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Compensation Comparability Determination

Lapaz North Township Fire Dept

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 356035918
IN · NTEE M24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mathew Haskins, Executive Director / CEO ($1,717) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mathew Haskins — reported title “CHIEF”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$455 total compensation of comparable organizations → $65,615 $1,717
$62710th
$1,04425th
$13,268Median
$40,31575th
$46,57490th
$1,717This org · 32nd
p10$627
p25$1,044
p50$13,268
p75$40,315
p90$46,574
$1,717

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 IN 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
Altura Fire Relief Association MN$33,229 Gambling Manager $19,800 $18,552 2023
Los Angeles County Fire Department CA$28,810 President $82,500 $65,615 2024
Signet Disaster Relief Fund Inc TX$28,292 President/secretary $58,746 $54,126 2024
Westbrook Firemens Relief Assoc MN$34,622 Gambling Manager $15,200 $13,834 2024
Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department Inc IN$34,854 President $797 $797 2023
Oakland Police Foundation CA$26,776 Treasurer $1,384 $1,101 2024
Texas Association Of Realtors Disaster TX$36,381 President/chief Executive $45,181 $42,857 2023
Greater Baytown Area Lepc TX$25,370 Secretary $14,400 $13,268 2024
Bound Brook Fire Department NJ$37,283 Treasurer $1,200 $987 2024
Koshka Foundation Inc WA$25,060 Executive Director $43,000 $35,459 2024
St Paul Volunteer Fire Department IN$37,444 Fire Chief $500 $500 2023
Remer Volunteer Firemens Relief MN$39,080 Chair $3,315 $3,106 2023
Mlt Ll Inc HI$22,988 President $8,503 $7,219 2023
D Disaster Helping Hand Inc TX$40,677 President $39,821 $37,773 2023
Hill City Firemen's Relief Associat MN$42,089 Gambling Man $46,050 $43,148 2023
Wesley Fire Department Inc IA$42,145 Fire Chief/p $635 $659 2023
Confluent Health Employee KY$42,694 President/director $43,862 $44,686 2023
Silver Bay Firefighters MN$42,906 Treasurer $500 $455 2024
Schroon Lake Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$46,502 Secretary/treasurer $7,500 $6,242 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Mathew Haskins) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,717 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.