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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blossburg Volunteer Fire Department

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251425937
PA · NTEE M24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Fred Yungwrith, Executive Director / CEO ($2,625) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$486 total compensation of comparable organizations → $18,740 $2,625
$69810th
$1,74825th
$3,730Median
$5,82875th
$9,29790th
$2,625This org · 39th
p10$698
p25$1,748
p50$3,730
p75$5,828
p90$9,297
$2,625

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
Haverford Township Volunteer PA$488,912 Treasurer $4,000 $3,885 2024
Belmont Hills Fire Company PA$498,280 Financial Se $4,500 $4,371 2024
Springboro Volunteer Fire PA$506,579 President $3,840 $3,730 2024
Mansfield Hose Company PA$469,849 Treasurer $900 $900 2023
Lamott Fire Company No 1 PA$467,417 Trustee $2,126 $2,065 2024
Goodwill Fire Co No 1 Of York Twp PA$448,641 Co-treasurer $3,206 $3,114 2024
West Chester Volunteer Firemans PA$446,136 President $5,850 $5,682 2024
Paxtonia Fire Company PA$434,688 President $12,000 $11,656 2024
Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company PA$432,068 Fire Chief $1,800 $1,748 2024
Washington Fire Company Community PA$551,211 President $9,644 $9,644 2023
Friendship Fire & Hose Co 1 Of PA$552,686 Treasurer $4,200 $4,080 2024
Stroud Township Volunteer Fire PA$429,485 Treasurer $2,400 $2,331 2024
Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company PA$427,580 Board Member $18,740 $18,740 2023
Shoemakersville Fire Company No 1 PA$416,935 President $15,062 $14,630 2024
Moon Twp Volunteer Fire Co PA$401,749 Treasurer $4,150 $4,031 2024
Lower Macungie Fire Department PA$582,128 Fire Chief $4,960 $4,960 2023
Union Fire Association PA$583,971 Director $1,946 $1,890 2024
Cochranton Volunteer Fire Department PA$589,651 Fire Dept. President $600 $600 2023
Shartlesville Community Fire Co 1 PA$589,780 Financial Secratary $5,778 $5,612 2024
Mountain Top Fire Company Inc PA$393,046 Vice President $7,134 $6,929 2024
Derry Twp Vol Fire Dept Of Bradenville PA$383,797 Treasurer $500 $486 2024
Northampton Township Volunteer Fire Relief Association PA$378,327 Treasurer $2,275 $2,210 2024
Conneaut Lake Volunteer Fire PA$368,647 Director $3,281 $3,281 2023
Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co No 5 PA$614,788 Treasurer $7,138 $6,933 2024
North Huntingdon Twp Volunteer Fire Co & Relief Association No 2 PA$622,173 President & Bartender $8,142 $7,908 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Fred Yungwrith) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M24) + PA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,625 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.