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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Association For Learning And Mentoring

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862030894
NY · NTEE O54
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Medhat Wadie, Executive Director / CEO ($10,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 936 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

936 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 936 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$196 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,339 $10,400
$16,54710th
$36,72425th
$63,481Median
$84,84575th
$104,75490th
$10,400This org · 5th
p10$16,547
p25$36,724
p50$63,481
p75$84,845
p90$104,754
$10,400

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
Black Child Development Institute - Atlanta Inc GA$362,176 President $42,000 $45,393 2024
Youth As Resources Inc MD$362,825 Executive Dir. $71,680 $74,161 2023
The Compass AK$362,975 Executive Dir. $78,000 $80,157 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The Upstate SC$362,983 Ceo $63,844 $71,593 2024
Trusted Mentors Inc IN$360,676 Executive Director $45,972 $53,651 2023
Youth Speak Out International Inc FL$360,637 Executive Director $100,547 $104,530 2023
La Fencing Academy Of Pomona CA$360,625 President $21,400 $19,863 2024
Iconoclast Artists TX$363,414 Executive Director $60,000 $66,420 2023
Friends Of St Lawrence-watts Youth Center CA$363,431 Executive Director $85,234 $77,074 2025
Compass Path Inc MA$359,759 Director/executive Director $76,844 $74,225 2024
Girls Incorporated Of Hamblen County TN$364,110 Executive Director $47,720 $53,917 2024
Girls Light Our Way Glow Nfp IL$359,756 Director $83,350 $88,081 2024
Two Cranes Institute WA$359,544 President & Exec. $67,000 $64,479 2024
Dream Big Basketball Academy NC$359,535 Executive Director $50,400 $55,977 2024
Gaithersburg Beloved Community Init MD$359,397 Executive Director $100,000 $97,903 2025
Made For More Foundation Inc FL$359,152 President $76,231 $76,977 2024
Tiqvah Hands Of Hope OH$358,952 Executive Director $54,995 $64,460 2023
Beyond The Game OH$358,714 President $25,000 $29,303 2023
Youth For Christeastern Oregon Inc OR$365,194 Director $69,553 $67,639 2025
American Debate League Inc NY$358,602 Executive Director $95,055 $92,328 2024
Prevention Education Programs Inc AR$358,394 Executive Director $63,090 $78,480 2023
Prevention And Treatment Center NC$358,386 Executive Di $50,038 $55,575 2024
Friends Of The Children - OR$358,161 Executive Director $21,321 $21,283 2024
Savannah Youth Development Foundation GA$357,762 Executive Dir. $62,099 $69,099 2023
Delaware Youth Soccer Association DE$357,744 Executive Di $8,629 $9,082 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Medhat Wadie) 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 936 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,400 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.