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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Legacy Imperative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843011577
FL · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Benjamin Platter, Executive Director / CEO ($106,811) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 163 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

163 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 163 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,646 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,862 $106,811
$17,01310th
$35,43325th
$61,181Median
$83,59675th
$105,66590th
$106,811This org · 90th
p10$17,013
p25$35,433
p50$61,181
p75$83,596
p90$105,665
$106,811

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 FL 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
Hbcu First Inc NY$457,238 Chairman Of $120,000 $115,428 2024
So'oh Shinali Sister Project CA$457,523 Executive Director $67,959 $62,467 2024
Kona Historical Society HI$459,661 Executive Di $50,375 $48,009 2024
The Odyssey After-school Enrichment Program TX$451,428 Executive Director $53,583 $55,585 2025
Lana'i Culture & Heritage Center HI$450,589 President $4,000 $3,812 2024
Tulsa Juneteenth OK$447,930 Executive Dir. $54,581 $62,327 2025
Kimokeo Foundation HI$447,758 Executive Di $56,000 $53,370 2024
Hungary Foundation DC$464,187 Executive Di $92,000 $85,939 2024
100 People Foundation Inc NY$466,693 President $74,525 $71,685 2024
First Voice Inc CA$443,315 Art Director $100,000 $94,634 2023
Koreanamericanstoryorg Inc NY$442,460 Executive Director $75,001 $74,274 2023
Miho Belmont International Inc MA$469,675 Clerk $193,257 $184,862 2024
Wabanaki Alliance ME$441,829 Executive Director $88,363 $96,969 2023
Ballet Folklorico Ollin Yoliztli AZ$470,458 Executive Dir. $12,900 $13,206 2024
Enlightened Learning Club CA$437,572 Chief Executive Officer $18,101 $16,638 2024
Six Square Austins Black Cultural District TX$474,275 Executive Director $76,667 $81,636 2024
Brasil Brasil Cultural Center CA$477,881 Director $50,600 $46,511 2024
Triad Cultural Arts Inc NC$433,307 Executive Director $25,000 $27,497 2024
Blackspace Urbanist Collective Inc NY$432,714 Comanaging Director $110,000 $105,809 2024
Aleut International Association AK$481,180 Executive Di $80,859 $82,290 2024
Na Maka Haloa O Waipio HI$483,586 President $71,200 $69,861 2023
Korean Performing Arts Institute Of Chicago IL$483,721 Education Director $36,375 $38,067 2024
The Westerners The First People Of CA$486,134 President & Ceo $141,242 $129,827 2024
Subject Matter Inc NY$487,822 Co-executive Director $60,000 $57,714 2024
Latinos United For A New America CA$487,880 Co-director $87,517 $80,444 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Benjamin Platter) 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 163 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $106,811 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.