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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Riceville Ambulance Service Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421176499
IA · NTEE E62
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clark Ebert, Executive Director / CEO ($2,558) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Clark Ebert — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$155 total compensation of comparable organizations → $314,505 $2,558
$46010th
$1,25125th
$3,123Median
$27,59475th
$34,71390th
$2,558This org · 47th
p10$460
p25$1,251
p50$3,123
p75$27,594
p90$34,713
$2,558

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 IA 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
Southern Cove Ems PA$143,459 Treasurer $5,591 $5,381 2023
Kickapoo Valley Rescue Squad Inc WI$145,813 Secretary $1,000 $1,008 2023
Manasquan First Aid Squad NJ$123,706 Corr. Secre. $500 $418 2024
St Mary Emergency Medical Services PA$123,561 Smmc President Thru 7/22 $326,765 $314,505 2023
Reynoldsville Area Ambulance A PA$110,762 President $5,720 $5,506 2023
Dobson Rescue Squad Inc NC$164,927 Secretary-treasurer $1,775 $1,675 2025
Mt Hope Ems Inc KS$103,327 Service Dire $1,200 $1,251 2023
Wheatland Emergency Medical Service IA$96,686 President $488 $488 2025
Bennetts Valley Ambulance Association PA$182,295 Manager $35,443 $33,135 2024
North Wayne Ambulance Service IL$192,487 Sec/treas Asst Coordinator $18,835 $17,871 2023
Potosi Rescue Squad Inc WI$193,676 Chief $3,190 $3,123 2024
Walhalla Ambulance Service ND$201,685 President $26,053 $27,594 2023
Montfort Rescue Squad Inc WI$202,523 Chief $1,907 $1,867 2024
Fair Lawn Borough Volunteer NJ$202,735 Trustee $1,500 $1,292 2023
Deuel County Ambulance Inc SD$203,516 President $150 $155 2024
B Holding Group Foundation Inc GA$203,665 Executive Di $38,210 $37,080 2023
Chestnut Ridge Ambulance Assoc PA$204,193 Manager $30,334 $27,627 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA cost of living and 2025 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 IA 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Clark Ebert) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,558 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.