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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stroud Township Volunteer Fire

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 236516492
PA · NTEE Y22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Bentzoni, Executive Director / CEO ($2,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: William Bentzoni — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$620 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,005 $2,400
$79010th
$5,50625th
$12,136Median
$21,20075th
$47,86890th
$2,400This org · 18th
p10$790
p25$5,506
p50$12,136
p75$21,200
p90$47,868
$2,400

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
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer ID$238,175 Director $21,399 $22,827 2024
Buffalo Water Association Inc MS$231,618 Director $16,704 $18,174 2025
Indiantown Citrus Growers FL$228,325 President $6,000 $5,506 2025
Kinsman Mutual Telephone Company IL$268,030 Sec-tres, Di $44,555 $43,924 2024
Wrp Inc FL$275,842 General Manager Dwu $13,224 $12,136 2025
Henry's Fork Groundwater District ID$205,459 Chairman $6,150 $6,560 2024
Linville Haile Water System Inc LA$203,428 Secretary $19,200 $21,200 2024
Anderson Township Regional Sewer District IN$292,105 Superintendent $49,402 $53,785 2023
Lw Sewer Company MO$200,481 Plant Operator $12,000 $12,745 2024
Waterworks District #1 Of Morehouse LA$185,816 President $2,250 $2,484 2024
Hemmi Road Water Association Inc WA$181,043 President $1,031 $901 2025
International Foundation For IL$317,314 Managing Dir $133,900 $132,005 2024
Nibley Blacksmith Fork Irrigation UT$175,314 President $6,500 $6,671 2024
Janice Water Association Inc MS$173,236 President $7,625 $8,516 2024
Mountain Lakes Water & Sewer GA$170,394 President- P $600 $623 2023
Broadwater-missouri MT$339,212 Secretary $12,227 $13,217 2024
Calhoun County Water Association Inc AR$348,739 President $550 $620 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 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 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (William Bentzoni) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,400 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.