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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Biological Stain Commission Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 160743923
NY · NTEE U50Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brendan Boyce Treasurer, Executive Director / CEO ($19,476) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Brendan Boyce Treasurer — reported title “90 EAGLE CHASE, WOODBURY, NY 11797”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,104 total compensation of comparable organizations → $199,801 $19,476
$9,87010th
$27,15425th
$49,330Median
$98,18975th
$127,81290th
$19,476This org · 18th
p10$9,870
p25$27,154
p50$49,330
p75$98,189
p90$127,812
$19,476

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
Lepidopterists Society CA$149,918 Secretary $7,500 $7,379 2023
Florida International University FL$149,034 Director $60,783 $65,057 2023
Technology Management Instituteinc VA$148,460 Executive Di $122,100 $130,466 2024
Aci Center Of Excellence For MI$156,667 Treasurer $37,236 $42,533 2024
5 Lakes Institute WI$158,500 Executive Di $87,400 $98,408 2025
Punxsutawney Weather Center Inc PA$158,655 Center Direc $22,867 $25,236 2024
Airfuel Alliance OR$160,830 President $48,000 $49,330 2024
Engineering Biology Research Consortium CA$143,080 President $32,367 $31,843 2023
Girl Develop It VT$141,110 Executive Dir. $57,711 $66,182 2023
Qualia Research Institute CA$140,681 President & Executive Director $64,164 $61,315 2024
Aerospace States Association Inc VA$139,216 Executive Director $55,000 $58,769 2024
Third Place Technologies WA$138,157 Gallery Manager $19,594 $19,987 2023
Institute For Population Health Sciences IL$136,832 Director $7,000 $7,616 2024
Haskell-org Inc DE$136,256 Executive Director $115,236 $124,868 2024
Greater Memphis It Council TN$171,245 Executive Director & Secre $78,433 $93,932 2023
Tmt Observatory Corporation CA$132,115 Manager Of Awards And Budgets $209,085 $199,801 2024
Human Computation Institute Inc NY$174,977 Exec Director $47,647 $47,647 2024
Oklahoma Bioscience Institute OK$127,423 Imci Managing Director/president $25,697 $31,314 2024
404 Dao Inc GA$126,200 Secretary & Chief Operatio $40,879 $45,487 2024
Precision Metalforming Association OH$180,396 Executive Director $8,519 $9,985 2024
Space Frontier Foundation Inc DC$123,469 Director $41,500 $40,301 2024
The Wisconsin Society For Ornithology WI$183,545 Executive Director $57,750 $66,744 2024
Rocky Mountain Association CO$184,439 Executive Di $99,063 $105,120 2024
The Geological Engineering Foundation CA$118,651 Director $6,500 $6,395 2023
Adirondack Public Observatory Inc NY$185,687 Administrator $28,404 $28,404 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 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 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Brendan Boyce Treasurer) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,476 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.