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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454730993
PA · NTEE Y19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joshua Reaves, Executive Director / CEO ($34,786) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 199 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joshua Reaves — reported title “OPERATIONS COORDINATOR (THRU MAY)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

199 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 199 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$91 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,388,916 $34,786
$1,46210th
$4,63325th
$14,885Median
$38,49275th
$78,28390th
$34,786This org · 71st
p10$1,462
p25$4,633
p50$14,885
p75$38,492
p90$78,283
$34,786

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
Colonial Memorial Park Association NJ$265,207 Trustee $18,539 $16,598 2024
Plumbers And Steamfitters Local 521 WV$264,667 Trustee $81,605 $88,602 2024
Warwick Cemetery Association NY$267,290 Sec-treas $28,000 $25,372 2024
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks #2166 FL$267,615 Secretary $7,000 $6,425 2025
Kinsman Mutual Telephone Company IL$268,030 Sec-tres, Di $44,555 $43,924 2024
Fernwood Cemetery Association NJ$263,381 President/superintendent $15,600 $13,967 2024
Fraternal Order Of Police - MD$263,341 Controller $22,800 $22,006 2023
Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks Lodge 1106 PA$262,556 Secretary $3,800 $3,702 2025
Rhode Island Masonic Youth Foundation RI$269,401 General Manager $22,772 $21,896 2024
Veovera Software Organization CA$262,483 President $9,594 $8,307 2024
Benevolent And Protective Order Of NJ$269,966 Treasurer $4,975 $4,340 2025
Bozrah Lodge No 950 Loyal Order Of Moose CT$270,097 Administrator $30,600 $28,029 2025
Rockford Police Relief Association IL$261,632 President $1,010 $996 2024
Local 305 Npmhu Welfare Benefit Trust VA$261,618 Trustee $10,000 $9,682 2024
American Legion Post 169 OH$270,343 Bar Manager $9,778 $10,385 2024
Rural Alaska Fuel Services Inc AK$270,564 Ceo $100,006 $98,708 2023
Nj State Parole Officers Pba Local #326 NJ$260,065 President $2,800 $2,507 2024
Center Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Co PA$259,036 President $10,840 $10,840 2024
St Joseph Aerie No 49 Fraternal Order Of Eagles MO$273,020 Secretary $3,607 $3,732 2025
Blooming Grove Rural Cemetery Assoc NY$274,017 Superintendent $1,800 $1,679 2023
Foxfield Preserve Inc OH$256,991 Executive Director $16,691 $17,727 2024
First Parish Cemetery Assoc-york ME$275,716 Superintendent $52,941 $53,159 2024
Wrp Inc FL$275,842 General Manager Dwu $13,224 $12,136 2025
Woodlawn Cemetery Association NY$276,310 Secretary / Trustee $13,200 $11,961 2024
Rural Cemetery Assoc Of Hornellsville N Y NY$255,410 President $100 $91 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
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 (Joshua Reaves) 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 199 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Y), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,786 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.