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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Englewood First Responders

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834502529
IL · NTEE I20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles Mckenzie, Executive Director / CEO ($34,545) 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 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Charles Mckenzie — reported title “PRESIDENT”, 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

$4,761 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,688 $34,545
$15,47110th
$35,89225th
$54,667Median
$72,85975th
$92,32490th
$34,545This org · 25th
p10$15,471
p25$35,892
p50$54,667
p75$72,859
p90$92,324
$34,545

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 IL 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
Weed & Seed Hawaii Inc HI$186,168 Executive Director $105,000 $95,622 2023
Minnesota Dare Inc MN$185,919 Executive Director $91,192 $89,026 2024
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's CA$195,537 Secretary $7,772 $6,826 2023
Alliance To Counter Crime Online DC$201,896 Executive Director $35,800 $31,955 2023
A Child Is Missing Inc FL$208,762 Executive Di $62,292 $57,816 2024
Legacies Of Success Cdc OH$146,819 Executive Dir. $60,036 $62,824 2024
Crime Stoppers Of The United States Of America Inc VA$235,634 Director $39,000 $37,204 2024
Stop The Violence Indianapolis Inc IN$141,307 President/executive Director $45,000 $48,270 2023
Lamoille County Special Investigation VT$241,895 Exceutive Director $68,515 $68,134 2024
West Hamlin Unity Place Inc WV$138,243 President $53,483 $57,213 2024
Journey 4ward TX$245,349 Advocate/director $52,737 $52,120 2024
Capital Region Crime Stoppers Inc LA$245,875 Executive Di $80,000 $87,033 2024
Soulard Safety Program Inc MO$255,466 Secretary $4,550 $4,761 2024
Crime Stoppers Of Palm Beach County FL$256,219 Executive Di $25,237 $24,115 2023
Momentum Nonprofit Partners TN$281,398 Chief Executive Officer $123,166 $131,688 2023
Citizens Crime Commission Of Delaware Valley PA$283,394 President $50,000 $50,718 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Charles Mckenzie) 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 (I20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,545 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.