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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mcdevitt Research Initiatives Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 333062096
NC · NTEE V22
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ryan Mcdevitt, Executive Director / CEO ($26,625) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,026 total compensation of comparable organizations → $193,740 $26,625
$10,86010th
$24,78525th
$55,779Median
$103,17775th
$158,98790th
$26,625This org · 27th
p10$10,860
p25$24,785
p50$55,779
p75$103,177
p90$158,987
$26,625

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 NC 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
Seminar On The Acquistion Of Latin NY$227,045 Co-exec Dire $9,167 $8,229 2024
Senior Resources Of Freeborn County MN$224,325 Ex. Director $54,704 $55,284 2023
New Jersey Center For Civic And NJ$228,972 President $68,167 $60,462 2024
Paramount Health Data Project Inc IN$222,000 Ceo, Vice Chair $131,400 $141,723 2023
Society For Neuroeconomics $232,120 Director $1,000 $1,026 2024
Georgia Council For Social Sciences GA$234,171 Executive Director $12,000 $11,987 2024
Massachusetts Institute For MA$234,189 Director Of Admin & Commun $84,000 $74,987 2024
Jeannette Rankin Peace Resource Ctr MT$213,886 Executive Di $51,044 $56,274 2023
Feminist Studies Inc VA$238,305 Secretary/treasurer $41,085 $40,572 2023
The National Institute For Play CA$210,919 Officer $30,000 $25,735 2024
Center For The Study Of Organized Hate Inc DC$248,569 Secretarytreasurer $4,050 $3,530 2024
Celsius Inc DC$248,805 Executive Director/chair $182,716 $159,282 2024
Community Alliance For Global Justice WA$201,882 Executive Director $62,610 $57,331 2023
Virginia Civics Education Inc VA$200,542 Co-executive Director $45,000 $44,438 2023
Law And Civics Reading And Writing Institute IL$200,000 President/admin Dir $17,533 $18,352 2022
Society For Social Studies Of Science GA$252,486 Managing Director $107,080 $106,958 2024
Peace Creations CA$193,417 Executive Director $78,200 $69,062 2023
The Gen Next Foundation Inc CA$258,246 Ceo $40,000 $34,312 2024
Institute For The Study Of Man Inc VA$259,303 Director, President, Secretary/treasurer $39,646 $44,020 2021
Goodwill Industries Big Bend Foundation FL$192,038 Ceo $21,793 $20,338 2024
Association For Safe International Road MD$189,415 Executive Director $24,240 $21,933 2025
Cg Jung Study Center CA$186,683 President $21,800 $18,700 2024
Bounce Beyond Inc MA$265,611 Co-chair $114,167 $101,917 2024
Texas Council For The Social Studies TX$184,601 Director Of Publications $4,500 $4,603 2023
Wisconsin Council On Economic WI$267,199 Executive Di $123,096 $131,482 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Ryan Mcdevitt) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,625 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.