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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Development Data Lab Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834603622
DC · NTEE Q05
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tobias Lunt, Executive Director / CEO ($138,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,804 total compensation of comparable organizations → $161,285 $138,500
$20,62510th
$71,01925th
$126,199Median
$141,07875th
$159,21290th
$138,500This org · 73rd
p10$20,625
p25$71,019
p50$126,199
p75$141,078
p90$159,212
$138,500

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 DC 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
The 1990 Institute CA$374,677 Executive Director $73,365 $70,121 2024
Womens Foreign Policy Group Inc DC$379,621 Executive Director $137,770 $137,770 2023
The World Affairs Council Of San Antonio TX$330,189 Executive Director $113,979 $126,199 2024
Women Forward International CA$394,405 President & Executive Dire $168,746 $161,285 2024
Reinventing Bretton Woods Foundation NY$322,194 President & Executive Director $158,000 $158,031 2024
World Affairs Council Of New Hampshire NH$321,406 Executive Director $97,060 $102,130 2023
Amazon Center For Environmental PA$304,861 President $12,000 $13,246 2024
Center For Transnational Environmental Accountability Inc MD$426,160 President $113,600 $121,028 2023
Middle East Policy Council DC$286,336 Executive Director $160,000 $160,000 2023
Global Development Network Inc VA$285,999 President Until December 2022 $10,728 $11,804 2023
Institute For Food And Development Policy Inc CA$269,887 Executive Director - Until 05/22/2023 $146,731 $144,385 2023
Armenian National Institute Inc DC$255,188 Director $31,693 $31,693 2023
Nautilus Of America Inc CA$250,590 Executive Dir. $133,007 $130,881 2023
Global Interdependence Center PA$472,061 Executive Di $120,000 $132,457 2024
The Association Of Professional Schools DC$477,720 Executive Dir. $76,000 $71,917 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Tobias Lunt) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q05), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $138,500 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.