Growth And Opportunity UT$227,736 President $143,888 $158,297 2024
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $37,917 2022
Third Day Missions Inc NY$227,765 Executive Director $23,800 $23,800 2023
Aice Inc MD$223,203 Executive Director $166,818 $167,641 2024
Cuba Independiente Inc FL$223,167 President $12,000 $12,118 2024
Connect Ministries WA$227,919 Executive Di $45,432 $43,723 2024
Hope4burundi TX$228,065 President & Ceo $25,000 $27,675 2023
Open Institute International Inc DC$228,190 Chairman $66,800 $64,871 2023
The Mooncatcher Project Inc NY$228,334 Executive Director $36,200 $35,161 2024
Friends Of Samaritans Place Inc TN$222,287 Director $38,500 $43,499 2024
Least Of These Ministries Inc MD$222,248 President & Executive Director $42,600 $42,810 2024
Crosscampus International Inc SC$222,204 President $72,000 $80,739 2024
Warren Majengo Foundation PA$228,965 Executive Director $14,300 $15,781 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Roland 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 465 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.