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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ausable Forks Fire Department Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 146049889
NY · NTEE M24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Deyoe, Executive Director / CEO ($500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $38,367 $500
$38310th
$60025th
$1,479Median
$3,05175th
$6,15790th
$500This org · 19th
p10$383
p25$600
p50$1,479
p75$3,051
p90$6,157
$500

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
Webster Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$279,416 Treasurer $9,440 $9,440 2023
Canajoharie Volunteer Firefighters Inc NY$281,037 Treasurer $500 $486 2024
Lake Placid Volunteer Fire NY$270,494 Deputy Secre $2,500 $2,428 2024
Rye Volunteer Firefighters Inc NY$288,373 Chief/secretary $1,200 $1,166 2024
Mastic Chemical Company No 1 Inc NY$265,484 Treasurer $1,500 $1,457 2024
Mendon Fire Department Inc NY$289,747 President $1,200 $1,200 2023
Valley Stream Fire Dept Inc NY$261,037 Maint Chairman $2,400 $2,271 2025
Windsor Fire Company Inc NY$258,763 President/captain $1,000 $971 2024
Gerry Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$257,078 President $200 $200 2023
Town Of Carlton Fire Company No 1 Inc NY$301,023 President $480 $466 2024
Clarendon Fire Company Inc NY$301,735 President $500 $486 2024
Wantagh Fire Department NY$249,513 Recording Secretary $6,500 $6,314 2024
Warwick Fire Department NY$244,809 President $2,000 $1,943 2024
United Fire Company No 1 NY$239,248 Financial Se $3,000 $2,914 2024
Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department NY$316,461 Warden $300 $284 2025
Kings Park Fire Department Inc NY$318,169 Secretary $6,000 $5,828 2024
Lake Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department NY$230,088 Vice President $3,554 $3,452 2024
Vestal Fire Department Inc NY$229,649 Recording Secretary $1,000 $1,000 2023
Huntington Manor Volunteer Fire NY$327,323 Chief $1,800 $1,748 2024
Freehold Volunteer Fire Company Inc NY$220,673 President $500 $500 2023
Hope Engine Company Number 1 Of White Plains New York NY$220,265 Treasurer $300 $300 2023
Fishers Island Fire Department NY$216,886 Fire Chief $3,000 $2,914 2024
Monticello Fire Department Inc NY$206,137 Treasurer $1,200 $1,200 2023
Old Forge Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$348,275 Secretary Treasurer $5,400 $5,400 2023
Ronkonkoma Fire Department Inc NY$351,973 Treasurer $1,200 $1,166 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 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 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Daniel Deyoe) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M24) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $500 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.