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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Happy Camp Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 680030153
CA · NTEE E62
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kirk Eadie, Executive Director / CEO ($48,927) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$314 total compensation of comparable organizations → $121,690 $48,927
$2,80010th
$14,21225th
$32,322Median
$56,94775th
$70,90890th
$48,927This org · 69th
p10$2,800
p25$14,212
p50$32,322
p75$56,947
p90$70,908
$48,927

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 CA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Eden Emergency Squad IncNY $364,106$14,924 990
Coleman Area Rescue Squad IncWI $365,213$2,279 990
Schleicher County Volunteer EmsTX $357,262$72,826 990
Relief Association Of The BroomallPA $353,519$1,569 990
Community Ambulance Service Of NewND $369,679$10,628 990
Mobile Surgery InternationalUT $351,788$66,197 990
Thompson Falls AmbulanceMT $376,023$10,703 990
Winston County Rescue Squad IncAL $377,638$85,066 990
Hackensack Volunteer AmbulanceNJ $378,804$10,298 990
Boscobel Rescue Squad IncWI $379,805$72,992 990
Flemington Area Emergency MedicalWV $340,570$21,349 990
Edward County EmergencyTX $385,084$30,233 990
Anna Rescue Unit IncOH $389,526$65,572 990
Elkin Emergency Rescue Squad IncNC $390,644$10,389 990
Moosabec Ambulance ServiceME $331,398$34,411 990
Belle Plaine Area Ambulance IncIA $392,559$1,458 990
Garner Volunteer Ambulance ServiceIA $395,098$12,929 990
Penn Mahoning Ambulance AssociationPA $324,791$23,051 990
Cool Branch Volunteer RescueVA $322,030$41,533 990
Conemaugh Valley RegionalPA $315,942$55,287 990
Community Ambulance Service IncND $411,527$18,698 990
Valois Logan & Hector VolunteerNY $307,817$314 990
New Salem AmbulanceND $416,055$46,086 990
Union Fire Company & Rescue SquadNJ $306,473$1,331 990
Brooks Ambulance IncME $418,835$58,306 990

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 CA 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Kirk Eadie) 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 68 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,927 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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). 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.