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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Cloud Institute For Sustainability Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383645810
NY · NTEE V22
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jaimie P Cloud, Executive Director / CEO ($176,969) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $521,435 $176,969
$23,77910th
$47,78225th
$78,712Median
$129,30275th
$176,65590th
$176,969This org · 89th
p10$23,779
p25$47,782
p50$78,712
p75$129,302
p90$176,655
$176,969

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 NY cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Institute For Political EconomyincFL $330,573$215,824 990
American Governance Foundation IncCA $334,255$30,101 990
The Rhine Research Center IncNC $322,718$86,090 990
Economic Club Of MinnesotaMN $345,658$164,584 990
American Center For Mongolian StudiesPA $349,252$45,987 990
Eastern Sociological SocietyNJ $312,665$68,432 990
Telosa Community FoundationCA $308,210$191,119 990
Center For Partnership SystemsCA $305,972$47,780 990
Project InvestVA $360,770$155,975 990
Liam's ChancebehavioralservicesincVA $298,149$105,058 990
Alabama Council On Economic EducationAL $297,007$52,529 990
Center For Cuban StudiesincNY $296,120$16,640 990
Maya Exploration CenterTX $367,484$49,815 990
Public Broadcasting Network IncMO $294,178$141,188 990
Delaware Council On Economic EducationDE $368,572$34,308 990
Secular Coalition For America Education FundDC $293,267$64,004 990
United States GeospatialVA $290,487$2,719 990
Living City Project IncNY $372,760$94,072 990
The Institute For Cultural EvolutionCO $287,835$40,514 990
Coalition Of Wisconsin Aging GroupsWI $286,466$119,214 990
Project RealNV $377,889$78,712 990
Data For Black Lives IncFL $281,963$197,570 990
Tuscarawas County Economic DevelopmentOH $385,045$173,521 990
Missouri AppleseedMO $276,837$105,490 990
Santa Barbara Institute ForCA $273,664$47,784 990

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 NY 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Jaimie P Cloud) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $176,969 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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). 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.