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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

International Plant & Herbal Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842344040
UT · NTEE H01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Bowen, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 145 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

145 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 145 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$418 total compensation of comparable organizations → $463,876 $30,000
$24,58510th
$39,25125th
$65,865Median
$104,57875th
$157,61390th
$30,000This org · 18th
p10$24,585
p25$39,251
p50$65,865
p75$104,578
p90$157,613
$30,000

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 UT 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 National Diabetes And Obesity MS$429,676 Employee $147,326 $160,320 2024
The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research TX$428,451 Executive Director $52,000 $50,823 2024
Visual Studies Workshop Inc NY$430,072 Director, Ex Officio $61,713 $56,096 2023
Achieving Cures Together MN$425,879 Vice Preside $5,500 $5,466 2023
International Cannabinoid Research NC$432,797 Managing Dir $79,050 $82,163 2023
Alliance Of Independent Academic Medical OH$433,311 Executive Director $235,634 $243,848 2024
Gerson Institute Inc CA$437,846 Executive Director $62,475 $54,266 2023
The Bee Foundation PA$420,206 Executive Dir. $48,333 $47,094 2024
Gootter-jensen Foundation AZ$439,555 Vice President $6,000 $5,638 2024
Grassrootshealth CA$417,413 Ceo $75,827 $65,865 2023
Jb's Keys To Dmd Inc MA$415,859 President $48,000 $42,144 2024
Justin Parker Neurological Institute CO$444,788 Director Of Research $179,938 $168,581 2024
Dubai Harvard Foundation For MA$447,941 Executive Director $69,603 $62,917 2023
Professional Association Of Social AL$408,625 Executive Director $13,689 $14,876 2023
Association Of Enterprise Architects CA$407,781 General Manager $140,473 $122,017 2023
Behavioral Diabetes Institute CA$450,812 Director $222,395 $187,633 2024
Neurofibromatosis Network IL$452,414 Executive Di $104,158 $100,051 2024
All Sports Foundation Inc AZ$405,009 Ceo $88,962 $83,594 2024
Minkoff Center For Jewish Genetics AZ$453,924 Executive Director $132,870 $124,853 2024
Academy For Health & Lifespan NY$454,339 Executive Dir. $60,927 $55,382 2023
American Society For Metabolic And FL$455,062 Dir/exec Dir '24 $47,782 $43,858 2024
Neurtex Brain Research Institute TX$401,510 President $24,782 $24,937 2023
Massachusetts Society For MA$457,668 President $121,978 $110,261 2023
Duke Medicine Global Support Corporation NC$399,475 Director/president $37,764 $39,251 2023
Foundation For Physical Medicine IL$398,965 Executive Director $27,886 $26,786 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Ashley Bowen) 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 145 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.