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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The William Averette Anderson Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464682280
MD · NTEE M99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nnenia Campbell, Executive Director / CEO ($76,811) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 265 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nnenia Campbell — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

265 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 265 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $263,320 $76,811
$52710th
$1,23025th
$6,283Median
$37,68175th
$77,30490th
$76,811This org · 89th
p10$527
p25$1,230
p50$6,283
p75$37,681
p90$77,304
$76,811

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 MD 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
Cronomer Valley Fire Department Inc NY$187,958 Vice Preside $600 $597 2023
Fire Dept Relief Assn St James MN$188,038 President $500 $528 2024
National Safety Council Ohio Chapter OH$188,834 Executive Director $56,160 $61,983 2025
Tangier Volunteer Fire Department Inc VA$186,396 Acting Treasurer $12,000 $12,393 2024
Florida Association Of Dui Programs Inc FL$189,416 Executive Director $61,304 $61,600 2024
Millbrook Engine Hook & Ladder Co NY$185,671 2nd Lt, Fd/secretary $7,150 $6,911 2024
The 247 Movement TN$189,904 Executive Di $46,335 $52,096 2024
Zumbro Falls Fire Department MN$190,109 Treasurer $500 $528 2024
Citizens Fire Company No 1 Of Weatherly Pa PA$191,735 Financial Secretary $100 $110 2023
Veteran Sailing Inc FL$183,464 Secretary $2 $2 2024
Vol & Exempt Firefighters Benevolent Assoc Of Briarcliff Manor Ny NY$192,067 President $3,000 $2,900 2024
East Syracuse Fire Department Inc NY$192,446 Caretaker $1,250 $1,208 2024
Doyle Volunteer Hose Company NY$192,512 Interim Secretary $2,917 $2,903 2023
Traphill Volunteer Fire Department Inc NC$182,877 Asst Chief $1,778 $1,965 2024
Catons Chapel Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Department Inc TN$192,631 Borard Member/chief $40,000 $43,814 2025
Depew Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$182,645 Secretary $1,200 $1,160 2024
Lebanon Valley Protective NY$182,228 Pres/treas $1,500 $1,492 2023
Ae Crandall Hook And Ladder Co Inc NY$193,746 Chief $300 $290 2024
Cattaraugus Volunteer Fire Co Inc NY$181,531 Treasurer $1,000 $941 2025
Vashti Volunteer Fire Dept Inc NC$194,061 Treasurer $7,119 $7,665 2025
Tscra Special Ranger Foundation TX$180,649 President $23,746 $25,407 2024
People's Firehouse Inc NY$195,289 Executive Director $39,500 $38,178 2024
Apostleship Of The Sea Of The Usa TX$195,291 Secretary General $72,872 $77,970 2024
Manhasset-lakeville Fire Department Corp NY$179,932 Treasurer $750 $746 2023
Nelson Volunteer Fire Company Inc PA$195,943 Ems Chief $34,102 $37,450 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Nnenia Campbell) 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 265 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,811 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.