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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Washington Contract Firefighters Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460465182
WA · NTEE S41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Todd Graves, Executive Director / CEO ($9,870) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,640 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,048 $9,870
$10,21510th
$17,70725th
$41,675Median
$62,13275th
$76,37490th
$9,870This org · 10th
p10$10,215
p25$17,707
p50$41,675
p75$62,132
p90$76,374
$9,870

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 WA 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
Mat-su Cabaret Hotel Restaurant AK$92,053 Executive Dir. $39,300 $40,762 2024
Escambia County Medical Society FL$92,289 Executive Director $66,000 $67,265 2024
Bizworks Enterprise Center VA$90,466 Executive Director $65,048 $66,382 2025
Davis Chamber Of Commerce OK$94,341 Director $37,040 $44,248 2024
Grow Spink Inc SD$89,853 Executive Director $48,000 $59,169 2023
Namc-dallas Fortworth Chapter Inc TX$88,494 President $14,000 $15,642 2023
Black Wall Street Chamber Of Commerce OK$96,670 President/ceo $55,666 $76,977 2021
Quad City Painting Industry IA$97,442 Executive Director $4,500 $5,503 2023
Mid-atlantic Nato Inc MD$97,513 Executive Director $71,874 $71,020 2025
Professional Advocacy Association Of TX$97,675 Sec/exec Director $23,500 $26,256 2023
Tri State Stone Operators Association Inc WV$97,750 Secretary & Trainer $36,000 $43,537 2023
Dealercpa Network Inc NY$85,900 Executive Director $28,800 $29,068 2023
Fruitland Chamber Of Commerce Inc ID$98,710 Executive Dir. $44,368 $52,717 2023
Medical Board Of Nyp Bmh Corp NY$98,715 Pres $52,000 $52,483 2023
Oak Harbor Area Chamber Of Commerce OH$99,270 Exec Director $9,833 $11,299 2024
Montana Avenue Merchant Association CA$83,773 Treasurer $1,750 $1,640 2024
Commercial Space Progress NM$83,608 Ceo And Director $42,914 $50,075 2024
Governmental Purchasing Association NJ$100,656 Executive Dir. $4,500 $4,488 2023
Tx Assoc Of Mexican American Chambers Of Commerce TX$82,485 President/ceo $35,600 $38,635 2024
Monitor Inc DC$81,986 Director, Co-chairman $154,006 $150,948 2023
National Independent Talent Organization CA$81,184 Executive Dir. $49,998 $46,839 2024
Federation Of Mental Health Services Inc NY$81,000 Presdent $19,200 $19,378 2023
Ohio High School Bowling Coaches OH$80,612 Executive Di $29,400 $32,911 2025
Lower Santa Cruz River Allianceinc AZ$80,000 President Ce $52,500 $56,395 2023
Northwestern Showmen's Club OR$79,706 Secretary $9,000 $9,068 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Todd Graves) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,870 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.