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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clean Oceans International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271898223
CA · NTEE U21
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amelia Labbe, Executive Director / CEO ($48,282) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 127 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

127 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 127 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$451 total compensation of comparable organizations → $400,082 $48,282
$12,54010th
$29,22925th
$63,715Median
$122,07475th
$160,91090th
$48,282This org · 41st
p10$12,540
p25$29,229
p50$63,715
p75$122,074
p90$160,910
$48,282

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 CA 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
Indianafirst Inc IN$342,326 Executive Dir. $67,450 $87,051 2023
Solving For Science CA$338,901 Highest Compensated Employee $121,841 $125,065 2024
Alliance For Working Together Foundation OH$337,514 Executive Director $104,380 $131,418 2024
Society Of American Military Engineers F VA$334,012 Executive Director (Thru 8/15/23) $7,116 $8,409 2023
Rnd4impact Inc CA$333,249 President $120,000 $123,175 2024
Marine Life Studies CA$349,930 Operational Manager $45,971 $47,187 2024
International Society For CA$332,093 Cfo/secretary $127,000 $130,360 2024
Iowa Turfgrass Institute IA$352,407 Executive Director $73,900 $96,186 2024
Research Theory Inc TX$330,000 President $8,333 $10,201 2023
Fungal Diversity Survey Inc CA$328,447 Executive Di $34,200 $36,142 2023
Partnership To Advance Responsible Techn PA$354,501 Executive Director $146,846 $179,216 2023
Biomedical Excellence For Safer Transfusion Collaborative CA$354,603 Executive Director $150,000 $153,969 2024
The Biotechnology Association Of Alabama AL$355,879 Ceo $120,148 $154,296 2024
Open Environmental Data Inc DE$325,667 President $151,928 $176,835 2024
Asian Technology Information Program DC$325,103 President/ceo/secretary/tr $93,825 $97,872 2024
National Motorists Association Inc WI$358,873 Executive Director Of Oper $92,302 $114,588 2024
Simulation Councils Inc CA$324,010 Executive Director/secretary $103,000 $108,848 2023
Cyber Collective Incorporated NY$360,658 Executive Director And Board Chair $39,990 $44,225 2023
Satoshi Action Education OR$360,666 President $26,667 $30,307 2023
Paleocultural Research Group CO$318,728 Research Director $54,975 $62,663 2024
South Dakota Biotechnology Council SD$318,563 Executive Director $30,000 $40,519 2023
South Jersey Innovation Center NJ$318,444 Executive Director $21,000 $22,946 2023
Landweb Inc VT$315,096 Secretary/exec Director $55,181 $67,973 2023
Forever Family Foundation Inc NY$314,593 First Vice President $6,070 $6,713 2023
Climate Access Inc CA$369,568 Executive Director $140,004 $147,953 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Amelia Labbe) 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 127 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,282 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.