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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Yotzer Ohr Lakewood A Nj Nonprofit

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844069920
NJ · NTEE B25
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yaakov Siegel, Executive Director / CEO ($24,923) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Yaakov Siegel — reported title “Trustee”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,227 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,483 $24,923
$28,11810th
$44,80725th
$61,497Median
$80,73675th
$103,59490th
$24,923This org · 10th
p10$28,118
p25$44,807
p50$61,497
p75$80,736
p90$103,594
$24,923

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 NJ 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
The Joseph School Inc TN$455,433 Executive Director $70,000 $87,089 2023
Heartland High School OH$460,595 Executive Di $40,192 $48,940 2024
Sunshine Alternative Education Cent NY$425,409 Ceo $43,550 $45,242 2024
New Song Mission Inc IN$424,399 Executive Director And Sec $42,375 $51,374 2024
Js Bryant School Inc MA$423,940 Director (Thru 10/5/24) $50,000 $51,655 2024
Sphinx Academy Inc KY$464,773 Director Of Education $109,230 $131,438 2025
Fiat Classical Academy Inc IN$418,197 President $68,250 $80,612 2025
Gold Star Private Academy Inc FL$414,915 Co-founder/i $53,484 $56,274 2025
Saint Sophia Hellenic Orthodox School UT$411,669 Director $88,059 $103,614 2024
North Branch School Inc VT$406,253 Board Treasurer $48,631 $56,274 2024
Mesivta Meromei Tzvi Inc NJ$403,891 President $84,200 $86,428 2024
The Patrick School Inc NJ$403,755 President $45,000 $46,191 2024
Riverside Club For Adventure And Imagination IL$485,273 Executive Director $85,064 $98,983 2023
Texas Spring Corporation TX$486,922 Principal $60,000 $73,951 2022
West Logan Christian Academy WV$495,961 Secretary $28,400 $35,351 2024
Monroe School Inc DC$504,046 President $5,000 $5,407 2022
Propel Education Forum Of MS$504,163 President & $47,436 $60,738 2024
Chesterton Academy Of The Sacred Heart Nfp Inc IL$506,307 Headmaster $91,648 $103,585 2024
Kestrel Schools Inc AZ$508,822 President/ex $35,484 $40,392 2023
Banner Learning Corp FL$379,328 President/director $68,604 $74,093 2024
Camino De Paz Center Inc NM$510,688 Treasurer $41,757 $51,634 2024
Yiya Solutions Inc NH$512,626 Ceo $75,000 $79,616 2024
Lotts Creek Community School KY$375,955 President $24,480 $31,130 2023
Chesterton Academy Of Saint John The Evangelist VA$525,924 Headmaster $75,000 $81,107 2025
Hx Chinese School At Plainsboro NJ$358,021 Trustee $4,000 $4,227 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ cost of living and 2025 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 NJ 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Yaakov Siegel) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B25), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,923 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.