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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Salvage Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 753044083
VA · NTEE W01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lee Hill, Executive Director / CEO ($42,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lee Hill — reported title “INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$486 total compensation of comparable organizations → $96,906 $42,000
$4,80710th
$17,03025th
$43,077Median
$63,22775th
$69,24890th
$42,000This org · 50th
p10$4,807
p25$17,030
p50$43,077
p75$63,227
p90$69,248
$42,000

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 VA 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
Valley Neighbors Of The Flathead MT$221,586 Co-chair $2,200 $2,456 2023
Cmwp Foundation Inc CT$222,351 President $500 $486 2023
The Foundation For Drug Policy Solutions VA$184,306 Executive Vice President $60,000 $60,000 2023
Rising Routes Alliance CO$162,008 Co-founder $7,420 $7,157 2024
Build Up Downtown Inc FL$250,624 Executive Director $75,385 $73,346 2023
Tipey Joa Native Warriors CA$253,607 President $55,000 $47,776 2024
Center For Freedom And Prosperity VA$257,351 Chairman & President $39,650 $39,650 2023
The Windrose Project Inc CA$147,341 Director/exe $52,000 $46,504 2023
Central Oregon Guardianship Assistance OR$267,754 Executive Dir. $19,750 $17,975 2025
Wind River Community Alliance WY$269,874 Director $89,960 $96,906 2024
Montana Family Foundation Inc MT$141,786 President/ Ceo $30,291 $33,817 2023
Gtc Group VA$275,794 Secretary $15,000 $14,194 2025
Out Of The Ashes 5k Inc NC$283,862 Executive Dir. $62,000 $62,784 2025
Center For Access To Qdros CA$285,780 Executive Dir $75,000 $65,149 2024
About Face Veterans Against The War CO$294,278 Co-executive Director $66,923 $64,554 2024
Pogo Action Inc DC$300,000 President $30,226 $27,471 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Lee Hill) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,000 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.