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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bellevue Literary Review Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851666012
NY · NTEE A33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Ofri, Executive Director / CEO ($39,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,677 total compensation of comparable organizations → $205,492 $39,600
$13,82310th
$34,58625th
$65,365Median
$90,64875th
$113,63090th
$39,600This org · 30th
p10$13,823
p25$34,586
p50$65,365
p75$90,648
p90$113,630
$39,600

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
Dignity Usa Inc MA$288,091 Executive Di $112,921 $112,295 2024
American Heritage Education Foundation Inc TX$278,273 President $64,011 $69,033 2025
Ashland News OR$295,181 Executive Editor $54,600 $57,770 2023
Spectator Publishing Company Inc NY$296,078 Editor In Chief $4,250 $4,250 2024
The Io Foundation WI$296,207 Secretary/ed $90,687 $102,109 2025
Oklahoma Media Center Inc OK$272,439 Executive Dir $94,344 $114,965 2024
The562 Network Inc CA$302,316 Founder Editor $68,992 $67,876 2023
Arcata Press MN$305,326 Executive Director $84,000 $91,854 2024
Gospel Tract Society Inc MO$263,217 President $49,879 $60,190 2023
Reconciliation An Intl Network Of Churches And PA$262,893 President $12,500 $13,795 2024
The Massachusetts Review Inc MA$262,636 Managing Editor $36,864 $37,743 2023
Carlisle Communications Inc MA$308,493 President $1,731 $1,677 2025
Skeptic Society CA$309,510 President $143,323 $141,004 2023
Abba A Womens Resource Center ME$311,069 Executive Director $66,576 $75,954 2023
Capital Region Community Media Inc VT$311,307 Editor In Chief $60,584 $67,483 2024
Bibliographical Society Of America NY$254,548 Executive Director $84,584 $84,584 2024
County Economic Research Institute Inc KS$317,331 President $171,880 $205,492 2024
In Black Ink MN$319,183 Executive Director $37,606 $42,337 2023
Nightboat Books Inc NY$320,727 Executive Director $30,841 $31,752 2023
Mars Hill Audio Inc VA$323,706 President $129,079 $137,924 2024
The Food Alliance OR$326,179 Past Exec. Dir. $78,378 $80,549 2024
Focus Press Inc TN$243,304 Employee $28,000 $33,533 2023
Public Multimedia Inc NJ$326,796 President $112,615 $111,271 2024
Anyone Corporation NY$239,192 Vp & Treasurer $30,000 $30,000 2024
Rain Taxi Inc MN$238,044 Executive Director $45,958 $51,739 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 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 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Danielle Ofri) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,600 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.