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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Jersey State Policemens 36

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223065485
NJ · NTEE Y42
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas Sucameli, Executive Director / CEO ($2,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 197 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: Thomas Sucameli — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

197 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 197 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$98 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,506,805 $2,750
$1,37910th
$4,64225th
$14,561Median
$39,29975th
$67,18590th
$2,750This org · 19th
p10$1,379
p25$4,642
p50$14,561
p75$39,299
p90$67,185
$2,750

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 NJ 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
Public Service Health Club TX$237,782 Treasurer $5,905 $6,616 2023
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer ID$238,175 Director $21,399 $24,765 2024
Brockport Lodge No 2110 Benevolent NY$238,390 Secretary $5,900 $5,800 2024
National Open Horse Show Association TX$238,807 Executive Dir. $5,408 $5,885 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 67 UT$236,916 Secretary $2,723 $2,954 2025
Hbs Healthcare Alumni Association Inc MA$235,725 Executive Director $101,885 $102,544 2023
Rfa Post Retirement Medical Life DC$235,171 President $30,515 $29,132 2024
Trice Hill Cemetery Assoc OK$234,249 Chairman $1,400 $1,677 2024
Healdsburg Masonic Building Association CA$233,239 Treasurer $4,800 $4,642 2023
Benevolent & Protective Order Of OR$232,947 Secretary $17,234 $16,962 2025
Buffalo Water Association Inc MS$231,618 Director $16,704 $19,718 2025
Santa Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery Inc TX$231,507 Board Memberkey Empl $33,922 $36,915 2024
Greensprings Natural Cemetary Association NY$230,716 Cemetery Executive Director $32,010 $31,468 2024
Policemen's Benevolent Association NJ$246,073 President $2,000 $1,943 2024
United Association Of Journeymen Lu 286 TX$229,110 President $59,799 $65,074 2024
Stroud Township Volunteer Fire PA$246,665 Secretary $2,400 $2,604 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie4300 OH$228,881 President $1,200 $1,348 2025
Natick Bpoe #1425 MA$247,339 Clerk $6,865 $6,538 2025
Indiantown Citrus Growers FL$228,325 President $6,000 $5,974 2025
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Of RI$228,163 Secretary $27,711 $28,907 2024
Venice Cemetery Assn OH$247,636 Bookkeeper $29,900 $34,452 2024
Wellsville Lodge No 601 Loyal Order Of Moose NY$227,918 Administrator $4,800 $4,597 2025
Nanticoke Aerie No 834 Fraternal Order Of Eagles PA$248,010 Secretary $18,970 $20,580 2024
Charity On Top Foundation Inc CA$227,248 Executive Director $58,800 $56,868 2023
Putnam County Convention & Visitors WV$249,104 Executive Di $50,000 $58,896 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
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 (Thomas Sucameli) 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 197 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,750 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.