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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leaders For Clean Air

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472822717
UT · NTEE C35
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bradley Diiorio, Executive Director / CEO ($28,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,054 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,709 $28,000
$18,36110th
$30,17125th
$69,294Median
$105,07075th
$134,75890th
$28,000This org · 20th
p10$18,361
p25$30,171
p50$69,294
p75$105,070
p90$134,758
$28,000

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 UT 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
Louisiana Clean Energy Fund LA$312,655 President/director $78,164 $86,579 2023
E-tech International NM$299,417 President/ex $27,950 $29,372 2024
Blueenergy OR$316,956 Executive Director, Director, Secretary $45,000 $42,037 2023
Net-negative Co2 Baseload Power Inc WA$320,000 Ceo And President (Resigned 1/1/25 After Tax Year) $94,250 $82,447 2024
Clean Air Institute DC$322,593 Director $78,500 $69,294 2023
Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty CA$323,251 Ceo $59,583 $51,755 2023
Wyoming Petroleum Foundation WY$327,364 Ex-officio Member $76,831 $80,385 2024
Energy Programs Consortium DC$283,320 Executive Director $51,000 $45,019 2023
One Earth Collective IL$281,886 Executive Dir. $79,000 $75,885 2024
Energy Action Network Inc VT$334,745 Executive Director $141,329 $138,988 2024
Tulsa Bike Share Inc OK$338,763 Executive Dir. $73,620 $81,546 2023
Greater Sacramento Regional CA$266,443 Executive Dir. $36,117 $30,472 2024
New Power Tour Inc MI$265,115 Managing Director $15,000 $15,127 2024
Frack Action Fund Inc NY$354,000 Executive Director $120,000 $105,948 2024
Texas Foundation For Innovative TX$251,442 Key Employee $180,000 $175,926 2024
Innovators Educational Foundation MO$249,404 President $97,793 $104,192 2023
Clean Energy Districts Of Iowa IA$368,249 Board Member $5,305 $5,843 2023
Green Light New Orleans LA$368,293 Executive Dir. $99,000 $106,512 2024
Lite Initiatives CA$241,633 General Manager $29,262 $24,688 2024
Blue Planet Foundation HI$377,633 Executive Director $30,885 $27,017 2024
Tennessee Advanced Energy Business TN$378,450 Executive Di $2,000 $2,054 2024
Climate Collaborative WA$378,511 Executive Director $142,585 $128,414 2023
Hyperbaric Vermont Inc VT$233,648 President $30,372 $29,869 2024
Wind For Schools Llc Dba Repowering Schools VA$221,343 Executive Director $40,915 $39,740 2023
Mason County Climate Justice WA$391,936 President $13,546 $11,850 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Bradley Diiorio) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C35), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,000 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.