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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Colonial Heights Moose Lodge 1783

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237246608
VA · NTEE Y40
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Berberich Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($24,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$159 total compensation of comparable organizations → $47,297 $24,700
$3,26210th
$4,14325th
$6,389Median
$14,82075th
$23,28490th
$24,700This org · 91st
p10$3,262
p25$4,143
p50$6,389
p75$14,820
p90$23,284
$24,700

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 VA 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
Fraternal Order Of Eagles WA$341,334 Secretary $11,731 $10,878 2025
Putnam Lodge Of Elks #574 CT$336,541 Secretary $4,000 $3,884 2025
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks CA$334,385 Secretary $750 $689 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of CT$353,017 Secretary $8,000 $7,974 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks OH$321,435 Secretary $9,225 $10,387 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles 162 AK$365,797 Trustee $6,032 $6,131 2024
Masonic Charity Foundation NM$316,334 Secretary $9,062 $10,362 2024
Independence Fraternal Order Of Police L MO$303,742 President $4,223 $4,755 2024
Fraternal Order Of Eagles NE$301,594 Secretary $6,162 $6,864 2025
International Association Of NC$384,320 Secretary $20,833 $22,884 2024
Tuskegee Airmen Inc AL$298,886 Bookkeeper $40,000 $47,297 2023
Bpo Elks Lockport Ny NY$291,426 Secretary $4,443 $4,158 2025
Grand Chapter Of Tennessee Order Of TN$287,028 Grand Secretary $12,000 $13,064 2025
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks Rotterdam #2157 NY$399,547 Secretary $5,200 $4,867 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of MO$281,304 Secretary $5,871 $6,440 2025
Benevolent & Protective Order Of OH$408,917 Secretary $4,000 $4,388 2025
St Joseph Aerie No 49 Fraternal Order Of Eagles MO$273,020 Secretary $3,607 $3,957 2025
Bozrah Lodge No 950 Loyal Order Of Moose CT$270,097 Administrator $30,600 $29,715 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of NJ$269,966 Treasurer $4,975 $4,600 2025
New York Veteran Police Association Inc NY$415,313 Director $18,880 $18,673 2023
Rhode Island Masonic Youth Foundation RI$269,401 General Manager $22,772 $23,214 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks #2166 FL$267,615 Secretary $7,000 $6,811 2025
Fraternal Order Of Police - MD$263,341 Controller $22,800 $23,330 2023
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks Lodge 1106 PA$262,556 Secretary $3,800 $3,925 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks Of The Usa 30 New Orleans LA$425,536 Secretary $3,900 $4,448 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2025 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 VA 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Robert Berberich Jr) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,700 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.