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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Own Your Future Outreach Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823936270
NY · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of George Lanese, Executive Director / CEO ($69,231) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,770 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,758 $69,231
$29,58010th
$53,91125th
$74,021Median
$88,90375th
$126,78590th
$69,231This org · 43rd
p10$29,580
p25$53,911
p50$74,021
p75$88,903
p90$126,785
$69,231

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
New Community Project Inc NY$370,800 Founder And Ceo $75,000 $72,848 2024
American Debate League Inc NY$358,602 Executive Director $95,055 $92,328 2024
Mission Be Inc NY$357,538 Ceo $124,920 $121,336 2024
12th Rock Ministries Inc NY$353,432 President $54,640 $54,640 2023
Cliff Avril Family Foundation Inc NY$351,214 Secretary $88,003 $85,478 2024
Adirondack Ski Touring Council Inc NY$342,606 Executive Dir. $80,000 $77,705 2024
Black Men Achieve Of Greater Rochester Inc NY$336,288 Ceo & Program Leader $41,225 $41,225 2023
World Soccer Organization Inc NY$334,856 Director $21,000 $20,398 2024
Pelham Together Inc NY$334,542 Executive Dir. $100,000 $97,131 2024
Extreme Kids And Crew Inc NY$305,825 Executive Dir. $73,769 $73,769 2023
Larchmontmamaroneck Youth Lacrosse NY$440,852 Director $8,500 $8,256 2024
Girls On The Run Of Buffalo Inc NY$441,543 Board Member $83,760 $79,260 2025
Lightnings Junior Cheerleading Incorporated NY$300,693 President $8,000 $7,770 2024
Young Masterminds Initiative Inc NY$299,143 Board Chair Ceo $84,583 $84,583 2023
Navigate The Maze To Achievement Inc NY$290,357 Director $55,000 $53,422 2024
100cameras NY$285,412 Ceo $28,793 $27,967 2024
Seeds In The Middle Inc NY$283,237 Director $144,000 $139,869 2024
New York State Association For Infant Mental Health Inc NY$280,226 Executive Director $58,292 $56,620 2024
A Fair Shake For Youth Inc NY$276,311 Exec Director $85,000 $82,561 2024
Nycsalt Inc NY$469,111 Founder & Chief Executive Officer $162,758 $162,758 2023
You Are Beautiful People Inc NY$271,834 Executive Di $82,500 $80,133 2024
Farmingdale Soccer Club Inc NY$266,920 1st Vice President $61,480 $59,716 2024
Inner City Youth And Family Services Inc NY$265,000 Ceo $71,106 $74,021 2022
Young Urban Christians & Artists Inc NY$262,956 Executive Director $75,000 $75,000 2023
The Young Airman Association NY$252,601 Chairman Of The Board Of Directors $164,000 $159,295 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 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (George Lanese) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,231 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.