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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Biotechnology Association Of Alabama

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 631192160
AL · NTEE U03
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeremy D Blanks, Executive Director / CEO ($120,148) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 128 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeremy D Blanks — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

128 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 128 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$351 total compensation of comparable organizations → $311,538 $120,148
$9,89110th
$23,53225th
$51,171Median
$90,41575th
$124,88090th
$120,148This org · 89th
p10$9,891
p25$23,532
p50$51,171
p75$90,415
p90$124,880
$120,148

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 AL 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
Biomedical Excellence For Safer Transfusion Collaborative CA$354,603 Executive Director $150,000 $119,893 2024
Partnership To Advance Responsible Techn PA$354,501 Executive Director $146,846 $139,554 2023
National Motorists Association Inc WI$358,873 Executive Director Of Oper $92,302 $89,229 2024
Iowa Turfgrass Institute IA$352,407 Executive Director $73,900 $74,899 2024
Cyber Collective Incorporated NY$360,658 Executive Director And Board Chair $39,990 $34,437 2023
Satoshi Action Education OR$360,666 President $26,667 $23,600 2023
Marine Life Studies CA$349,930 Operational Manager $45,971 $36,744 2024
Indianafirst Inc IN$342,326 Executive Dir. $67,450 $67,785 2023
Climate Access Inc CA$369,568 Executive Director $140,004 $115,209 2023
Clean Oceans International CA$341,442 Executive Dir. $48,282 $37,596 2025
Virginia Academy Of Science VA$372,146 Executive Officer $15,343 $14,118 2023
Solving For Science CA$338,901 Highest Compensated Employee $121,841 $97,386 2024
Nantucket Shellfish Association Inc MA$372,864 Executive Director $110,000 $94,200 2023
Alliance For Working Together Foundation OH$337,514 Executive Director $104,380 $102,333 2024
Society Of American Military Engineers F VA$334,012 Executive Director (Thru 8/15/23) $7,116 $6,548 2023
Rnd4impact Inc CA$333,249 President $120,000 $95,915 2024
Institute For Responsible Technology IA$378,791 President $114,577 $119,555 2023
Ieom Society International MI$379,303 Executive Di $22,000 $21,019 2024
International Society For CA$332,093 Cfo/secretary $127,000 $101,510 2024
Research Theory Inc TX$330,000 President $8,333 $7,944 2023
Youth Code Jam San Antonio TX$381,787 Executive Di $73,378 $69,949 2023
Fungal Diversity Survey Inc CA$328,447 Executive Di $34,200 $28,143 2023
Decatur Makers Inc GA$384,484 Executive Director $83,550 $75,756 2025
Open Environmental Data Inc DE$325,667 President $151,928 $137,699 2024
Asian Technology Information Program DC$325,103 President/ceo/secretary/tr $93,825 $76,212 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Jeremy D Blanks) 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 128 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,148 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.