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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853225820
DC · NTEE Q05
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Spokojny, Executive Director / CEO ($139,423) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 298 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Spokojny — reported title “Treasurer & CEO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

298 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 298 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $287,000 $139,423
$8,62410th
$21,07825th
$42,777Median
$74,69175th
$106,93190th
$139,423This org · 96th
p10$8,624
p25$21,078
p50$42,777
p75$74,691
p90$106,931
$139,423

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 DC 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
Jewish Leadership Institute Inc FL$164,919 Vice President $20,000 $21,411 2024
Cdi International Inc NY$165,000 President $36,000 $37,071 2024
International Contingency And DC$165,419 Secretary $4,204 $4,328 2023
Children Up IL$163,314 Executive Director $46,388 $50,630 2025
Christian Dominican Medical Mission TX$165,638 Intern Director $5,616 $6,402 2024
American Friends Of Elon Moreh NJ$165,638 Director $24,211 $24,633 2024
The Small-scale Sustainable Infra- MA$163,039 Treasurer $24,750 $26,093 2023
Junior Achievement Of Hawaii Inc HI$165,759 President $94,682 $99,454 2023
Heart Of Christ-corazon De Cristo Inc AL$165,779 President $11,300 $13,912 2024
Friends Of Be An Angel Inc WI$162,435 President, Treasurer $36,000 $42,844 2024
Partners For Cancer Care And MD$166,465 Executive Director $61,500 $67,457 2023
Barnabas Ministries Inc PA$162,050 Executive Di $36,000 $40,911 2024
Partnership International Inc DC$167,065 Senior Engineer - Solar & Wind $33,064 $33,064 2024
Alaska World Affairs Council AK$167,258 President/ce $79,434 $89,098 2023
Himalayan Healthcare Inc NY$167,365 Director $38,280 $39,418 2024
Code To Inspire Inc DE$161,214 Ceo $108,000 $120,508 2024
Junior Achievement Of Middletown Area OH$167,633 President/ed $73,123 $85,982 2025
Parish Twinning Program Of The Americas IN$160,994 Executive Director $100,000 $123,723 2023
Eha Impact Ventures Inc DE$160,913 Ceo $244,665 $281,064 2023
Japan Society Of Boston Inc MA$168,092 Executive Director $63,461 $66,905 2023
Jubilee Usa Network DC$168,246 Executive Dir. $189,520 $189,520 2024
Global Vision Outreach Inc FL$159,908 Director $7,906 $8,714 2023
Southwest Jewish Congress TX$168,889 Executive Director $45,000 $51,296 2024
The Coffee Trust NM$170,317 Secretary/tr $6,573 $8,056 2024
Raising Hope Inc PA$171,014 President $21,140 $24,024 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Daniel Spokojny) 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 298 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $139,423 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.