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Compensation Comparability Determination

The Salk Institute For Biological Studies

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 952160097
CA · NTEE U500
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gerald Joyce Md Phd, Executive Director / CEO ($818,031) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 13 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gerald Joyce Md Phd — reported title “PRESIDENT / PROFESSOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

13 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 13 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19,548 total compensation of comparable organizations → $2,628,021 $818,031
$235,51010th
$590,22925th
$716,111Median
$1,093,60175th
$1,621,43090th
$818,031This org · 54th
p10$235,510
p25$590,229
p50$716,111
p75$1,093,601
p90$1,621,430
$818,031

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 American Society Of Mechanical NY$160,466,638 Executive Director/ceo $1,179,732 $1,271,017 2023
Associated Universities Inc VA$143,517,404 President/ceo/trustee $591,952 $661,905 2024
Analytic Services Inc VA$138,637,191 Ceo, Director $640,430 $716,111 2024
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers CA$184,820,338 Interim President And Ceo (Thru 12/2024) $835,585 $835,585 2024
National Advanced Mobility Consortium MI$187,596,420 Ceo $450,100 $538,018 2024
🔒 8 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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:

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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.