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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Citizens Crime Commission Of Delaware Valley

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 231543180
PA · NTEE I20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John C Apeldorn, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: John C Apeldorn — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,693 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,824 $50,000
$27,63910th
$37,77725th
$60,352Median
$81,05975th
$97,28390th
$50,000This org · 31st
p10$27,639
p25$37,777
p50$60,352
p75$81,059
p90$97,283
$50,000

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 PA 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
Momentum Nonprofit Partners TN$281,398 Chief Executive Officer $123,166 $129,824 2023
Crime Stoppers Of Palm Beach County FL$256,219 Executive Di $25,237 $23,774 2023
Center For Non-violent Education & Parenting CA$310,597 Executive Director $116,061 $95,097 2025
Soulard Safety Program Inc MO$255,466 Secretary $4,550 $4,693 2024
Sylvania Prevention Alliance OH$317,197 Trustee/exec $58,451 $58,745 2025
Capital Region Crime Stoppers Inc LA$245,875 Executive Di $80,000 $85,801 2024
Journey 4ward TX$245,349 Advocate/director $52,737 $51,382 2024
Lamoille County Special Investigation VT$241,895 Exceutive Director $68,515 $67,169 2024
North Carolinians Against Gun NC$326,372 Executive Dir. $58,914 $57,763 2025
Nevada Child Seekers NV$330,343 Executive Di $82,152 $80,206 2024
Crime Stoppers Of The United States Of America Inc VA$235,634 Director $39,000 $36,677 2024
The Albemarle County Police VA$331,710 Executive Di $76,300 $71,756 2024
Whittier Alliance MN$331,942 Executive Director $38,651 $37,199 2024
Children's Safety Village Of Central FL$339,777 Executive Director $88,899 $81,343 2024
The Alliance For A Safer Greater MI$347,472 President $84,691 $85,143 2024
A Child Is Missing Inc FL$208,762 Executive Di $62,292 $56,997 2024
Alliance To Counter Crime Online DC$201,896 Executive Director $35,800 $31,503 2023
Elementz OH$367,579 Executive Dir. $110,138 $113,620 2024
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's CA$195,537 Secretary $7,772 $6,730 2023
Hampton Farms Senior Housing Corporation MI$372,157 Administrator $57,066 $57,371 2024
Englewood First Responders IL$190,347 President $34,545 $34,056 2023
Radkids Inc NC$385,662 Executive Di $96,000 $99,469 2023
100 E 182nd Street Housing NY$387,966 Treasurer/secretary $44,892 $39,511 2024
Headwaters At Incarnate Word Inc TX$390,236 Executive Dir. $77,000 $75,022 2024
Off-the-grid Missions CA$401,509 President & Ceo $92,385 $77,700 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (John C Apeldorn) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.