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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southern Tier Regional Emergency Medical

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222563233
NY · NTEE E63Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael R Pirozzolo, Executive Director / CEO ($100,809) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1227 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael R Pirozzolo — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,227 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,227 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$95 total compensation of comparable organizations → $3,622,994 $100,809
$15,90710th
$38,15525th
$65,395Median
$95,95075th
$142,46690th
$100,809This org · 78th
p10$15,907
p25$38,155
p50$65,395
p75$95,950
p90$142,466
$100,809

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
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation KS$376,412 Executive Director $7,099 $8,738 2023
Hope To Walk Inc VA$376,619 Executive Di $49,718 $53,125 2024
Thompson Falls Ambulance MT$376,023 President $8,241 $9,831 2024
Higgy Bears Inc MI$376,835 President $60,000 $68,535 2024
Augustana Care Foundation MN$376,914 President/ceo $108,350 $121,979 2023
Fountain Project Foundation Inc CA$376,944 Manager $40,200 $38,415 2024
Foundation For Physician Advancement MS$375,823 Executive Director $82,500 $104,688 2023
West Virginia Rural Health Association WV$377,104 Executive Director $75,713 $93,400 2023
Sayre House Of Hope PA$377,190 Director - President/ceo Tgc $192,157 $218,326 2023
National Interprofessional Initiative On CO$377,253 Top Mgmt Official-ind Cont $129,875 $141,887 2023
Susila Dharma International Assoc Inc $375,533 Executive Director $14,000 $14,000 2024
Partners In Exceptional Care IA$375,334 Foundation Director $35,760 $44,610 2023
Smiles Of Faith Inc OK$377,545 Executive Di $50,000 $60,929 2024
Winston County Rescue Squad Inc AL$377,638 Chief $70,000 $83,689 2024
Living Hope Wheelchair Association TX$377,672 Executive Director $120,000 $136,763 2023
Western New York Educational NY$375,113 Executive Director $53,725 $55,312 2023
Columbia Gorge Pregnancy Resource OR$374,761 Executive Di $50,000 $51,385 2024
Hill Country Mission For Health TX$378,290 Executive Director $98,010 $111,701 2023
Association Of Occupational And DC$378,399 Executive Director $79,185 $76,898 2024
Smh Foundation LA$374,390 Executive Dir. $120,525 $146,869 2024
Crisis Pregnancy Center Of South Jersey Inc NJ$378,608 Executive Director $57,410 $56,725 2024
Pender Alliance For Total Health NC$378,664 Executive Director $80,000 $94,179 2023
Claire's Place Foundation Inc CA$378,719 Ed And Board Secretary $86,500 $82,659 2024
St Petersburg Pregnancy Center FL$374,118 Ceo $87,614 $91,085 2024
Verdecares Inc AZ$374,099 Executive Director $49,647 $54,399 2023

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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Michael R Pirozzolo) 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 1227 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,809 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.