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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roa Standing Together For America's

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461374538
DC · NTEE W30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mg Jeffrey E Phillips, Executive Director / CEO ($18,644) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mg Jeffrey E Phillips — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$57 total compensation of comparable organizations → $106,873 $18,644
$2,03610th
$5,36025th
$21,747Median
$45,09175th
$70,69090th
$18,644This org · 50th
p10$2,036
p25$5,360
p50$21,747
p75$45,091
p90$70,690
$18,644

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 DC 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
In Honor Of Our Troops MD$159,452 Chairman President $26,000 $26,905 2024
Kirk Casey Post No 366 Of The American Legion Depa NY$157,640 1st Vice Commander $35,500 $36,556 2023
Spencer-ralston Post No 1254 KS$163,557 Quatermaster $750 $874 2025
Veterans Of Foreign War Auxiliary Department Of Ka KS$163,979 Secretary Jr Vic President $6,900 $8,038 2025
The Jewish War Veterans Of The United DC$154,544 National Executive Director $3,021 $3,021 2023
Fleet Reserve Club Of Jax Fl Inc FL$166,714 Manager $46,375 $46,978 2025
Lexington Vfw Post 8738 SC$151,619 Canteen Manager $25,476 $29,418 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The ME$151,224 Commander $300 $332 2024
Operation Barnabas Inc FL$149,300 Ceo $24,000 $25,693 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 2832 Pike Memorial OH$169,487 Quartermaster $1,456 $1,707 2024
Veterans Education Project VA$170,000 Executive Director $30,000 $32,062 2024
U S Veterans Post 104 Corporation FL$170,207 Quartermaster $2,000 $2,141 2023
Hero Expeditions Incorporated CO$170,678 Executive Director $36,000 $38,209 2024
American Legion NY$147,565 Commander $15,995 $15,586 2025
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United States Inc NY$147,445 Bartender/janitorial $17,972 $17,975 2024
Us Army Warrant Officers Association VA$173,506 Executive Director/ Editor $62,398 $66,687 2024
Valhalla Veterans Services PA$144,845 Executive Director $24,000 $26,491 2024
Semper Fi Flo Foundation MN$143,143 Executive Director $54,000 $57,538 2025
Acworth & Kennesaw Post 5408 Veterans Of Foreign W GA$142,715 Adjutant $50 $57 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Department Of AK$176,865 Quartermaster $5,990 $6,526 2023
American Legion Post 401 OH$140,179 1st Vice Com $4,000 $4,828 2023
American Legion Post 169 Inc MI$139,586 Commander, Finance Officer $2,100 $2,470 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United States Dept Of Florida FL$179,435 Quartermaster $2,600 $2,634 2025
Whitehall Lodge No 1491 Bpoe NY$180,612 Secretary $1,500 $1,461 2025
Veterans Of Foreign Wars 9566vfw-mass MA$180,705 Past Quartermaster $4,410 $4,386 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Mg Jeffrey E Phillips) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,644 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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 13, 2026.