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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Missouri Energy Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264827677
MO · NTEE C35
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Josh Campbell, Executive Director / CEO ($122,100) 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 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Josh Campbell — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, 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

$1,985 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,353 $122,100
$23,47910th
$42,06225th
$78,799Median
$102,65275th
$133,30490th
$122,100This org · 85th
p10$23,479
p25$42,062
p50$78,799
p75$102,652
p90$133,304
$122,100

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 MO 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
Electrification Coalition Alliance Inc DC$421,500 Executive Director $38,801 $32,147 2024
Slo Climate Coalition CA$418,019 Albers $105,499 $83,794 2025
Efficiency Valuation Organization DC$429,723 Executive Director $146,752 $121,587 2024
Us Research Impact Alliance Corp WV$406,795 Executive Director $173,262 $182,353 2023
Four Corners Office For Resource Eff CO$438,494 Executive Director $62,922 $58,648 2023
Smart Buildings Center Education Program WA$400,015 Executive Director $26,536 $22,431 2024
Clean Energy Ventures OH$446,728 President $55,133 $55,133 2024
Southern Star Medical Research Institute TX$396,384 Trustee/chairman & Pres $190,400 $179,822 2024
Mason County Climate Justice WA$391,936 President $13,546 $11,450 2024
Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative GA$458,027 Deputy Director $105,313 $99,977 2024
Climate Collaborative WA$378,511 Executive Director $142,585 $124,088 2023
Tennessee Advanced Energy Business TN$378,450 Executive Di $2,000 $1,985 2024
Blue Planet Foundation HI$377,633 Executive Director $30,885 $26,107 2024
Massenergize Inc MA$468,469 Executive Director $100,730 $85,462 2024
Energy Smart Colorado Inc CO$471,593 Executive Di $105,706 $98,525 2023
Green Light New Orleans LA$368,293 Executive Dir. $99,000 $102,924 2024
Clean Energy Districts Of Iowa IA$368,249 Board Member $5,305 $5,647 2023
Frack Action Fund Inc NY$354,000 Executive Director $120,000 $102,379 2024
Climate And Energy Project Inc KS$492,409 Executive Di $87,272 $91,647 2023
Tulsa Bike Share Inc OK$338,763 Executive Dir. $73,620 $78,799 2023
Alternative Energy Resources Org MT$507,861 Executive Director $59,074 $61,898 2023
Energy Action Network Inc VT$334,745 Executive Director $141,329 $134,306 2024
Wyoming Petroleum Foundation WY$327,364 Ex-officio Member $76,831 $77,677 2024
Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty CA$323,251 Ceo $59,583 $50,011 2023
Clean Air Institute DC$322,593 Director $78,500 $66,960 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
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 (Josh Campbell) 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 $122,100 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.