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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hackensack Meridian Medical Group - One Medical Pc (Fka Meridian Medical Gr

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141981647
NJ · NTEE E22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Varga, Executive Director / CEO ($291,140) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 150 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 96th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Varga — reported title “CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

150 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 150 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$42 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,879,855 $291,140
$6,44110th
$17,52325th
$37,520Median
$62,64275th
$131,94790th
$291,140This org · 96th
p10$6,441
p25$17,523
p50$37,520
p75$62,642
p90$131,947
$291,140

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 NJ 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
Premierlife Real Estate Holdings MO$60,888 President & Ceo $39,832 $47,252 2024
Millcreek Health System PA$61,504 President/ceo $30,818 $35,438 2023
Young And Brave Inc CA$60,195 Executive Director $7,395 $7,152 2024
Sugarcreek Township Ambulance Service Inc PA$61,643 Director $14,628 $16,338 2024
Foundation For Health SD$60,161 Director $38,217 $47,240 2024
Via Foundation Inc PA$61,743 President And Ceo $90 $104 2023
Carolinasgeorgia Florida Chapter American Society SC$59,812 Coo And Ed Director $31,000 $37,292 2023
Spiral Collective MN$59,711 President $18,000 $19,921 2024
Mountain Health Gives MT$59,665 Director $1,200 $1,449 2024
Dallas County Indigent Care TX$59,611 Chair/president $131,276 $151,423 2023
Rowan Regional Medical Center Auxiliary NC$62,365 Cfo (Fr 9/6/23) $128,749 $153,400 2023
Hancock County Health System Foundation IA$59,425 Foundation Director $4,615 $5,660 2024
The Fox Foundation Inc FL$59,376 Chairman/exe $125,000 $131,522 2024
Bon Secours Community Hospital Foundation NY$59,079 Ceo - Bschs $85,192 $86,221 2024
Ahfhome Office Inc OH$63,104 President-mg $35,997 $43,963 2023
Montana Medical Association Foundation MT$63,106 Cao $23,381 $28,228 2024
Autoimmune Registry Inc CT$58,563 Director Of Research $38,000 $39,905 2024
Hawaii Mother's Milk Inc HI$63,638 Executive Director $48,425 $48,559 2024
The Cardiac Institute MI$63,887 Chairman & President/ceo - Part Year $33,953 $39,251 2024
Visions Counseling Inc WI$64,516 Counselor $21,740 $25,429 2024
Out Came The Sun Foundation Inc MD$64,602 Director $25,972 $27,196 2024
Columbus County Hospital Foundation Inc NC$57,088 Ceo $51,560 $59,669 2024
Methodist Community Collaborative TX$65,360 President $77,284 $86,587 2024
Adult Day Health Activity Center Inc NC$65,511 Cook Culinary $28,849 $33,386 2024
Lake County Medical Society Inc IN$56,157 Board Member $8,400 $9,921 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default96th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Daniel Varga) 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 150 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $291,140 is reasonable (approximately the 96th 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.