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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southeast Colorado Regional Trauma & Ems Advisory Council Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841522933
CO · NTEE M23
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brandon Chambers, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 340 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brandon Chambers — reported title “Coordinator”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

340 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 340 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8 total compensation of comparable organizations → $255,376 $75,000
$67410th
$2,20725th
$13,075Median
$51,72975th
$86,26090th
$75,000This org · 85th
p10$674
p25$2,207
p50$13,075
p75$51,729
p90$86,260
$75,000

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 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
Buffalo Springs Lake Volunteer TX$291,987 President $2,772 $3,056 2023
Gnesen Volunteer Fire Department Inc MN$291,786 Gambling Manager $15,560 $16,944 2023
National Assoc Of State 911 Administrators MI$292,475 Director $231,128 $255,376 2024
North Franklin Township Volunteer PA$290,795 President $2,380 $2,616 2023
Comision Ciudadana Para La Auditoria Integral Del Credito Pub PR$293,344 Executive Director $60,000 $63,407 2023
Mendon Fire Department Inc NY$289,747 President $1,200 $1,195 2023
Rye Volunteer Firefighters Inc NY$288,373 Chief/secretary $1,200 $1,161 2024
Bike Walk Wichita Inc KS$287,436 Executive Dir. $19,385 $22,418 2024
National Emergency Responders Assistance OK$296,587 Executive Dir. $39,000 $47,328 2023
Alaska Dive Search Rescue And AK$297,295 Treasurer $8 $8 2024
Primos-secane-westbrook Park Fire PA$297,704 President $17,640 $18,831 2024
District 2 Hospital Preparedness IN$298,080 Readiness And Response Coordinator $82,091 $92,671 2024
North Central Florida Safety Council Inc FL$285,577 Executive Director $35,867 $36,069 2024
Watford City Volunteer Fire Dept ND$299,429 Chief $10,892 $13,173 2023
Blue Line Bears Inc FL$284,440 President & Treasurer $30,000 $31,060 2023
Little Snake River Valley Ambulance WY$299,462 President $23,082 $26,459 2024
Factoryville Fire Company PA$299,732 Treasurer $3,600 $3,956 2023
South Haven Firemens Relief Association MN$283,323 Treasurer $1,200 $1,270 2024
Safety First Volunteer Fire Co PA$283,305 Steward $33,120 $36,400 2023
Bikemore Inc MD$300,750 Executive Director $86,000 $86,068 2024
Penderlea Fire Department NC$300,834 Assistant Chief $175 $194 2024
Town Of Carlton Fire Company No 1 Inc NY$301,023 President $480 $465 2024
Safe Kids Utah UT$301,305 Secretary/coordinator $90,178 $101,718 2023
Greensboro Police Foundation NC$282,325 Executive Director $37,084 $41,018 2024
Clarendon Fire Company Inc NY$301,735 President $500 $483 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 2025 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Brandon Chambers) 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 340 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.