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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Oklahoma Bioscience Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452067346
OK · NTEE U99
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justin Wilson, Executive Director / CEO ($25,697) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Justin Wilson — reported title “IMCI MANAGING DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,547 total compensation of comparable organizations → $163,963 $25,697
$6,63910th
$20,70925th
$37,328Median
$54,77375th
$104,40490th
$25,697This org · 39th
p10$6,639
p25$20,709
p50$37,328
p75$54,773
p90$104,404
$25,697

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 OK 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
404 Dao Inc GA$126,200 Secretary & Chief Operatio $40,879 $37,328 2024
Space Frontier Foundation Inc DC$123,469 Director $41,500 $33,073 2024
Tmt Observatory Corporation CA$132,115 Manager Of Awards And Budgets $209,085 $163,963 2024
The Geological Engineering Foundation CA$118,651 Director $6,500 $5,248 2023
Haskell-org Inc DE$136,256 Executive Director $115,236 $102,471 2024
Institute For Population Health Sciences IL$136,832 Director $7,000 $6,250 2024
Science Journal For Kids TX$117,776 Officer/director $23,400 $21,257 2024
Cyberauto Challenge MD$117,581 Treasurer $3,000 $2,547 2024
Third Place Technologies WA$138,157 Gallery Manager $19,594 $16,402 2023
Aerospace States Association Inc VA$139,216 Executive Director $55,000 $48,227 2024
Qualia Research Institute CA$140,681 President & Executive Director $64,164 $50,317 2024
Girl Develop It VT$141,110 Executive Dir. $57,711 $54,311 2023
Cyberhawaii HI$112,792 President & $129,000 $104,887 2024
Interacademy Partnership Inc DC$112,355 Executive Director $159,844 $131,147 2023
Engineering Biology Research Consortium CA$143,080 President $32,367 $26,132 2023
Epigenix Foundation CA$108,281 President / Ceo / Board Chairman $29,750 $24,019 2023
Technology Management Instituteinc VA$148,460 Executive Di $122,100 $107,065 2024
Florida International University FL$149,034 Director $60,783 $53,388 2023
Lepidopterists Society CA$149,918 Secretary $7,500 $6,056 2023
Biological Stain Commission Inc NY$152,160 90 Eagle Chase, Woodbury, Ny 11797 $19,476 $15,983 2024
Aci Center Of Excellence For MI$156,667 Treasurer $37,236 $34,904 2024
T1d Exchange Supporting Foundation Inc MA$97,545 Chief Executive Officer $16,218 $13,626 2023
5 Lakes Institute WI$158,500 Executive Di $87,400 $80,757 2025
Punxsutawney Weather Center Inc PA$158,655 Center Direc $22,867 $20,709 2024
Airfuel Alliance OR$160,830 President $48,000 $40,481 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Justin Wilson) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,697 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.