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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Portage Area Ambulance Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251220659
PA · NTEE E620
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles Rimini, Executive Director / CEO ($2,695) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 71 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

71 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 71 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $88,343 $2,695
$1,39910th
$9,36925th
$36,689Median
$55,38375th
$69,08890th
$2,695This org · 14th
p10$1,399
p25$9,369
p50$36,689
p75$55,383
p90$69,088
$2,695

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
Souhegan Valley Ambulance Service Inc NH$474,326 Chief Operating Officer $65,542 $62,480 2023
Utopia Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Inc TX$476,659 Executive Director $37,299 $37,414 2024
Wise Rescue Squad Inc VA$469,734 1st Lieutenant $51,338 $51,174 2023
Ayden Rescue & Ems NC$477,829 Chief $14,629 $15,158 2024
Glover Ambulance Squad Inc VT$480,537 President $68,450 $69,088 2024
Eureka Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc MT$483,308 Treasurer $23,132 $25,004 2024
Eyota Volunteer Ambulance Service MN$484,936 Secretary $9,915 $9,824 2024
Woodbury Ambulance Association Inc CT$491,901 President $13,863 $13,034 2024
Linville Central Rescue Squad Inc NC$449,566 Member $14,082 $14,215 2025
Norton Rescue Squad Inc VA$501,908 Lieutenant $45,031 $44,888 2023
Jamesville Community Ems & Rescue NC$444,840 President $25,286 $26,200 2024
Grifton Rescue Squad Inc NC$505,866 Assistant Ch $37,838 $39,205 2024
Cameron County Ambulance Service Inc PA$441,108 Executive Director $52,524 $54,075 2023
Sunny View Fire And Rescue NC$510,786 Director $36,347 $36,689 2025
Ansonia Area Emergency Servicesinc OH$435,497 Chief $19,025 $20,803 2023
New Glarus Emergency Medical Services In WI$435,036 Executive Dir. $73,910 $77,403 2024
Warren Area Ambulance Service Inc IL$513,615 President $87 $86 2024
Advanced Medical Transport Of Iowa IL$513,788 Treasurer/secretary/ceo Phmms $20,283 $20,586 2023
Johnsonville Rescue Squad And Ambulance SC$515,845 Chief $50,884 $53,232 2024
Argyle Emergency Squad Inc NY$429,472 Vice President $1,500 $1,399 2023
Lakeshore Volunteer Ambulance Inc NY$521,014 Director Of Operations $55,875 $50,630 2024
Ash-rand Rescue Squad & Ems Inc NC$522,116 Executive Di $53,144 $56,691 2023
Brooks Ambulance Inc ME$418,835 President $48,151 $48,349 2024
New Salem Ambulance ND$416,055 Bookkeeper $37,334 $41,084 2024
Troy Volunteer Ambulance MT$534,953 President $33,898 $37,723 2023

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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Charles Rimini) 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 71 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,695 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.