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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hillel At Dartmouth College

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853623033
NH · NTEE O55
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rabbi Seth Linfield, Executive Director / CEO ($21,538) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rabbi Seth Linfield — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRERECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,452 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,081 $21,538
$20,92710th
$38,81425th
$62,537Median
$92,46575th
$135,78190th
$21,538This org · 13th
p10$20,927
p25$38,814
p50$62,537
p75$92,465
p90$135,781
$21,538

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 NH 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
Chattanooga Youth Network TN$481,009 Executive Director $152,915 $169,081 2024
Urban Youth Legacy Foundation Inc FL$485,715 President $140,020 $138,368 2024
Teen Challenge Of Greater Cleveland OH$433,170 Executive Director $44,600 $49,691 2024
Project Or Haner Inc MD$431,844 Executive Director $40,050 $40,551 2023
Virtue House Ministries Inc IL$489,146 President $45,000 $46,537 2024
Bridge Of Topeka Inc KS$429,346 Executive Di $63,573 $70,384 2025
The Light Foundation MO$490,959 Executive Director $84,876 $94,565 2024
Youth With A Mission WA$420,895 Secretary $33,582 $32,562 2023
The Midian Leadership Project Inc WV$414,561 President $29,501 $33,601 2024
World Wide Youth Camps Inc GA$509,135 President $150,000 $163,340 2023
Youth For Christ Incorporated Sw Mi MI$408,041 Treasurer $3,179 $3,452 2024
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $91,765 2023
Lifecamp Usa Inc WI$529,358 Secretary And Treasurer $6,972 $7,886 2023
Youth With A Mission - Atlanta Inc GA$376,156 Director / Secretary - Treasurer $45,333 $46,712 2025
Oneu Md Inc MD$366,144 President Campus Director $72,676 $69,631 2025
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $66,193 2025
Youth For Christ Usa Inc WY$557,393 Executive Director $70,747 $77,637 2025
Launch Ministries Inc ID$356,706 Executive Di $76,230 $85,303 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of PA$351,471 State Direct $64,211 $67,359 2024
Davids Table Inc SC$344,578 Executive Di $26,532 $29,977 2023
Moravian Mt Morris Center Inc WI$580,364 Executive Director $128,916 $141,626 2024
Itasca Youth For Christ MN$335,375 Executive Director $79,022 $80,019 2025
Clemson Area Classical Academy SC$323,720 Executive Director $12,585 $13,455 2025
Salt N Light Youth Ministry PA$322,609 Director - Creative Arts $53,400 $56,017 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc GA$601,253 State Director $29,998 $31,728 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Rabbi Seth Linfield) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O55), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,538 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.