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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Eastern Sociological Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237033582
NJ · NTEE V21Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Mcadam, Executive Director / CEO ($69,259) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $527,735 $69,259
$22,65610th
$48,35725th
$68,167Median
$142,89475th
$179,58390th
$69,259This org · 51st
p10$22,656
p25$48,357
p50$68,167
p75$142,894
p90$179,583
$69,259

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 NJ 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
Telosa Community Foundation CA$308,210 Ceo, Secretary, Treasurer $200,000 $193,428 2024
Center For Partnership Systems CA$305,972 President And Co-founder $50,000 $48,357 2024
The Rhine Research Center Inc NC$322,718 Executive Director $73,129 $87,130 2023
Liam's Chancebehavioralservicesinc VA$298,149 Executive Di $95,500 $106,327 2023
Alabama Council On Economic Education AL$297,007 Executive Program Director $43,937 $53,164 2024
Center For Cuban Studiesinc NY$296,120 Exec. Dir/secre $16,640 $16,841 2024
Institute For Political Economyinc FL$330,573 Chairman $207,600 $218,431 2024
The Cloud Institute For Sustainability Education NY$331,130 President $176,969 $179,107 2024
Public Broadcasting Network Inc MO$294,178 Ceo $117,000 $142,894 2023
Secular Coalition For America Education Fund DC$293,267 Executive Director $64,016 $64,777 2023
American Governance Foundation Inc CA$334,255 Secretary $31,500 $30,465 2024
United States Geospatial VA$290,487 Chief Exec. $2,472 $2,752 2023
The Institute For Cultural Evolution CO$287,835 President $150,431 $166,329 2023
Coalition Of Wisconsin Aging Groups WI$286,466 President $103,149 $120,654 2024
Data For Black Lives Inc FL$281,963 Cofounderceo $190,042 $199,957 2024
Economic Club Of Minnesota MN$345,658 Executive Director $150,512 $166,573 2024
Missouri Appleseed MO$276,837 Executive Director $90,000 $106,765 2024
American Center For Mongolian Studies PA$349,252 Executive Director (Former) $41,670 $46,542 2024
Santa Barbara Institute For CA$273,664 President $50,004 $48,361 2024
Employment Research & Development Instit IL$270,853 President $174,389 $197,694 2023
Wisconsin Council On Economic WI$267,199 Executive Di $123,096 $148,240 2023
Bounce Beyond Inc MA$265,611 Co-chair $114,167 $114,906 2024
Project Invest VA$360,770 Executive Director $145,973 $157,860 2024
Institute For The Study Of Man Inc VA$259,303 Director, President, Secretary/treasurer $39,646 $49,630 2021
The Gen Next Foundation Inc CA$258,246 Ceo $40,000 $38,686 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 Mcadam) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,259 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.