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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Together & Free Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831461508
NY · NTEE P84
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paige Chan, Executive Director / CEO ($125,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 76 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

76 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 76 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,046 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,381 $125,000
$23,30910th
$45,81725th
$68,478Median
$95,00975th
$117,60690th
$125,000This org · 92nd
p10$23,309
p25$45,817
p50$68,478
p75$95,009
p90$117,606
$125,000

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
Milestone Community Developmen MN$464,045 Executive Dr $89,048 $94,580 2024
Upper Midwest American Indian Center MN$460,962 Executive Director $30,251 $33,079 2023
Pennsylvania Hias Indigent Immigrant PA$460,825 Executive Director $23,826 $25,539 2024
New Women New Yorkers Inc NY$460,184 Ceo $68,646 $68,646 2023
Gateway Of Grace TX$455,143 Executive Director And Founder $89,000 $98,523 2023
Alimentando Al Pueblo WA$454,363 Executive Dir. $52,722 $52,237 2023
La Plaza CO$478,802 Executive Di $51,003 $52,569 2024
Irish Immigration Pastoral Center CA$481,410 President $49,332 $45,789 2024
Hispanic Liaison Of Chatham County NC$450,071 Executive Di $76,248 $84,685 2024
Haiti Cultural Exchange Inc NY$484,209 Executive Director $84,000 $81,590 2024
Uniendo Sentimientos Oregon OR$484,457 Executive Director $35,072 $36,043 2023
Iowa Congolese Organization And IA$446,134 President $19,644 $23,803 2023
Garces Family Foundation PA$444,097 Executive Director $108,673 $116,489 2024
El Pueblo MS$443,718 Executive Director $55,167 $67,995 2023
New Neighbors Partnership Association NY$491,695 Executive Director $70,140 $68,128 2024
Una Mano Una Esperanza CO$494,859 Executive Director $13,100 $13,502 2024
We Are One New Jersey Inc NJ$497,755 Trustee $6,300 $6,046 2024
Springs Of Living Water HI$433,016 President $20,250 $20,064 2023
Hispanic American Mission Inc OK$432,272 Board Membervice President $53,250 $63,027 2024
Su Casa Columbus Inc IN$428,724 Executive Director $40,385 $47,130 2023
Tabithas Heart MN$427,948 Executive Director $49,500 $52,575 2024
Servicios Latinos De Burlington County Inc NJ$425,789 Executive Director $105,752 $101,492 2024
Pathways To Citizenship CA$424,856 Executive Director $63,765 $59,186 2024
International House Inc IN$423,303 Executive Di $53,056 $60,142 2024
Woori Center PA$515,095 Executive Director $65,346 $70,046 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Paige Chan) 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 76 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $125,000 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.