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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

North Central Region Ems Trauma Care Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911514746
WA · NTEE E63Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rinita Cook, Executive Director / CEO ($87,833) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1078 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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,078 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,078 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$118 total compensation of comparable organizations → $3,753,415 $87,833
$15,77810th
$36,39225th
$61,267Median
$90,64275th
$134,28790th
$87,833This org · 73rd
p10$15,778
p25$36,392
p50$61,267
p75$90,642
p90$134,287
$87,833

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 WA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Dental Care In Your Home IncNM $253,808$54,714 990
Pro-choice North CarolinaNC $253,845$103,199 990
Southern Sudan Health Care OrganizationMI $253,349$84,916 990
Forbes Medical Staff FundPA $253,879$50,306 990
Port Canaveral Marine Firefighting Training Academy IncFL $253,279$90,154 990
California Optometric AssociationCA $253,968$46,656 990
Kids And PaperTX $253,973$132,241 990
Good Samaritan ClinicSC $253,198$110,038 990
Americans For Homeopathy ChoiceDC $252,868$10,866 990
The Poore Medical Clinic IncAZ $252,786$48,965 990
Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corp IncNJ $254,463$15,869 990
Delta Epsilon MuVA $254,475$3,598 990
Sweet Dreams FoundationCA $252,708$49,500 990
Naturopaths InternationalAZ $252,303$49,580 990
Pregnancy Hope CenterOR $254,929$45,433 990
Outlook Health Services IncMN $252,256$48,589 990
Gestalt Training Institute Of Philadelphia IncPA $252,225$72,155 990
Spark Ministries IncKY $252,119$39,020 990
Pregnancy Care Center IncNC $252,096$12,301 990
Mcamericas Realty IncTX $252,007$24,896 990
Main Line Health Integrative And FunctionalPA $251,842$703,018 990
Partnership For Healthy CentralOK $255,391$85,622 990
Springs Community Acupuncture IncCO $251,731$74,492 990
St Paul's House And Health Care CenterIL $255,486$15,554 990
Life Choices Resource CenterMI $255,579$81,468 990

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 WA 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)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Rinita Cook) 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 1078 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,833 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). 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.