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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Pine Island Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921305064
FL · NTEE M12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeannine Harbinsky, Executive Director / CEO ($3,840) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 338 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeannine Harbinsky — reported title “Executive Administrator”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

338 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 338 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8 total compensation of comparable organizations → $246,661 $3,840
$64610th
$2,48025th
$13,463Median
$50,10975th
$84,80390th
$3,840This org · 30th
p10$646
p25$2,480
p50$13,463
p75$50,109
p90$84,803
$3,840

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 FL 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
Huntington Manor Volunteer Fire NY$327,323 Chief $1,800 $1,681 2024
Gatesville Fire Department Inc TX$328,720 Fire Chief $50,871 $52,615 2024
Guilford Volunteer Fire Department VT$329,439 President $7,821 $7,930 2025
Jay Volunteer Fire Department Inc FL$329,745 President $3,600 $3,497 2024
Lone Hickory Vol Fire Dept Inc NC$329,933 Treas. $1,800 $1,923 2024
National Center For Urban Operations Inc NY$330,379 Director $55,240 $53,135 2023
Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc VA$330,380 President $22,347 $22,310 2024
South Dallas Driving Academy TX$322,746 President $80,932 $83,705 2024
Smart North Florida Inc FL$332,039 Executive Director $110,000 $106,844 2024
Courtney Volunteer Fire Dept Inc NC$332,240 Chief $31,185 $34,300 2023
Care Resource Connection MN$332,262 Executive Director $45,000 $47,332 2023
Firefighters United For Safety Ethics And Ecology OR$321,631 Executive Director $95,791 $91,977 2024
Los Gatos Monte Sereno Safe Routes CA$333,345 Executive Dir. $9,000 $7,828 2025
Thetford Volunteer Fire Department VT$333,849 Fire Chief $35,000 $37,500 2023
Windsor Volunteer Fire Department Inc FL$334,716 Chief $26,000 $25,254 2024
Houtzdale Ramey Emergency Medical PA$319,216 Vice President $56,464 $58,219 2024
Upper Scioto Valley Ambulance District OH$319,113 Clerk $14,505 $16,354 2023
Acadiana Safety Association LA$319,057 Executive Dir. $56,542 $64,374 2024
Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Dept PA$318,223 Trustee $1,643 $1,744 2023
Kings Park Fire Department Inc NY$318,169 Secretary $6,000 $5,606 2024
Wyoming-montana Safety Council WY$318,143 Executive Director $78,074 $84,212 2025
Raymond Harvel Area Ambulance Service IL$337,005 Bookkeeper $1,800 $1,829 2024
Belle Plaine Fire Department MN$317,279 President $600 $613 2024
Serve Source TX$337,043 President/board Of Directors $64,000 $66,193 2024
Renegade Relief Foundation Inc OR$316,989 President And Ceo $16,927 $15,834 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Jeannine Harbinsky) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 338 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (M), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,840 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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 10, 2026.