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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tri-county Firesafe Working Group

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475387650
MT · NTEE M24
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ray Prill, Executive Director / CEO ($44,398) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 184 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Ray Prill — reported title “FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

184 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 184 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$23 total compensation of comparable organizations → $115,760 $44,398
$50310th
$1,50625th
$4,714Median
$15,36675th
$35,63490th
$44,398This org · 92nd
p10$503
p25$1,506
p50$4,714
p75$15,366
p90$35,634
$44,398

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 MT 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
Safe Ride Foundation Inc MD$358,647 Executive Director $39,650 $32,541 2025
Horicon Fire Department Inc NY$357,249 Chief $1,500 $1,257 2023
East Rivanna Vol Fire Company Inc VA$357,056 Treasurer $4,563 $3,970 2024
Huntingdon Valley Fire Co PA$356,660 Treasurer $6,000 $5,392 2024
Blossom Fire Company Inc NY$356,244 President $599 $502 2023
Cridersville Volunteer Fire Departm OH$355,850 Fire Chief $14,638 $14,383 2023
New Auburn Area Fire Department Inc WI$353,312 Secretary/treasurer $5,000 $4,706 2024
Olanta Rural Fire Department Inc SC$353,299 Chief $75,842 $69,457 2025
Ronkonkoma Fire Department Inc NY$351,973 Treasurer $1,200 $977 2024
Wolfhurst Central Volunteer Fire OH$351,885 President $12,906 $12,318 2024
William R Davie Volunteer Fire Dept NC$349,487 Chief $71,374 $64,740 2025
New Jersey Crime Victim Law Center Inc NJ$367,377 Director $111,457 $92,318 2023
Orr's & Bailey Islands Fire Department ME$367,598 Fire Chief $6,749 $6,089 2024
Old Forge Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$348,275 Secretary Treasurer $5,400 $4,527 2023
Lanes Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc NC$367,820 Member-part Time Firefighter $8,340 $7,994 2023
Conneaut Lake Volunteer Fire PA$368,647 Director $3,281 $3,035 2023
Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire & NC$347,220 Chief $21,938 $20,426 2024
Ridgecrest Volunteer Fire Dept Inc NC$368,905 Chief $9,034 $8,660 2023
Volunteer Fire Company Of Mt Lebanon Inc PA$346,736 President $666 $599 2024
West Greenwich Volunteer Fire RI$345,252 President $4,012 $3,377 2025
Delhi Volunteer Fire Department Inc LA$371,331 Fire Chief $40,772 $40,454 2024
Drewry Volunteer Fire Department NC$344,348 Captain $9,165 $8,533 2024
Darien Center Chemical Fire Company Inc NY$374,264 Treasurer $6,000 $5,030 2023
Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company PA$341,708 Fire Chief $1,500 $1,388 2023
Bay Shore Fire Department NY$374,451 Chief $5,000 $4,072 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Ray Prill) 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 184 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,398 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.