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Compensation Comparability Determination

Organization For Tropical Studies Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562125831
NC · NTEE Q055
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of James Boyle, Executive Director / CEO ($167,397) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 190 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: James Boyle — reported title “VP DEVELOPMENT (UNTIL 5/2024)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

190 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 190 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$20,722 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,793,035 $167,397
$92,58010th
$129,86325th
$186,863Median
$258,09575th
$350,32590th
$167,397This org · 41st
p10$92,580
p25$129,863
p50$186,863
p75$258,095
p90$350,325
$167,397

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
Engineers Without Borders-usainc CO$9,186,506 Ceo/secretar $246,875 $229,102 2024
One Israel Fund Ltd NY$9,176,416 Executive Vp $199,147 $174,161 2024
African Institute For Development Policy $9,285,427 Executive Director $391,658 $391,658 2024
Strongminds Inc NJ$9,289,461 Chief Executive Officer $247,468 $213,836 2024
Global Health Ministries MN$9,126,019 Executive Di $129,883 $124,207 2024
🔒 185 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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:

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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.