Learn · About
The consultant behind CauseComp
CauseComp is built and maintained by the principal of RB Consulting Services, LLC — an executive compensation practice with more than twenty years across public, pre-IPO and nonprofit organisations, including senior in-house executive compensation leadership at large multinational companies. Nonprofit engagements run from constructing a defensible peer group and assembling comparability data through to the board documentation that supports a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness under IRC §4958, with §4960 exposure reviewed alongside. Clients range from small local organisations to large international NGOs.
Articles
What Is IRS Form 990? The Public Return Behind Nonprofit Pay Data
Form 990 Literacy · 4 min read
How to Read a Form 990 for Executive Pay — Without Being Misled
Form 990 Literacy · 8 min read
Form 990 Schedule J, Explained: The Executive Compensation Schedule
Form 990 Literacy · 7 min read
Is Our Executive Director Overpaid? How a Board Actually Answers That
§4958 Compliance · 8 min read
Can Nonprofit Board Members Be Paid? Federal Rules, Trade-offs, Disclosure
Board Governance · 6 min read
Executive Compensation Benchmarking: A Board's Guide
Benchmarking Method · 7 min read
Compensation Philosophy: Deciding What You Pay For
Board Governance · 7 min read
Building a Compensation Peer Group for a Nonprofit
Benchmarking Method · 8 min read
What Counts as “Appropriate Comparability Data” for Nonprofit Executive Pay?
§4958 Compliance · 6 min read
The Rebuttable Presumption of Reasonableness: How Nonprofit Boards Protect Executive Pay Decisions
§4958 Compliance · 6 min read
How to Document a Nonprofit Executive Pay Decision (So It Holds Up Later)
Board Governance · 6 min read
IRC §4958 Intermediate Sanctions: The Personal Tax Risk Behind Nonprofit Executive Pay
§4958 Compliance · 5 min read
The Section 4960 Excise Tax: When Nonprofit Pay Crosses $1 Million
§4960 Excise Tax · 6 min read