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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clinical Research Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611144514
KY · NTEE H00Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Book Phd, Executive Director / CEO ($60,391) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 140 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

140 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 140 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$398 total compensation of comparable organizations → $441,902 $60,391
$18,57110th
$34,24025th
$57,090Median
$90,64775th
$132,88490th
$60,391This org · 52nd
p10$18,571
p25$34,240
p50$57,090
p75$90,647
p90$132,884
$60,391

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 KY 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
Mircore MI$376,476 President And Director $27,200 $26,903 2023
North Texas Alzheimers Pro-am Inc TX$376,694 Secretary $38,000 $35,381 2024
Northwest Association For Biomedical WA$379,697 Executive Director $17,063 $14,219 2024
Salisbury Foundation For Research And Education Inc NC$380,895 Executive Director $47,394 $45,581 2024
Emily Whitehead Foundation PA$369,089 President $12,000 $11,467 2023
International Society For Therapeutic Ultrasound Inc WA$381,153 Executive Director $47,500 $40,753 2023
Team Bright Side Inc IL$368,815 Vice President $27,000 $25,437 2023
Apbd Research Foundation NY$363,824 Exec Director $120,000 $100,929 2024
Doctor Marnie Rose Foundation Inc TX$363,289 Executive Director To 8/23 $47,098 $45,147 2023
Rock County Cancer Coalition Inc WI$388,662 Executive Di $73,148 $71,105 2024
Isthmus Project Inc WI$388,813 President/chief Innovation Officer $34,380 $34,407 2023
Federation Of Associations In Behavioral DC$360,706 Exec Dir/ex-officio $200,916 $168,953 2023
Sierra Veterans Research And Education Foundation NV$359,581 Executive Director $63,786 $61,269 2023
Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium Inc CO$391,856 Executive Director $22,750 $20,904 2023
Biohouston Inc TX$357,470 Chief Executive Officer $224,653 $209,168 2024
Qhs 1 Inc WI$393,040 Director & President $441,556 $441,902 2023
Coalition Of Skin Diseases DC$393,463 President $96,750 $79,024 2024
Neurotech Institute Inc OH$352,623 Vp Development $267,482 $263,694 2024
Research Advocacy Network Inc TX$352,090 President $66,000 $63,265 2023
Jacksonville Health & Educational Resource Ctr Inc FL$398,930 Director $41,890 $36,628 2024
Foundation For Physical Medicine IL$398,965 Executive Director $27,886 $25,518 2024
Duke Medicine Global Support Corporation NC$399,475 Director/president $37,764 $37,392 2023
Tissue Bank Asbestos Research Charitable MD$350,375 Trustee $52,431 $45,625 2024
Brain Center Of Green Bay Inc WI$349,668 Executive Director $117,700 $117,793 2023
Championship Hearts Foundation TX$349,433 Executive Director $55,000 $51,209 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Michael Book Phd) 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 140 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,391 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.