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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St Augusta Firefighters Relief

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208648753
MN · NTEE Y30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daryl Stang, Executive Director / CEO ($100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 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: Daryl Stang — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$200 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,555 $100
$61310th
$1,74525th
$5,732Median
$15,24375th
$44,34690th
$100This org · 0th
p10$613
p25$1,745
p50$5,732
p75$15,243
p90$44,346
$100

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 MN 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
Swedish Cemetery Inc CT$72,764 Caretaker $1,225 $1,162 2024
Washington Lodge 17 Fop PA$70,323 President $595 $619 2023
Jewish Cemetery Association Of Greater Waterbury Inc CT$70,081 Executive Director $11,000 $10,746 2023
B C And T Local 334 Retiree Health Plan ME$73,205 Trustee $12,000 $11,848 2025
Free & Accepted Masons TN$73,365 Treasurer $3,300 $3,510 2024
St John's Cemetery At Springfield DE$69,714 Treasurer $1,200 $1,189 2024
Stratford Corporation OH$73,388 Business Manager $85,805 $89,603 2025
Hayes Lemmerz Non-union Retiree IL$69,654 Chairperson $4,000 $3,980 2024
The Cemetery Corporation SC$69,578 Secretary $20,642 $22,438 2023
Harmony Cemetery Corporation MA$73,747 Clerk $2,995 $2,724 2024
Rising Sun Cemetery Association IN$69,157 Superintendent $37,440 $39,958 2024
Hopewell Cemetery AL$69,049 Secretary $29,414 $33,109 2023
Law Enforcement Alliance Of CT$68,743 President $2,500 $2,372 2024
Orchard Grove Cemetery Association ME$68,664 Member At Large $3,775 $3,826 2024
West Lambert Water Association MS$75,064 Secretary $14,528 $15,954 2025
Lower Valley Union Cemetary Association NJ$67,685 Superintendent $10,587 $9,320 2025
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks Lodge 1318 SC$67,575 Riverpark Assistant $15,000 $15,428 2025
Grand Order Of The Eastern Star Of Virginia Pha VA$67,327 Grand Secretary $6,350 $6,389 2023
Hawaii Medical Service Association HI$75,783 Trustee $113,199 $102,567 2024
Knights Templar Of The United States Of America IL$77,407 Grand Recorder $6,000 $5,815 2025
Walnut Grove Cemetery OH$77,574 President $447 $493 2023
Teamsters Insurance Premium VA$65,404 Union Trustee $77,155 $75,393 2024
Harmony Heights Water Company UT$64,543 President $3,067 $3,271 2023
Charture Institute WY$78,721 Executive Di $60,000 $65,022 2024
Paul Revere Masonic Lodge No 130 Af&am CO$63,905 Secretary $3,600 $3,596 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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), adjusted10th
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 (Daryl Stang) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100 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.