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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Quinter Ambulance Service Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480798879
KS · NTEE M24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ericka J Nicholson, Executive Director / CEO ($29,664) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 178 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ericka J Nicholson — reported title “Chairman”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

178 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 178 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$23 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,976 $29,664
$40210th
$86825th
$2,437Median
$9,65275th
$30,84490th
$29,664This org · 88th
p10$402
p25$868
p50$2,437
p75$9,652
p90$30,844
$29,664

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 KS 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
United Fire Company No 1 NY$239,248 Financial Se $3,000 $2,437 2024
Kittrell Volunteer Fire Department NC$237,641 President $18,290 $16,991 2024
Fuller Hose Company No 1 PA$240,021 Secretary $400 $369 2023
Western Wayne County Fire MI$237,161 Executive Di $10,200 $9,745 2023
Lakota Fire Protection District Inc ND$241,711 Sec/treasure $6,517 $6,620 2023
Elgin Rural Fire Truck Assn MN$235,476 President $120 $107 2024
Garretson Volunteer Fire Department SD$234,627 President $1,200 $1,191 2024
Manitowish Waters Fire Company WI$242,904 Chief $3,000 $2,817 2024
Long Bridge Volunteer Fire Dept NC$242,955 Chief $2,880 $2,675 2024
Warwick Fire Department NY$244,809 President $2,000 $1,625 2024
Sheldon Fire Department Inc VT$247,024 Chief $4,020 $3,638 2024
Villas Volunteer Fire Company Inc NJ$230,226 President $1,000 $802 2024
Lake Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department NY$230,088 Vice President $3,554 $2,887 2024
Anderson Township Perry County Fire Dept Inc IN$229,966 Fire Chief $599 $568 2024
Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Dept Of Hamilton Co Inc IN$247,778 Deputy Chief $46,262 $45,158 2023
Vestal Fire Department Inc NY$229,649 Recording Secretary $1,000 $836 2023
Ringgold Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc VA$228,267 Director $15,546 $13,496 2024
Wantagh Fire Department NY$249,513 Recording Secretary $6,500 $5,281 2024
Penn Hills Volunteer Firemens PA$252,258 Secretary $300 $277 2023
Long Cove Volunteer Fire Department AL$225,080 Employee $128,667 $124,976 2024
Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc NC$224,891 Chief $256 $245 2023
Floyd Romance Volunteer Fire Department AR$224,769 Treasurer $1,313 $1,292 2025
Wellsburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc WV$223,428 Fire Chief $600 $584 2024
Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council CO$222,467 Executive Director $68,221 $58,814 2024
Flushing Volunteer Fire Department OH$222,384 President $21,975 $21,544 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
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 (Ericka J Nicholson) 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 178 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,664 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.