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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

County Plumbers Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 112050234
NY · NTEE J114
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Brooks, Executive Director / CEO ($93,270) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Richard Brooks — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$124 total compensation of comparable organizations → $128,752 $93,270
$3,98610th
$6,54325th
$18,541Median
$53,59775th
$78,37190th
$93,270This org · 92nd
p10$3,986
p25$6,543
p50$18,541
p75$53,597
p90$78,371
$93,270

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 NY 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
Cr Works Inc IN$122,171 Director $28,800 $34,604 2023
Center For Advocacy Research & CT$122,357 Secty, Treasurer, Vp, Ed $96,000 $99,610 2024
Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit Assn IA$122,040 President $5,400 $6,543 2024
Utah Association Of Nurse Anesthetists WY$121,399 Executive Dir. $6,000 $7,110 2024
Compassion Coffee Llc MN$123,631 President $17,572 $19,215 2024
Morgenstern Workshop IN$123,852 Driver $33,400 $38,979 2024
Liberty Link Foundation 360 Non- FL$124,128 President $34,000 $35,347 2024
1up Coaching PA$125,000 Executive Di $115,000 $126,913 2024
Zee Computer & Information Center Inc MI$125,740 Ceo $31,200 $34,720 2025
Asbestos Workers Local No 42 Apprenticeship Training & Education Fund NJ$118,480 Union Trustee $7,800 $7,934 2023
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice PA$118,137 Treasurer $20,809 $22,965 2024
Rhode Island Brewers Guild RI$126,673 Executive Director $75,160 $79,756 2024
North Castle Police Benevolent Assoc Inc NY$117,223 President $4,800 $5,556 2021
Edmondson Community Organization Inc MD$127,500 Executive Director $66,346 $68,643 2024
Ohio Workforce Association OH$127,947 Executive Director $90,000 $102,771 2025
Fair Trade Store-souderton PA$114,647 Store Manage $29,400 $33,403 2023
Institute For Sustainable Diversity WA$114,556 President $20,000 $19,816 2024
Massachusetts Afl-cio Building MA$113,996 President $79,037 $78,599 2024
Hudson Valley Community College Faculty Association Inc NY$130,500 President $10,000 $10,000 2024
United Union Of Roofers Local 106 Jatc IN$113,717 Steward/trustee $13,667 $16,421 2023
Northern Kentucky Chamber Of Commerce KY$112,182 Chamber President $19,288 $22,932 2024
United Union Of Roofers MA$132,418 President As Of 11/2024 $125 $124 2024
Union Electrical Workers Inc DE$134,122 Director $104,863 $116,984 2023
Employees Association Of CA$135,902 President $6,500 $6,211 2024
The Public Sector Consortium Inc MA$136,523 President $27,365 $27,213 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Richard Brooks) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,270 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.