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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Innovators Educational Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271324770
MO · NTEE C35
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gail Lueck, Executive Director / CEO ($97,793) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gail Lueck — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,484 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,123 $97,793
$23,29910th
$27,80225th
$48,577Median
$76,96175th
$99,86690th
$97,793This org · 83rd
p10$23,299
p25$27,802
p50$48,577
p75$76,961
p90$99,866
$97,793

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
Texas Foundation For Innovative TX$251,442 Key Employee $180,000 $165,123 2024
Lite Initiatives CA$241,633 General Manager $29,262 $23,172 2024
New Power Tour Inc MI$265,115 Managing Director $15,000 $14,199 2024
Hyperbaric Vermont Inc VT$233,648 President $30,372 $28,035 2024
Greater Sacramento Regional CA$266,443 Executive Dir. $36,117 $28,601 2024
Wind For Schools Llc Dba Repowering Schools VA$221,343 Executive Director $40,915 $37,299 2023
One Earth Collective IL$281,886 Executive Dir. $79,000 $71,225 2024
Energy Programs Consortium DC$283,320 Executive Director $51,000 $42,255 2023
E-tech International NM$299,417 President/ex $27,950 $27,568 2024
Leaders For Clean Air UT$306,178 Executive Dir. $28,000 $26,281 2024
Missourians For A Balanced Energy Future MO$188,000 Executive Director $70,000 $67,992 2024
Tosv Inc CA$186,354 President $30,067 $23,809 2024
Louisiana Clean Energy Fund LA$312,655 President/director $78,164 $81,262 2023
Blueenergy OR$316,956 Executive Director, Director, Secretary $45,000 $39,456 2023
Net-negative Co2 Baseload Power Inc WA$320,000 Ceo And President (Resigned 1/1/25 After Tax Year) $94,250 $77,384 2024
Clean Air Institute DC$322,593 Director $78,500 $65,039 2023
Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty CA$323,251 Ceo $59,583 $48,577 2023
Wyoming Petroleum Foundation WY$327,364 Ex-officio Member $76,831 $75,449 2024
Energy Action Network Inc VT$334,745 Executive Director $141,329 $130,453 2024
Tulsa Bike Share Inc OK$338,763 Executive Dir. $73,620 $76,538 2023
Frack Action Fund Inc NY$354,000 Executive Director $120,000 $99,442 2024
Clean Energy Districts Of Iowa IA$368,249 Board Member $5,305 $5,484 2023
Green Light New Orleans LA$368,293 Executive Dir. $99,000 $99,972 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO cost of living and 2023 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Gail Lueck) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C35), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $97,793 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.