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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Apostleship Of The Sea Of The Usa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262304578
TX · NTEE M20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Doreen Badeaux, Executive Director / CEO ($72,872) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$609 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,380 $72,872
$4,73410th
$14,24425th
$43,651Median
$75,25775th
$105,61590th
$72,872This org · 69th
p10$4,734
p25$14,244
p50$43,651
p75$75,257
p90$105,615
$72,872

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 TX 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
Orange County Long Term Recove FL$205,014 Exec Dir $42,292 $40,891 2023
Helene Rebuild Collaborative NC$210,920 Executive Director $5,198 $5,369 2024
Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group TX$214,648 Ex Director $71,194 $73,297 2023
Family Assistance Education & Research F WA$214,674 Executive Director $84,000 $75,182 2024
Carlton Complex Long Term Recovery Group WA$175,703 Executive Director $84,335 $75,482 2024
Ua Charitable Fund Trust MD$174,618 Trustee $154,691 $144,577 2024
Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Company PA$170,750 Treasurer $7,800 $7,776 2024
Robbinsdale Fire Relief Association MN$222,352 President $1,900 $1,877 2024
Communities United Inc FL$224,071 Executive Director $48,000 $46,410 2023
New York State United Teachers Disaster Relief & Scholarship Fund NY$225,980 Secretary $136,101 $122,946 2024
Cb Avalanche Center Inc CO$227,426 Executive Director $29,812 $28,577 2024
The Elevated Studio Inc NY$161,388 Executive Director/president $35,600 $33,109 2023
Rebuild Paradise Foundation CA$230,879 Executive Director $75,500 $65,174 2024
Hope Desoto Long Term Recovery FL$230,888 Executive Di $68,409 $64,245 2024
Community Organizations Active FL$233,766 Ceo $108,455 $99,228 2025
New Jersey Association For Floodplain Management NJ$234,675 Exec Director $12,466 $11,127 2024
Florida National Guard Foundation Inc FL$154,888 Executive Dir. $31,200 $29,301 2024
Capracare Inc NY$154,101 President & Ceo $10,097 $9,390 2023
Lovington Comm Ambulance Serv Inc IL$145,867 Treasurer $4,050 $4,098 2023
Iada Foundation ID$142,147 Executive Director $105,318 $112,001 2024
Westhaven Water Supply Corporation TX$141,971 General Manager $15,945 $15,945 2024
Bac Disaster Relief Fund Inc DC$248,957 President $163,181 $147,380 2023
911 Environmental Action Inc NY$249,408 President $73,000 $67,892 2023
Us Hart Cares A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$250,220 Ceo $35,500 $31,686 2024
Amo Membership Assistance Program Trust FL$136,225 Trustee $80,688 $75,777 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Doreen Badeaux) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,872 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.