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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Marine Research Hub

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823626190
FL · NTEE U20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katherine O'fallon, Executive Director / CEO ($47,349) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katherine O'fallon — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,668 total compensation of comparable organizations → $312,308 $47,349
$10,85010th
$24,27425th
$50,532Median
$94,02075th
$120,44990th
$47,349This org · 46th
p10$10,850
p25$24,274
p50$50,532
p75$94,020
p90$120,449
$47,349

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 FL 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
P3 Exhibits Corporation CA$201,421 Director $25,501 $23,440 2024
University Consortium For Geographic Info Science VA$202,880 Executive Director $44,363 $45,597 2024
Institute For Broadening Participation ME$203,434 Executive Director $69,739 $76,531 2023
International Microwave Power Institute VA$206,535 Executive Director $47,754 $50,532 2023
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network TX$207,480 Executive Director $88,500 $94,236 2024
Biosphere Foundation CA$208,578 President $20,000 $18,384 2024
Csrm Foundation Inc MD$189,087 Vice President $27,808 $28,491 2023
Council Of Professional Associations On DC$211,529 Executive Director $190,928 $178,349 2024
Native Skywatchers Incorporated MN$212,233 Director $101,409 $109,815 2023
Adirondack Public Observatory Inc NY$185,687 Administrator $28,404 $27,322 2024
Talkstem TX$213,328 Ceo $53,505 $56,973 2024
Rocky Mountain Association CO$184,439 Executive Di $99,063 $101,115 2024
The Wisconsin Society For Ornithology WI$183,545 Executive Director $57,750 $64,201 2024
Octo WA$215,773 Director And President $110,000 $104,834 2024
Precision Metalforming Association OH$180,396 Executive Director $8,519 $9,605 2024
Washington State Academy Of Sciences WA$218,480 Executive Director $9,962 $9,494 2024
Metaverse Standards Forum Inc OR$220,420 Executive Director $54,360 $55,325 2023
Tek Collaborative Inc MA$221,205 President $95,250 $93,803 2023
Median Foundation CA$221,309 Director, Secretary $31,950 $30,236 2023
Rocky Mtn Mathematics Consortium I AZ$222,354 President $105,194 $107,691 2024
Human Computation Institute Inc NY$174,977 Exec Director $47,647 $45,831 2024
The Lawn Institute Foundation IL$223,122 Executive Director $10,775 $11,609 2023
At The Epicenter CO$223,582 Diretor $4,500 $4,729 2023
American Technical Education Association MN$224,689 Executive Dir. $98,108 $103,193 2024
Greater Memphis It Council TN$171,245 Executive Director & Secre $78,433 $90,353 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
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:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Katherine O'fallon) 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 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,349 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.