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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Public Transportation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521616062
DC · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul P Skoutelas, Executive Director / CEO ($68,023) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 213 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paul P Skoutelas — reported title “PRESIDENT AND CEO, APTA”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

213 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 213 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,487 $68,023
$7,63610th
$23,37025th
$49,825Median
$83,01775th
$112,09990th
$68,023This org · 67th
p10$7,636
p25$23,370
p50$49,825
p75$83,017
p90$112,099
$68,023

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
Kids Unlimited Inc FL$298,632 President $70,000 $72,788 2024
Dartmouth Dragon Foundation Inc NH$297,223 Exec Directo $96,000 $101,014 2023
Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc WI$299,368 Director $44,784 $51,769 2024
Wisconsin Troopers' Benevolent WI$300,169 Secretary/treasurer $540 $625 2024
Barnes-jewish St Peters & Progress MO$295,910 Director/president $69,196 $83,518 2023
Mason Isd Scholarship Foundation TX$300,662 Director $2,320 $2,568 2024
Don Diego Scholarship Foundation CA$302,102 Executive Dir. $58,467 $55,882 2024
Silver State Education Foundation NV$302,277 Chief Executive Officer $55,500 $61,577 2024
School District Of Raytown Ed Foundation MO$302,850 Executive Director $44,000 $53,107 2023
Joseph L Wolcott Scholarship Fund OH$292,973 Treasurer $6,563 $7,495 2025
University Club Foundation Inc DC$303,280 Executive Director $47,573 $46,208 2024
Maine School Of Science And ME$304,316 Executive Di $112,142 $124,293 2024
Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation WA$304,532 President $24,000 $23,783 2024
American College Of Surgeons Foundation IL$304,707 Foundation Execut. Dir (As Of 6/23) $8,867 $9,649 2024
Eagle Foundation PA$290,481 Executive Di $53,988 $61,353 2023
Navy League Foundation VA$290,370 Nlus Ceo $30,248 $32,327 2024
Spanish Scholarship Fund PA$290,289 Treasurer/director $36,000 $38,713 2025
Laradon Foundation Inc CO$288,976 Ceo Thru 4/2 $9,096 $9,405 2025
Habele Outer Island Education Fund SC$307,215 Executive Di $135,000 $160,494 2023
Blessing Hands Inc KY$288,863 Key Employee $16,029 $18,570 2025
Florida Bankers Educational Foundation FL$307,325 Executive Director $24,193 $24,508 2025
Always Giving Back Foundation IL$288,776 Director $2,550 $2,857 2023
Myintuition Corp MA$307,731 Chief Tech O $73,250 $70,981 2025
Women's Education Project NY$288,300 Exe.director $83,000 $83,017 2024
Society Of Explosives Engineers OH$287,106 Exectutive Director $23,936 $28,061 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Paul P Skoutelas) 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 213 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,023 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.