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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pennsylvania Firearms Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831062510
PA · NTEE R20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chris Dorr, Executive Director / CEO ($74,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,656 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,908 $74,000
$23,07710th
$42,29425th
$66,607Median
$77,36575th
$103,95090th
$74,000This org · 64th
p10$23,077
p25$42,294
p50$66,607
p75$77,365
p90$103,950
$74,000

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 PA 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
Movement For Justice In El Barrio Inc NY$304,856 Executive Director $128,087 $116,064 2024
Metrowest Worker Center Inccasa Do MA$302,640 Executive Director $35,000 $30,726 2025
Court Appointed Special Advocate MD$307,143 Executive Direc $73,410 $70,854 2023
Project 68 Inc FL$312,500 Executive Dir. $37,650 $35,467 2024
Father S Group OR$294,383 Ed $83,078 $77,365 2024
Gideons Army Grassroots Army TN$293,442 Executive Dir. $96,000 $98,580 2025
Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center LA$291,233 Executive Director $1,500 $1,656 2024
Carolina For All Education Fou SC$289,237 Director $59,970 $64,590 2023
Colonial Court Appointed Special VA$288,982 Executive Di $79,495 $76,969 2024
Rockdale Casa Inc GA$320,892 Director $57,000 $55,990 2025
National Organization For The Reform Of DC$285,744 Board Member $23,500 $20,679 2024
Colorado Asian Pacific United CO$323,992 Executive Director $36,978 $35,556 2024
Before Racism MN$284,539 Vice President & Secretary $30,795 $31,415 2023
California Housing Defense Fund CA$331,041 Exec Dir. $134,412 $119,825 2023
Casa Of The Wilderness Trail Inc KY$334,436 Executive Di $78,854 $84,953 2024
Palm Beach Fellowship Of Christians And FL$270,435 Executive Director $78,350 $73,808 2024
The Buffalo Trace Casa Program Inc KY$268,498 Executive Dir. $72,431 $76,022 2025
Casa - 15th Judicial Circuit IL$266,550 Executive Director $71,250 $70,241 2024
Redwood Justice Fund CA$343,496 President & Ed $140,550 $121,702 2024
Moveon Education Fund OR$265,211 Executive Director $7,769 $7,235 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocate Of CA$264,947 Former Executive Director $76,923 $66,607 2024
Piedmont Casa Inc GA$345,323 Exec Director $55,750 $56,211 2024
Peace Boat Us Inc NY$345,491 Executive Director $42,000 $38,058 2024
Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition MO$345,862 Board President $62,111 $67,917 2023
Strategic Advocacy For Human Rights Inc CA$261,338 Co-executive Director $33,723 $30,063 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Chris Dorr) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,000 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.