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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Institute For Political Economyinc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521381988
FL · NTEE V24
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Paul Craig Roberts, Executive Director / CEO ($207,600) 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 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Dr Paul Craig Roberts — reported title “CHAIRMAN”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

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 → $501,566 $207,600
$22,87310th
$46,06325th
$77,685Median
$134,79475th
$169,56390th
$207,600This org · 98th
p10$22,873
p25$46,063
p50$77,685
p75$134,794
p90$169,563
$207,600

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 FL 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
The Cloud Institute For Sustainability Education NY$331,130 President $176,969 $170,226 2024
American Governance Foundation Inc CA$334,255 Secretary $31,500 $28,954 2024
The Rhine Research Center Inc NC$322,718 Executive Director $73,129 $82,810 2023
Economic Club Of Minnesota MN$345,658 Executive Director $150,512 $158,313 2024
Eastern Sociological Society NJ$312,665 Exec. Officer $69,259 $65,825 2024
American Center For Mongolian Studies PA$349,252 Executive Director (Former) $41,670 $44,234 2024
Telosa Community Foundation CA$308,210 Ceo, Secretary, Treasurer $200,000 $183,837 2024
Center For Partnership Systems CA$305,972 President And Co-founder $50,000 $45,959 2024
Project Invest VA$360,770 Executive Director $145,973 $150,032 2024
Liam's Chancebehavioralservicesinc VA$298,149 Executive Di $95,500 $101,055 2023
Alabama Council On Economic Education AL$297,007 Executive Program Director $43,937 $50,528 2024
Center For Cuban Studiesinc NY$296,120 Exec. Dir/secre $16,640 $16,006 2024
Public Broadcasting Network Inc MO$294,178 Ceo $117,000 $135,808 2023
Maya Exploration Center TX$367,484 Chairman $45,000 $47,917 2024
Secular Coalition For America Education Fund DC$293,267 Executive Director $64,016 $61,565 2023
Delaware Council On Economic Education DE$368,572 President And Secretary $32,500 $33,001 2025
United States Geospatial VA$290,487 Chief Exec. $2,472 $2,616 2023
Living City Project Inc NY$372,760 President $94,072 $90,487 2024
The Institute For Cultural Evolution CO$287,835 President $150,431 $158,081 2023
Coalition Of Wisconsin Aging Groups WI$286,466 President $103,149 $114,672 2024
Project Real NV$377,889 Executive Director $47,775 $50,976 2024
Data For Black Lives Inc FL$281,963 Cofounderceo $190,042 $190,042 2024
Missouri Appleseed MO$276,837 Executive Director $90,000 $101,471 2024
Tuscarawas County Economic Development OH$385,045 Acting Secretary / Execdir $143,794 $166,909 2023
Santa Barbara Institute For CA$273,664 President $50,004 $45,963 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Dr Paul Craig Roberts) 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 $207,600 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.