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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rube Goldberg Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061414812
NY · NTEE U42
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer George, Executive Director / CEO ($6,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 13 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

13 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 13 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$540 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,201 $6,000
$2,04010th
$10,04425th
$31,929Median
$50,31075th
$72,01590th
$6,000This org · 23rd
p10$2,040
p25$10,044
p50$31,929
p75$50,310
p90$72,015
$6,000

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
Oregon Innovation Foundation OR$35,350 Chairman $50,400 $50,310 2024
Science Atl Inc GA$36,796 Executive Co-director $4,598 $5,116 2023
The Desca Foundation DE$37,000 Executive Di $54,900 $59,489 2023
Uplands Science & Technology IN$30,000 Ceo $162,500 $184,201 2024
American Oil Chemists' Society Foundatio IL$41,308 Chief Executive Officer $26,569 $28,077 2024
Smart Manufacturing Leadership Consortium FL$42,935 Director $74,418 $75,146 2024
Internet Systems Consortium Inc NH$27,409 President $37,399 $37,119 2024
Tortora Brayda CA$43,866 Secretary & Treasurer $34,400 $31,929 2024
Alward Institute For Collaborative WA$26,036 Executive Director $12,000 $11,549 2024
Icak Inc MO$25,719 Ic Chair $1,116 $1,271 2024
Future Of Plastics Foundation DC$25,682 Secretary $36,829 $35,765 2023
Scbio Foundation SC$25,000 President & Ceo $8,700 $10,044 2023
International Technology Center NC$53,068 President $472 $540 2023

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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Jennifer George) 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 13 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,000 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.