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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Micropaleontology Press

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 450519156
NY · NTEE U50
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gregory E Dinkins, Executive Director / CEO ($52,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 104 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gregory E Dinkins — reported title “EXE. EDITOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

104 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 104 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,774 total compensation of comparable organizations → $324,680 $52,000
$11,95310th
$29,31625th
$57,705Median
$107,70875th
$139,82990th
$52,000This org · 45th
p10$11,953
p25$29,316
p50$57,705
p75$107,708
p90$139,829
$52,000

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Cultural Heritage Imaging CA$249,370 President $48,750 $46,585 2024
Cyberdrone Challenge MD$250,002 Treasurer $10,000 $10,346 2024
Transparency Coalition Action Fund WA$250,168 Chair $30,000 $30,602 2023
Engineering Change Lab - Usa NE$251,213 President Executive Director $62,400 $76,466 2023
The Soul Phone Foundation OH$251,286 President, Director $48,000 $57,923 2023
Assoc Of Computer Science Leagues Inc RI$253,725 Preszident $56,000 $57,893 2025
Owner-operator Independent Drivers MO$254,002 Director Of Op. $103,395 $124,770 2023
Rocks Build America Foundation VA$254,249 Int. Pres. & Ceo (From 10/2024) $59,384 $63,453 2024
Bluechip Ratings Inc DE$255,635 Director, Secretary And Treasurer $25,000 $27,889 2023
Northern Research Technical Assistance Center CO$237,609 President $15,019 $16,408 2023
The Plastic Ocean Project Inc NC$237,608 Executive Director $7,666 $8,766 2024
White Dwarf Research Corporation CO$258,403 Executive Director $157,711 $167,354 2024
Mississippi Engineering Society MS$237,479 Executive Director $48,126 $59,317 2024
Institute For Workforce Advancement NY$260,315 Director Of Finance $140,724 $140,724 2024
Advanced Heliophysics CA$235,524 President Ceo $122,018 $120,044 2023
Campersand Co NM$260,814 Executive Director $10,000 $11,903 2024
Fresh Pond Research Institute Inc MA$234,990 President $57,000 $56,684 2024
Collaborative Earth Institute CA$261,533 Executive Dir. $23,500 $23,120 2023
Us Technology Leadership Council VA$261,639 Director And Vp Of Operati $143,000 $152,798 2024
Other Internet Research Institute NY$261,816 President $25,346 $26,095 2023
Bible Archeology Search And Exploration Foundation CO$263,551 President $20,183 $21,417 2024
Riseup Labs WA$231,709 Treasurer $13,202 $13,467 2023
Klamath Outdoor Science School OR$230,487 Assistant Executive Director $56,293 $59,561 2023
Climate Law And Policy Project Inc MD$266,745 President/chairman $182,273 $188,582 2024
Mining And Minerals Education Foundation AZ$267,071 Exec Director $40,000 $41,474 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Gregory E Dinkins) 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 104 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,000 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.