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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Veterans Research & Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731363705
OK · NTEE H990
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Evan Erwin, Executive Director / CEO ($51,364) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Evan Erwin — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,928 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,605 $51,364
$23,86510th
$35,19625th
$46,310Median
$85,83675th
$115,93190th
$51,364This org · 55th
p10$23,865
p25$35,196
p50$46,310
p75$85,836
p90$115,931
$51,364

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 OK 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
La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute CA$516,793 President, Ceo $28,033 $22,633 2023
The Myocarditis Foundation TX$468,356 Executive Director $107,000 $97,203 2024
Dorn Research Institute Inc SC$460,393 Executive Di $125,000 $118,428 2024
Sleep Research Society Foundation (Srsf) IL$528,992 President $10,000 $8,928 2024
American Sleep Apnea Association Inc DC$551,803 Executive Director $100,000 $82,047 2023
Np2 CA$570,351 Exec Director $97,999 $76,850 2024
Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute At Rsfh SC$585,349 President/ceo Rsfh (Beg 08/24) $70,055 $66,372 2024
Duke Medicine Global Support Corporation NC$399,475 Director/president $37,764 $36,483 2023
Jacksonville Health & Educational Resource Ctr Inc FL$398,930 Director $41,890 $35,738 2024
Isthmus Project Inc WI$388,813 President/chief Innovation Officer $34,380 $33,570 2023
The Ryr-1 Foundation PA$600,451 Executive Director $41,150 $38,367 2023
Salisbury Foundation For Research And Education Inc NC$380,895 Executive Director $47,394 $44,473 2024
Mircore MI$376,476 President And Director $27,200 $26,249 2023
John Paul Ii Medical Research Institute IA$347,088 President $69,392 $71,040 2023
Alaska Cardiovascular Research AK$336,332 Executive Director $53,862 $48,147 2023
Arizona Elks Major Projects Inc AZ$652,248 Executive Director $50,000 $42,544 2025
Glendalough Of Austin Inc MN$673,285 Executive Director/president $26,747 $24,002 2024
The Foundation For Gender-specific Medicine Inc NY$679,326 President $200,583 $164,605 2024
Health Enhancement Research NC$718,051 President $118,955 $111,623 2024
Massage Therapy Foundation Inc IL$726,711 Executive Director & Treasurer $129,538 $115,654 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Evan Erwin) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (H99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,364 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.