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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ameinu

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920909664
MI · NTEE X30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bentzion Schechter, Executive Director / CEO ($193,666) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,626 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,371 $193,666
$15,53810th
$24,87625th
$44,616Median
$78,71375th
$99,67190th
$193,666This org · 100th
p10$15,538
p25$24,876
p50$44,616
p75$78,713
p90$99,671
$193,666

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 MI 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
Maccabim Hebrew School IL$181,263 President $29,131 $27,747 2024
Seder Family Foundation IL$172,751 Secretary $121,518 $119,162 2023
Beit Kohenet Inc MD$182,529 Ceo $33,116 $29,995 2024
Yesodei Hadas Inc NJ$183,151 Trustee $111,504 $96,452 2024
Swarthmore Chabad PA$190,489 President $30,000 $28,238 2025
Hillel The Foundation For Jewish Campus Life VA$192,633 Executive Director $108,000 $101,029 2024
Orot The Center For New Jewish Learning IL$161,233 President $50,000 $47,624 2024
Simon And Josephine Braitman Family NY$155,336 Secretary $30,887 $27,040 2024
Nexus Education Foundation Inc NJ$154,047 Trustee $22,100 $19,682 2023
Lubavitch Colombia Inc NY$201,303 Director $12,000 $10,815 2023
Kleinman Holocaust Education Center Inc NY$149,592 Director $207,885 $187,371 2023
Areyvut Inc NJ$207,521 Founder And Director $27,000 $23,355 2024
Your Torah Tutors MI$146,345 President Treasury Director $33,800 $34,798 2023
Tikkun Ha-ir Of Milwaukee Inc WI$210,817 Executive Director $42,444 $41,839 2025
Instarabbi CA$212,655 Treasurerdirector $19,200 $16,063 2024
Laurellen Productions PA$138,520 President $25,000 $24,154 2024
Committee For The Strengthening Of Torah True Jewish Commitment NY$134,215 President $3,000 $2,626 2024
Hillel Of San Luis Obispo CA$224,631 Executive Dir. $83,000 $69,437 2024
Achim Inc MD$225,251 President $109,874 $99,520 2024
Beit Midrash Letalmud Inc NY$226,317 President $108,000 $94,550 2024
Ofeq Institute Inc OH$226,827 President $44,013 $44,000 2025
Shalom Ministries Inc KS$237,741 Chairman $92,617 $96,939 2024
Haberman Institute For Jewish Studies MD$238,128 Executive Director $77,496 $72,267 2023
Accidental Talmudist CA$239,173 Ceo $68,000 $58,569 2023
Messianic Jewish Movement International AZ$239,891 President $18,000 $16,772 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Bentzion Schechter) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $193,666 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.