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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223472557
NJ · NTEE E62Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matthew Dogali, Executive Director / CEO ($9,960) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$94 total compensation of comparable organizations → $117,692 $9,960
$1,50910th
$10,65925th
$28,424Median
$52,45475th
$68,31390th
$9,960This org · 22nd
p10$1,509
p25$10,659
p50$28,424
p75$52,454
p90$68,313
$9,960

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
Boscobel Rescue Squad Inc WI$379,805 Directorchief $62,134 $70,593 2024
Winston County Rescue Squad Inc AL$377,638 Chief $70,000 $82,270 2024
Thompson Falls Ambulance MT$376,023 President $8,241 $9,665 2024
Edward County Emergency TX$385,084 Secretary $8,918 $9,705 2024
Community Ambulance Service Of New ND$369,679 President $8,363 $10,279 2023
Anna Rescue Unit Inc OH$389,526 15352 Co Rd 25a Anna Oh 45302 $51,354 $63,417 2022
Elkin Emergency Rescue Squad Inc NC$390,644 Chief/treasurer $9,175 $10,048 2025
Coleman Area Rescue Squad Inc WI$365,213 President $1,940 $2,204 2024
Belle Plaine Area Ambulance Inc IA$392,559 Director $1,184 $1,410 2024
Eden Emergency Squad Inc NY$364,106 Als Captain $14,682 $14,433 2024
Garner Volunteer Ambulance Service IA$395,098 President $4,600 $5,641 2023
Happy Camp Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc CA$361,572 Ems Manager $48,927 $47,319 2023
Schleicher County Volunteer Ems TX$357,262 Comptroller $64,723 $70,433 2024
Relief Association Of The Broomall PA$353,519 President $922 $1,001 2024
Mobile Surgery International UT$351,788 President $57,500 $64,022 2024
Community Ambulance Service Inc ND$411,527 President $1,200 $1,475 2023
New Salem Ambulance ND$416,055 Bookkeeper $37,334 $44,572 2024
Flemington Area Emergency Medical WV$340,570 Chief $17,529 $20,647 2024
Brooks Ambulance Inc ME$418,835 President $48,151 $52,454 2024
Moosabec Ambulance Service ME$331,398 Chief $30,550 $33,280 2024
Argyle Emergency Squad Inc NY$429,472 Vice President $1,500 $1,518 2023
Penn Mahoning Ambulance Association PA$324,791 President $2,508 $2,801 2023
New Glarus Emergency Medical Services In WI$435,036 Executive Dir. $73,910 $83,973 2024
Ansonia Area Emergency Servicesinc OH$435,497 Chief $19,025 $22,569 2023
Cool Branch Volunteer Rescue VA$322,030 Captian $37,144 $40,169 2023

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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Matthew Dogali) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,960 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.