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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Center For Justice And Liberty

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920245439
IL · NTEE R60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Suhr, Executive Director / CEO ($118,059) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Suhr — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,789 total compensation of comparable organizations → $204,305 $118,059
$19,00810th
$33,08025th
$77,466Median
$106,00175th
$142,37890th
$118,059This org · 83rd
p10$19,008
p25$33,080
p50$77,466
p75$106,001
p90$142,378
$118,059

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 IL 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
American Firearms Coalition OH$468,236 Secretary $38,000 $42,148 2023
American Values Action VA$475,903 President $81,000 $79,552 2024
Maryland Rise Inc MD$448,800 Former Executive Director $52,272 $51,177 2023
National Whistleblower Center DC$439,947 Executive Dir. $182,358 $162,773 2024
Skylight Engagement Inc NY$497,627 Executive Dir. $82,225 $75,577 2024
Human & Civil Rights Organizations MA$505,816 Executive Di $84,750 $77,466 2024
Advocates For Trans Equality NY$424,852 Executive Director $21,038 $19,337 2024
Florida Impact Inc FL$414,959 President/ce $92,240 $90,744 2023
Fpc Action Foundation NV$407,462 Vp/gc Thru 3/24, President From 3/24 $200,380 $204,305 2024
Calling All Crows Inc MA$529,796 Former Exec Dir $130,000 $118,826 2024
Surveillance Technology Oversight NY$532,329 Executive Director $108,741 $102,901 2023
National Council On Civil Advocacy Inc DC$389,315 Executive Officer $86,194 $79,209 2023
Constitutional Rights Foundation Of CA$379,628 Executive Director $64,266 $56,447 2024
Lagniappe Law Lab LA$560,147 Executive Director $100,500 $115,889 2023
Global Americans Inc NY$580,449 Executive Director $20,000 $18,926 2023
Ohioans To Stop Executions OH$583,166 Exec Directo $21,023 $22,649 2024
Michigan Voting Rights Foundation MI$595,000 Treasurer/secretary $2,580 $2,789 2023
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center UT$604,231 Executive Di $138,333 $148,266 2023
Zachor Legal Institute MT$324,448 President $30,000 $32,894 2024
Advocates For The Environment Inc CA$609,395 Executive Director $127,500 $109,101 2025
Ceasefire Pennsylvania PA$322,328 Executive Di $11,954 $12,484 2023
North Brooklyn Coalition Against NY$638,004 Executive Di $35,154 $33,266 2023
Cramer Childrens Center Inc AL$692,578 Executive Director $85,943 $94,442 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 Suhr) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $118,059 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.