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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Routt County Crisis Support

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811754979
CO · NTEE M12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Molly Lotz, Executive Director / CEO ($46,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 322 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Molly Lotz — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

322 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 322 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $256,737 $46,100
$57610th
$1,59825th
$9,564Median
$47,61975th
$80,37390th
$46,100This org · 74th
p10$576
p25$1,598
p50$9,564
p75$47,619
p90$80,373
$46,100

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 CO 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
Lake County Professional Firefighters Inc FL$252,612 President $18,346 $18,505 2023
Penn Hills Volunteer Firemens PA$252,258 Secretary $300 $321 2023
Training For Life Inc NY$252,002 Director $25,288 $23,831 2024
The West Central Montana Avalanche MT$253,739 Executive Dir. $71,680 $82,960 2023
Sass Go SC$251,510 President $79,897 $86,927 2024
Us Hart Cares A Nj Nonprofit Corporation NJ$250,220 Ceo $35,500 $33,055 2024
Liberty Fire Company PA$255,298 Financial Secretary $874 $909 2024
Arizona Motorcycle Safety And Awareness Foundation AZ$249,733 Executive Director $43,000 $44,401 2023
Wantagh Fire Department NY$249,513 Recording Secretary $6,500 $6,125 2024
911 Environmental Action Inc NY$249,408 President $73,000 $70,825 2023
Bac Disaster Relief Fund Inc DC$248,957 President $163,181 $153,748 2023
Compound Of Compassion CO$256,405 President $15,050 $15,495 2023
Community Alliance For Teen Safety NH$256,591 Executive Director $38,152 $36,739 2024
Gerry Volunteer Fire Department Inc NY$257,078 President $200 $194 2023
Huntingdon Valley Fire Company PA$248,052 Treasurer $6,126 $6,559 2023
Newburg Fire Association PA$257,271 Steward $16,489 $17,655 2023
Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Dept Of Hamilton Co Inc IN$247,778 Deputy Chief $46,262 $52,380 2023
Hackensack Area Fire & Rescue Dept MN$257,542 Pres/fire Ch $6,690 $7,098 2023
Sheldon Fire Department Inc VT$247,024 Chief $4,020 $4,220 2024
Quinwood Community Vol Fire Dept Inc WV$258,300 Treasurer $600 $678 2024
Foley Firefighter's Relief Association MN$246,838 Treasurer $590 $608 2024
Windsor Fire Company Inc NY$258,763 President/captain $1,000 $942 2024
Tonto Recreation Alliance Inc AZ$246,291 President Executive Director $40,468 $40,588 2024
Redondo Beach Police Foundation CA$259,261 Executive Dir. $42,000 $37,822 2024
Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire VA$259,408 Treasurer $1,200 $1,208 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2024 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 CO 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Molly Lotz) 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 322 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,100 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.