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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Little Snake River Valley Ambulance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030563548
WY · NTEE M23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michelle Duncan, Executive Director / CEO ($23,082) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 339 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

339 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 339 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7 total compensation of comparable organizations → $222,786 $23,082
$60410th
$1,98125th
$11,321Median
$47,21375th
$75,29190th
$23,082This org · 62nd
p10$604
p25$1,981
p50$11,321
p75$47,213
p90$75,291
$23,082

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 WY 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
Watford City Volunteer Fire Dept ND$299,429 Chief $10,892 $11,492 2023
Factoryville Fire Company PA$299,732 Treasurer $3,600 $3,451 2023
Bikemore Inc MD$300,750 Executive Director $86,000 $75,085 2024
Penderlea Fire Department NC$300,834 Assistant Chief $175 $169 2024
District 2 Hospital Preparedness IN$298,080 Readiness And Response Coordinator $82,091 $80,844 2024
Town Of Carlton Fire Company No 1 Inc NY$301,023 President $480 $405 2024
Primos-secane-westbrook Park Fire PA$297,704 President $17,640 $16,428 2024
Safe Kids Utah UT$301,305 Secretary/coordinator $90,178 $88,737 2023
Alaska Dive Search Rescue And AK$297,295 Treasurer $8 $7 2024
Clarendon Fire Company Inc NY$301,735 President $500 $422 2024
National Emergency Responders Assistance OK$296,587 Executive Dir. $39,000 $41,289 2023
International Assoc Of Fire Fighte CT$302,461 Board Member $7,000 $6,129 2024
Phelps Ambulance Inc NY$302,708 Board Member $48,704 $42,314 2023
Three Oaks Emergency Vehicle Association MI$303,482 Administrator/director $82,286 $79,316 2024
Sellersburg Vol Fire Dept IN$303,586 Board Member $65,943 $64,942 2024
Institute For Safer Trucking DC$303,964 Co Chair $96,923 $79,428 2024
C B S Fire Association IA$304,432 Treasurer $285 $291 2024
Morrisvale Volunteer Fire Department Inc WV$304,798 Treasurer $6,000 $5,910 2025
Comision Ciudadana Para La Auditoria Integral Del Credito Pub PR$293,344 Executive Director $60,000 $61,772 2023
Eldridge Volunteer Fire Co Inc IA$306,212 President $2,140 $2,188 2024
National Assoc Of State 911 Administrators MI$292,475 Director $231,128 $222,786 2024
Buffalo Springs Lake Volunteer TX$291,987 President $2,772 $2,666 2023
Fountain Rural Fire Association Inc NC$306,965 President $156 $155 2023
Southeast Colorado Regional Trauma & Ems Advisory Council Inc CO$291,947 Coordinator $75,000 $65,429 2025
Gnesen Volunteer Fire Department Inc MN$291,786 Gambling Manager $15,560 $14,783 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
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 (Michelle Duncan) 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 339 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,082 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.