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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Green Light New Orleans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208151937
LA · NTEE C35
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andreas Hoffmann, Executive Director / CEO ($99,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Andreas Hoffmann — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,909 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,400 $99,000
$20,07310th
$34,99725th
$74,716Median
$96,50475th
$128,22390th
$99,000This org · 79th
p10$20,073
p25$34,997
p50$74,716
p75$96,504
p90$128,223
$99,000

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 LA 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
Clean Energy Districts Of Iowa IA$368,249 Board Member $5,305 $5,431 2023
Blue Planet Foundation HI$377,633 Executive Director $30,885 $25,112 2024
Tennessee Advanced Energy Business TN$378,450 Executive Di $2,000 $1,909 2024
Climate Collaborative WA$378,511 Executive Director $142,585 $119,357 2023
Frack Action Fund Inc NY$354,000 Executive Director $120,000 $98,476 2024
Mason County Climate Justice WA$391,936 President $13,546 $11,014 2024
Southern Star Medical Research Institute TX$396,384 Trustee/chairman & Pres $190,400 $172,966 2024
Tulsa Bike Share Inc OK$338,763 Executive Dir. $73,620 $75,795 2023
Smart Buildings Center Education Program WA$400,015 Executive Director $26,536 $21,576 2024
Energy Action Network Inc VT$334,745 Executive Director $141,329 $129,186 2024
Us Research Impact Alliance Corp WV$406,795 Executive Director $173,262 $175,400 2023
Wyoming Petroleum Foundation WY$327,364 Ex-officio Member $76,831 $74,716 2024
Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty CA$323,251 Ceo $59,583 $48,105 2023
Clean Air Institute DC$322,593 Director $78,500 $64,407 2023
Net-negative Co2 Baseload Power Inc WA$320,000 Ceo And President (Resigned 1/1/25 After Tax Year) $94,250 $76,632 2024
Slo Climate Coalition CA$418,019 Albers $105,499 $80,599 2025
Blueenergy OR$316,956 Executive Director, Director, Secretary $45,000 $39,072 2023
Electrification Coalition Alliance Inc DC$421,500 Executive Director $38,801 $30,922 2024
Missouri Energy Initiative MO$421,763 Executive Di $122,100 $117,445 2024
Louisiana Clean Energy Fund LA$312,655 President/director $78,164 $80,473 2023
Efficiency Valuation Organization DC$429,723 Executive Director $146,752 $116,951 2024
Leaders For Clean Air UT$306,178 Executive Dir. $28,000 $26,025 2024
E-tech International NM$299,417 President/ex $27,950 $27,301 2024
Four Corners Office For Resource Eff CO$438,494 Executive Director $62,922 $56,412 2023
Clean Energy Ventures OH$446,728 President $55,133 $53,031 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Andreas Hoffmann) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C35), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $99,000 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.