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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Safer Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270465819
RI · NTEE M99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Peter Fucci, Executive Director / CEO ($155,769) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Peter Fucci — reported title “PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIR.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$107 total compensation of comparable organizations → $256,737 $155,769
$46610th
$1,62425th
$26,281Median
$47,95775th
$68,40590th
$155,769This org · 94th
p10$466
p25$1,624
p50$26,281
p75$47,957
p90$68,405
$155,769

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 RI 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
Loyal Unified Fire & Ambulance Service Inc WI$205,530 Fire Chief $1,420 $1,547 2024
Citizens Fire Company No 1 Of Weatherly Pa PA$191,735 Financial Secretary $100 $107 2023
Zumbro Falls Fire Department MN$190,109 Treasurer $500 $515 2024
The William Averette Anderson Fund MD$187,716 Executive Dir. $76,811 $74,891 2024
Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Dept NC$217,685 Chief $3,000 $3,150 2025
Architects & Engineers For 911 CA$229,874 Director Of Operations $54,000 $50,065 2023
The National Institute For Hometown KY$174,362 Ceo $229,139 $256,737 2024
Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc NY$165,656 Recording Secretary Admin Asst $25,383 $24,627 2023
Columbus Fireman's Cheer Fund IN$157,344 Co-chair $1,500 $1,650 2024
New Bethlehem Firemens Company No 1 PA$148,051 Treasurer $400 $416 2024
Yankton Volunteer Firefighters Assn SD$144,245 President $2,080 $2,394 2024
Korean Register Of Shipping Inc NJ$264,064 President $30,000 $27,934 2024
California Fire Prevention Organization CA$266,567 Board Member General Manager $30,500 $28,278 2023
Chicagoland Streets Project IL$136,427 President $58,659 $61,919 2023
Greensboro Police Foundation NC$282,325 Executive Director $37,084 $39,961 2024
Phelps Ambulance Inc NY$302,708 Board Member $48,704 $47,254 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to RI 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 RI 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Peter Fucci) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $155,769 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.