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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Moore Institute For Plastic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845019534
CA · NTEE U05
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shelly Moore, Executive Director / CEO ($77,699) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 119 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

119 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 119 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$426 total compensation of comparable organizations → $378,587 $77,699
$11,77210th
$32,12225th
$75,005Median
$117,45175th
$151,95690th
$77,699This org · 50th
p10$11,772
p25$32,122
p50$75,005
p75$117,451
p90$151,956
$77,699

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
The Many Brains Project Inc MA$423,904 Head Of Research & Develop $161,305 $158,846 2025
Coalition For Academic Scientific Computation Inc DC$424,207 Executive Director $115,900 $111,455 2025
Society For Conservation Biology North America Inc WI$427,116 Director Of Operations And Programs $74,200 $87,166 2024
Mosaix Global Network AR$427,489 Executive Dir. $104,253 $135,710 2023
Center For Scientific Integrity Inc NY$429,108 Secretary $11,330 $11,516 2024
Connecticut Academy Of CT$412,679 Executive Di $130,745 $141,966 2023
Conference Board Of The Mathematical NY$409,909 Director $34,500 $35,067 2024
T2l2 Inc IN$409,682 Chairman And Ceo $5,000 $5,932 2024
The Center For Advancing Innovation Inc MD$432,823 Ceo $360,000 $378,587 2024
Chicago Council On Science & Technology IL$433,477 Director $85,358 $94,394 2024
Consortium For Research On OR$408,134 Operations D $25,076 $26,968 2023
Rci-iibec Foundation Inc NC$408,042 Ceo/evp Of Iibec $22,282 $25,898 2024
Professional Services Council Foundation VA$407,306 Executive Vice President $22,713 $24,668 2024
Csab Inc MD$404,157 Executive Director (From 5/23) $66,667 $70,109 2024
Bhaktivedanta Institute For Higher Studies Inc FL$402,491 President $17,079 $18,048 2024
Capitol City Robotics Inc DC$401,586 Executive Director $170,000 $163,479 2025
Reuseum Educational Inc ID$444,424 President/executive Direct $110,961 $136,698 2023
South Jersey Dream Center Inc NJ$444,492 Secretary $35,000 $35,151 2024
Rmi Lab Properties Inc CO$444,757 President $30,186 $32,559 2024
American Society Of Agricultural MI$397,152 Secretary $67,622 $78,512 2024
Texas Organic Farmers TX$393,353 Director $368 $426 2023
Polaris Research Institute Inc CA$450,235 Executive Dir. $241,632 $234,700 2024
Metagov Inc MA$391,471 Executive Director $38,022 $39,568 2023
Urban Forest Institute CA$451,563 President $90,200 $87,612 2024
City Kid Science Inc NY$390,135 President $70,600 $71,761 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Shelly Moore) 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 119 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,699 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.