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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Epigenix Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810929302
CA · NTEE U50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul Raybould, Executive Director / CEO ($29,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paul Raybould — reported title “PRESIDENT / CEO / BOARD CHAIRMAN”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,155 total compensation of comparable organizations → $203,086 $29,750
$7,43010th
$20,31625th
$43,233Median
$66,12775th
$130,45490th
$29,750This org · 38th
p10$7,430
p25$20,316
p50$43,233
p75$66,127
p90$130,454
$29,750

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 CA 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
Interacademy Partnership Inc DC$112,355 Executive Director $159,844 $162,441 2023
Cyberhawaii HI$112,792 President & $129,000 $129,914 2024
Cyberauto Challenge MD$117,581 Treasurer $3,000 $3,155 2024
Science Journal For Kids TX$117,776 Officer/director $23,400 $26,330 2024
The Geological Engineering Foundation CA$118,651 Director $6,500 $6,500 2023
T1d Exchange Supporting Foundation Inc MA$97,545 Chief Executive Officer $16,218 $16,878 2023
Space Frontier Foundation Inc DC$123,469 Director $41,500 $40,964 2024
404 Dao Inc GA$126,200 Secretary & Chief Operatio $40,879 $46,235 2024
Oklahoma Bioscience Institute OK$127,423 Imci Managing Director/president $25,697 $31,829 2024
Academic Advisory Council For Signage OH$88,180 Executive Director $50,000 $59,570 2024
Foundation Of The Flora Of Virginia VA$85,195 Executive Dir. $50,000 $52,905 2025
Tmt Observatory Corporation CA$132,115 Manager Of Awards And Budgets $209,085 $203,086 2024
Seg Foundation OK$83,883 Secretary $23,143 $29,512 2023
Chemical Engineering Division Of Asee OH$81,883 Editor $6,000 $7,149 2024
Haskell-org Inc DE$136,256 Executive Director $115,236 $126,922 2024
Institute For Population Health Sciences IL$136,832 Director $7,000 $7,741 2024
Third Place Technologies WA$138,157 Gallery Manager $19,594 $20,316 2023
Aerospace States Association Inc VA$139,216 Executive Director $55,000 $59,735 2024
Qualia Research Institute CA$140,681 President & Executive Director $64,164 $62,323 2024
Girl Develop It VT$141,110 Executive Dir. $57,711 $67,270 2023
Engineering Biology Research Consortium CA$143,080 President $32,367 $32,367 2023
Technology Management Instituteinc VA$148,460 Executive Di $122,100 $132,612 2024
Florida International University FL$149,034 Director $60,783 $66,127 2023
Lepidopterists Society CA$149,918 Secretary $7,500 $7,500 2023
Biological Stain Commission Inc NY$152,160 90 Eagle Chase, Woodbury, Ny 11797 $19,476 $19,796 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2023 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 CA 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Paul Raybould) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,750 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.