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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of First Responders

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 884051692
HI · NTEE M60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Godoy Renee, Executive Director / CEO ($4,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 302 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Godoy Renee — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

302 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 302 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $274,967 $4,000
$55210th
$1,48825th
$8,114Median
$46,71475th
$81,88790th
$4,000This org · 40th
p10$552
p25$1,488
p50$8,114
p75$46,714
p90$81,887
$4,000

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 HI 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
Robbinsdale Fire Relief Association MN$222,352 President $1,900 $2,097 2024
Flushing Volunteer Fire Department OH$222,384 President $21,975 $26,764 2023
Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council CO$222,467 Executive Director $68,221 $73,065 2024
Lindstrom Volunteer Firemen's MN$222,499 Trustee $4,000 $4,545 2023
Metropolitan Safety Council Of LA$222,087 President, Director $33,963 $41,771 2024
Wellsburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc WV$223,428 Fire Chief $600 $726 2024
Lake Kabetogama Area Vol Fire Dept MN$221,132 Treasurer $3,600 $3,871 2025
Caldwell Institute For Public Safety FL$223,897 President $25,000 $26,232 2024
Freehold Volunteer Fire Company Inc NY$220,673 President $500 $520 2023
Communities United Inc FL$224,071 Executive Director $48,000 $51,853 2023
Litchfield County Fire Chiefs Emergency CT$220,415 School Director $6,150 $6,631 2023
Hope Engine Company Number 1 Of White Plains New York NY$220,265 Treasurer $300 $312 2023
Floyd Romance Volunteer Fire Department AR$224,769 Treasurer $1,313 $1,606 2025
Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc NC$224,891 Chief $256 $305 2023
Long Cove Volunteer Fire Department AL$225,080 Employee $128,667 $155,258 2024
Albany Area Volunteer Fire Dep OH$219,413 Fire Chief $390 $450 2025
National Committee On Uniform Traffic Control Devices AZ$218,831 Executive Secretary $87,750 $94,260 2024
New York State United Teachers Disaster Relief & Scholarship Fund NY$225,980 Secretary $136,101 $137,366 2024
Brentwood Volunteer Exempt Firemen's NY$226,379 Secretary $5,000 $5,046 2024
Keystone Fire Company 1 PA$226,607 Treasurer $599 $667 2024
Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Co #1 Inc NJ$217,708 President $1,200 $1,197 2024
Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Dept NC$217,685 Chief $3,000 $3,373 2025
Cb Avalanche Center Inc CO$227,426 Executive Director $29,812 $31,929 2024
Fishers Island Fire Department NY$216,886 Fire Chief $3,000 $3,028 2024
Ringgold Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc VA$228,267 Director $15,546 $16,766 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Godoy Renee) 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 302 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,000 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.