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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rci-iibec Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562056749
NC · NTEE U034
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Pallasch, Executive Director / CEO ($22,282) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 122 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: Brian Pallasch — reported title “CEO/EVP OF IIBEC”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

122 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 122 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$367 total compensation of comparable organizations → $325,731 $22,282
$10,50810th
$28,11325th
$61,032Median
$97,84275th
$128,89590th
$22,282This org · 20th
p10$10,508
p25$28,113
p50$61,032
p75$97,842
p90$128,895
$22,282

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 NC 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
Consortium For Research On OR$408,134 Operations D $25,076 $23,203 2023
Professional Services Council Foundation VA$407,306 Executive Vice President $22,713 $21,224 2024
T2l2 Inc IN$409,682 Chairman And Ceo $5,000 $5,103 2024
Conference Board Of The Mathematical NY$409,909 Director $34,500 $30,171 2024
Csab Inc MD$404,157 Executive Director (From 5/23) $66,667 $60,321 2024
Connecticut Academy Of CT$412,679 Executive Di $130,745 $122,146 2023
Bhaktivedanta Institute For Higher Studies Inc FL$402,491 President $17,079 $15,528 2024
Capitol City Robotics Inc DC$401,586 Executive Director $170,000 $140,656 2025
American Society Of Agricultural MI$397,152 Secretary $67,622 $67,550 2024
Moore Institute For Plastic CA$420,986 President $77,699 $66,851 2023
Texas Organic Farmers TX$393,353 Director $368 $367 2023
The Many Brains Project Inc MA$423,904 Head Of Research & Develop $161,305 $136,669 2025
Coalition For Academic Scientific Computation Inc DC$424,207 Executive Director $115,900 $95,895 2025
Metagov Inc MA$391,471 Executive Director $38,022 $34,044 2023
City Kid Science Inc NY$390,135 President $70,600 $61,742 2024
Society For Conservation Biology North America Inc WI$427,116 Director Of Operations And Programs $74,200 $74,997 2024
Mosaix Global Network AR$427,489 Executive Dir. $104,253 $116,762 2023
Center For Scientific Integrity Inc NY$429,108 Secretary $11,330 $9,908 2024
Decatur Makers Inc GA$384,484 Executive Director $83,550 $79,207 2025
The Center For Advancing Innovation Inc MD$432,823 Ceo $360,000 $325,731 2024
Chicago Council On Science & Technology IL$433,477 Director $85,358 $81,215 2024
Youth Code Jam San Antonio TX$381,787 Executive Di $73,378 $73,136 2023
Ieom Society International MI$379,303 Executive Di $22,000 $21,977 2024
Institute For Responsible Technology IA$378,791 President $114,577 $125,001 2023
Nantucket Shellfish Association Inc MA$372,864 Executive Director $110,000 $98,491 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
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 (Brian Pallasch) 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 122 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,282 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.