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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Emergency Responders Assistance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832201251
OK · NTEE M41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Douglas White, Executive Director / CEO ($39,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 336 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

336 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 336 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7 total compensation of comparable organizations → $210,436 $39,000
$54810th
$1,81925th
$10,638Median
$44,45175th
$71,22890th
$39,000This org · 73rd
p10$548
p25$1,819
p50$10,638
p75$44,451
p90$71,228
$39,000

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 OK 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
Alaska Dive Search Rescue And AK$297,295 Treasurer $8 $7 2024
Primos-secane-westbrook Park Fire PA$297,704 President $17,640 $15,517 2024
District 2 Hospital Preparedness IN$298,080 Readiness And Response Coordinator $82,091 $76,363 2024
Watford City Volunteer Fire Dept ND$299,429 Chief $10,892 $10,855 2023
Little Snake River Valley Ambulance WY$299,462 President $23,082 $21,803 2024
Factoryville Fire Company PA$299,732 Treasurer $3,600 $3,260 2023
Comision Ciudadana Para La Auditoria Integral Del Credito Pub PR$293,344 Executive Director $60,000 $60,000 2023
National Assoc Of State 911 Administrators MI$292,475 Director $231,128 $210,436 2024
Bikemore Inc MD$300,750 Executive Director $86,000 $70,923 2024
Penderlea Fire Department NC$300,834 Assistant Chief $175 $160 2024
Town Of Carlton Fire Company No 1 Inc NY$301,023 President $480 $382 2024
Buffalo Springs Lake Volunteer TX$291,987 President $2,772 $2,518 2023
Southeast Colorado Regional Trauma & Ems Advisory Council Inc CO$291,947 Coordinator $75,000 $61,801 2025
Safe Kids Utah UT$301,305 Secretary/coordinator $90,178 $83,818 2023
Gnesen Volunteer Fire Department Inc MN$291,786 Gambling Manager $15,560 $13,963 2023
Clarendon Fire Company Inc NY$301,735 President $500 $399 2024
North Franklin Township Volunteer PA$290,795 President $2,380 $2,155 2023
International Assoc Of Fire Fighte CT$302,461 Board Member $7,000 $5,789 2024
Phelps Ambulance Inc NY$302,708 Board Member $48,704 $39,968 2023
Mendon Fire Department Inc NY$289,747 President $1,200 $985 2023
Three Oaks Emergency Vehicle Association MI$303,482 Administrator/director $82,286 $74,919 2024
Sellersburg Vol Fire Dept IN$303,586 Board Member $65,943 $61,342 2024
Institute For Safer Trucking DC$303,964 Co Chair $96,923 $75,025 2024
C B S Fire Association IA$304,432 Treasurer $285 $275 2024
Morrisvale Volunteer Fire Department Inc WV$304,798 Treasurer $6,000 $5,583 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Douglas White) 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 336 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,000 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.