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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Erie County Association Of Chiefs Of Police Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161211109
NY · NTEE Y03
FY ending 2021-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jerome Miller, Executive Director / CEO ($300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 14 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

14 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 14 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$505 total compensation of comparable organizations → $83,617 $300
$94110th
$1,38925th
$8,431Median
$13,91675th
$48,53990th
$300This org · 0th
p10$941
p25$1,389
p50$8,431
p75$13,916
p90$48,539
$300

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
Los Arcos Rhf Housing Inc CA$23,519 President/ceo $76,739 $63,349 2024
Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Inc PA$26,019 Chairman $9,884 $9,702 2023
Desoto Lodge #299 Free & Accepted Masons TN$21,703 Secretary $9,240 $9,560 2023
Pennichuck Water Works Inc NH$19,590 Chief Executive Officer $15,838 $13,981 2024
Macedonia Church Cemetery Trust Fund AR$30,344 Trustee/secretary $1,100 $1,182 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks Of The Usa AZ$18,790 Director/secretary $1,468 $1,314 2025
Ohio School Boards Association OH$30,871 Trustee $82,579 $83,617 2024
Maplewood Cemetery NH$32,187 Secretary And Director $2,061 $1,873 2023
Fraternal Order Of Eagles NY$16,953 Secretary $600 $505 2025
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons CT$33,660 Secretary $1,800 $1,613 2024
Furnace Village Cemetery MA$34,516 Treasurer $1,000 $837 2025
Pennichuck Water Works Inc NH$35,406 Chief Executive Officer $15,838 $13,981 2024
Royal Arch Masons Of California CA$35,895 Recorder $16,146 $13,722 2023
Adrian Retiree Health Benefit MI$36,755 Veba Committ $7,400 $7,302 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 2021 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Jerome Miller) 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 14 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $300 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.