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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cato Ira Meridian Victory Ambulance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161496729
NY · NTEE E32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of L Lee Epprecht, Executive Director / CEO ($6,132) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$211 total compensation of comparable organizations → $497,573 $6,132
$26,40210th
$45,18325th
$71,836Median
$102,24075th
$134,16490th
$6,132This org · 1st
p10$26,402
p25$45,183
p50$71,836
p75$102,240
p90$134,164
$6,132

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
Dames And Knights Of The Order Of Malta Medical And Dental Clinic Of MI$467,634 Director $70,000 $82,320 2023
Noalab Clinic Inc CA$469,731 Founder $12,518 $12,316 2023
Informed Choice Of Iowa Corporation IA$453,898 Executive Director (Partial Year) $32,292 $40,285 2023
New Mexico Foundation For Dental NM$472,741 Executive Di $47,237 $56,225 2024
Care Harbor CA$449,565 President $41,607 $40,934 2023
Lander Hope Clinic PA$476,936 President $186 $211 2023
Mobile Healthcare Providers Northwest WA$443,152 President & Ceo $65,240 $66,549 2023
Dedicated To Aurora's Wellness And Needs CO$440,203 Executive Director $99,300 $102,655 2025
Ithaca Health Alliance Inc NY$439,023 Executive Director $64,352 $64,352 2024
Culture Of Life Ministries TX$487,674 Executive Dir. $10,000 $11,070 2024
Healthy Living Community OR$437,308 President (1/1/23 - 6/23/23) $56,493 $59,773 2023
Community Supported Anthroposophic MI$493,058 President $123,116 $140,629 2024
Hope Medical Clinic Inc FL$496,443 Secretary $66,000 $68,614 2024
Heart And Soul Clinic Inc IN$424,897 Executive Di $60,000 $70,022 2024
Bella Health And Wellness Inc CA$420,953 Executive Director $37,100 $35,453 2024
Ohio Valley Health Center OH$416,903 Executive Di $53,375 $64,410 2023
Access Now Inc VA$509,264 Ex. Dir. - A $26,546 $28,365 2024
Ksu Foot & Ankle Clinic OH$510,172 Dean Ksucpm $26,320 $31,761 2023
Embracing Futures Inc OH$510,490 Executive Di $78,261 $91,731 2024
Ridge Health Services Inc NY$413,452 Executive Director $12,621 $12,994 2023
Red Bird Clinc Inc KY$409,842 Dentist $114,223 $135,805 2024
Louisiana Community Health Center LA$408,541 Ceo $168,066 $210,850 2023
Estella Byrd Whitman Wellness And Community Resource Center Inc FL$518,746 Ceo $107,902 $112,176 2024
The Olympia Free Clinic WA$405,169 Executive Di $70,500 $69,851 2024
Street Medicine Institute PA$401,624 Executive Di $104,641 $115,481 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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 (L Lee Epprecht) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,132 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.