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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Houtzdale Ramey Emergency Medical

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 251460679
PA · NTEE M20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Swatsworth, Executive Director / CEO ($56,464) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$611 total compensation of comparable organizations → $191,750 $56,464
$10,85910th
$15,87125th
$64,315Median
$81,36975th
$115,33090th
$56,464This org · 43rd
p10$10,859
p25$15,871
p50$64,315
p75$81,369
p90$115,330
$56,464

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
Collaborating Agencies CA$308,270 Executive Dir. $72,000 $64,186 2023
Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc VA$330,380 President $22,347 $21,637 2024
District 2 Hospital Preparedness IN$298,080 Readiness And Response Coordinator $82,091 $86,810 2024
District 6 Hospital Preparedness Planning Committe IN$340,535 Business Operations Manager $89,208 $94,336 2024
Ideal Firefighter Relief Assn MN$280,771 President $599 $611 2023
California Gun Rights Foundation NV$280,169 Executive Director $16,000 $16,082 2024
4b Disaster Response Network TX$280,109 Executive Director $60,000 $61,963 2023
Arlington Fire Relief Association MN$279,106 Treasurer $900 $892 2024
Red Lightning AZ$277,286 President And Ceo $80,000 $77,151 2024
Coastal Alabama Partnership AL$374,253 Executive Director $177,000 $191,750 2024
Where To Turn Inc NY$262,611 Exec. Direct $99,000 $92,357 2023
Jefferson County Long Term Recovery TX$261,535 Disaster Recovery Director $72,000 $72,222 2024
Israel Rescue Coalition Inc NY$260,000 Vice President $13,743 $12,453 2024
Compound Of Compassion CO$256,405 President $15,050 $14,899 2023
Us Hart Cares A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$250,220 Ceo $35,500 $31,784 2024
911 Environmental Action Inc NY$249,408 President $73,000 $68,101 2023
Bac Disaster Relief Fund Inc DC$248,957 President $163,181 $147,835 2023
Community Center Of St Bernard LA$397,956 Executive Dir. $62,500 $71,050 2023
Rebuild Bay County Inc Fka Bay County Long Term Disaster Recov FL$398,977 Executive Director $118,000 $114,442 2023
New Jersey Association For Floodplain Management NJ$234,675 Exec Director $12,466 $11,161 2024
Community Organizations Active FL$233,766 Ceo $108,455 $99,534 2025
Homeland Preparedness Project TX$405,069 Executive Director $79,310 $79,555 2024
Louisiana Troopers Charities Inc LA$407,070 Executive Director $13,798 $15,236 2024
Hope Desoto Long Term Recovery FL$230,888 Executive Di $68,409 $64,443 2024
Rebuild Paradise Foundation CA$230,879 Executive Director $75,500 $65,375 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Kim Swatsworth) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,464 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.