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Compensation Comparability Determination

Emt Action Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 981530729
· NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Eckstein, Executive Director / CEO ($16,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 434 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: David Eckstein — reported title “DIRECTOR OF GIV”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

434 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 434 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,800 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,880,035 $16,500
$62,56910th
$94,75725th
$128,497Median
$169,66175th
$232,57990th
$16,500This org · 2nd
p10$62,569
p25$94,757
p50$128,497
p75$169,661
p90$232,579
$16,500

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); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
The Volunteer Way Inc FL$5,103,410 Ex Ceo $29,536 $28,689 2024
District Council Of Contra Costa County CA$5,088,908 Executive Director $122,348 $118,838 2024
Dawn Center For Independent Living Inc NJ$5,084,031 Executive Director $161,237 $156,611 2024
North American Society For Pediatric Gas PA$5,066,860 Executive Director $321,166 $311,952 2024
Destin Harvest Inc FL$5,142,334 Executive Di $106,715 $103,653 2024
🔒 429 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to the subject's state 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. 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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:

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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.