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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nalanda Institute For Contemplative Science

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208683305
NY · NTEE E03
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph Loizzo, Executive Director / CEO ($9,590) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Joseph Loizzo — reported title “CHAIRPERSON”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,536 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,850 $9,590
$16,85410th
$29,15525th
$52,507Median
$106,91475th
$143,78790th
$9,590This org · 3rd
p10$16,854
p25$29,155
p50$52,507
p75$106,914
p90$143,787
$9,590

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
Va - Chw Association VA$327,707 Exe Directer $129,676 $138,561 2025
Medical Staff Of Hollywood CA$337,111 President $30,000 $29,427 2024
Somali Medical Association Of America MN$311,236 Executive Director $32,436 $36,407 2024
Hca Florida Kendall Medical Staff Inc FL$303,200 President $30,000 $32,014 2024
Hardin Medical & Dental Staff Inc KY$299,947 Chief Direct $25,000 $35,318 2021
Arkansas Community Health Worker Associa AR$359,300 Executive Dir. $100,947 $128,894 2024
United States Lactation Consultant DC$277,539 Executive Di $26,442 $26,358 2024
Foundation For Physician Advancement MS$375,823 Executive Director $82,500 $107,457 2023
The Medical Staff Of St John Hospital MI$386,042 President $42,000 $49,244 2024
Mercy Hospital Medical Staff Charity Inc FL$259,365 President $18,600 $20,435 2023
Northwest Wi Area Health Education WI$258,931 Executive Director $85,486 $101,414 2024
Foundation For Optimal Health Inc NJ$250,000 Treasurer $40,000 $40,568 2024
The Gout Hyperuricemia And Crystal-assoc WA$249,999 Steering Commitee Member $15,709 $15,977 2024
Moral Injury Of Health Care Inc PA$244,288 President $80,000 $93,300 2023
Midwinter Conference Of Immunologists UT$405,401 Registrar $25,000 $29,064 2024
Free Clinic Association Of Pennsylvania PA$241,059 Executive Director $159,650 $180,850 2024
Rapid Science Inc NY$236,153 Board Direct $25,000 $25,661 2024
Lone Star Assoc Charitable Clinics TX$235,001 Ceo $90,000 $105,286 2023
Women Chiropractors MI$229,575 Executive Di $57,369 $69,250 2023
Medical Staff Of West Hills CA$422,601 Cme Prgrm Crdnt $18,000 $17,656 2024
Bayside Historical Society NY$423,928 Executive Director $8,316 $8,536 2024
Northeastern Gnathological Society NJ$223,415 Exec. Director $12,000 $12,530 2023
World Association For Sexual Health MN$223,171 Executive Directress $36,653 $41,141 2024
Colorado Association Of Charter School Authorizers CO$221,798 Executive Director $147,793 $165,734 2023
West Virginia Chapter Of American WV$221,421 Exec Director $70,505 $89,277 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 2025 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (Joseph Loizzo) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E03), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,590 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.