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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Good Samaritan Free Clinic Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 050602031
WV · NTEE E32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen Newell, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,317 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,912 $55,000
$16,35210th
$18,31525th
$34,028Median
$55,24475th
$77,38390th
$55,000This org · 71st
p10$16,352
p25$18,315
p50$34,028
p75$55,244
p90$77,383
$55,000

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 WV 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
Roland Park Place Health Care Corporation MD$113,150 President $29,258 $26,009 2023
One Patient - Global Health IL$108,630 Vice President $71,500 $66,839 2023
Dentmed Inc MD$108,200 Business Manager $5,000 $4,317 2024
South Central Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Council PA$122,589 Program Director $37,380 $35,445 2023
North Central Ohio Family Care Center OH$124,379 President/ceo $16,835 $16,954 2023
Community Health Clinic Inc KY$126,853 Executive Di $45,113 $46,087 2023
Shoals Community Clinic AL$131,734 Exec.dir/sec $45,700 $45,598 2024
Pinnacle Asset Holdings Inc LA$88,094 President $20,115 $20,457 2024
Reach Out Of Montgomery County OH$141,918 Contracted Executive Director $92,543 $93,200 2023
Nnu Health Inc ID$81,255 Treasurer $56,228 $55,244 2024
Surgery On Sunday Inc KY$80,778 Executive Director $19,692 $20,117 2023
Family Medical Care Clinics Corporation ID$78,777 Director $18,106 $18,315 2023
Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic ME$146,802 President/nu $17,011 $15,732 2024
Pcm Medical Clinic NE$148,326 Ceo-pcm $16,393 $16,765 2023
Trinitas Healthcare Corporation NJ$153,810 Trustee - Trmc Pres./ceo $173,309 $142,912 2024
Fhs Support Corporation OH$156,420 Executive Director $63,778 $60,780 2025
St Lukes Episcopal Mobile Medical LA$164,865 Executive Director $32,500 $34,028 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Karen Newell) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.