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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

University At Albany

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882191937
NY · NTEE B80
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mashaal Bhatti, Executive Director / CEO ($250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Mashaal Bhatti — reported title “PRESIDENT (TO MAY)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,077 total compensation of comparable organizations → $186,093 $250
$7,59210th
$23,14125th
$46,604Median
$83,11975th
$94,62390th
$250This org · 0th
p10$7,592
p25$23,141
p50$46,604
p75$83,119
p90$94,623
$250

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
Naturopathic Medical Student Association OR$304,466 Executive Director $28,575 $28,524 2024
Crowd To Community Inc AZ$304,114 Ceo Director $102,804 $109,414 2023
Lompoc Teen Center CA$303,847 Executive Director $46,172 $44,122 2023
Friends Of Infinity Acres Ranch Inc VA$306,990 Executive Director $66,000 $68,499 2024
Youth Farm Project Inc NY$307,766 Co-director Of Education $72,927 $72,927 2023
Nassau-suffolk Performing Arts Ltd NY$308,214 Secretary & Treasurer $28,000 $27,197 2024
Indiana Council On Educating IN$308,662 Executive Di $72,000 $81,615 2024
Allied Resources For Children Inc NJ$309,139 Treasurer $7,200 $6,732 2025
Shared Harvest Foundation Inc CA$298,640 President $94,635 $87,838 2024
Manheim Township Educational Foundation PA$311,457 Executive Director $24,231 $25,974 2024
Ithaca Public Education Initiative Inc NY$313,363 Executive Director $42,500 $41,281 2024
Inspirational Workshops WA$296,025 Founder & Ceo $92,096 $91,248 2023
College Athletic Trainer's Society TN$294,973 Executive Director $21,000 $23,728 2024
Heritage Instructional Services MD$288,183 Program Admin $27,736 $27,155 2025
Curieux Academic Journal CA$323,512 Key Employee $44,000 $40,840 2024
New Mexico Out-of School NM$324,228 Executive Di $50,535 $60,150 2023
Project Ledo OR$282,845 President & Executive Director $87,629 $87,473 2024
Association Of Texas Small School Bands TX$282,096 Executive Director $60,000 $62,851 2025
Prime Time Extended Learning Services MA$328,315 President $20,000 $19,318 2024
Families Aspiring In Trust And Holiness Catholic Home Education Community I FL$275,438 Officer $16,440 $16,601 2024
Mz Goose Inc FL$274,308 Ceo President $4,326 $4,368 2024
Fields Of Joy Foundation Inc PR$336,857 Executive Director $60,000 $58,279 2024
Homework Central CA$338,432 Executive Dir. $59,000 $56,380 2023
The Summer Institute Inc TX$271,230 Treasurer, Executive Director $18,462 $19,339 2025
Making The Right Connections Inc CA$269,550 President & Ceo $27,999 $25,988 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Mashaal Bhatti) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $250 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.