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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocates For Upstate Medical University University Hospital Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 160915951
NY · NTEE E22I
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Adler, Executive Director / CEO ($13,365) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$690 total compensation of comparable organizations → $266,120 $13,365
$12,54510th
$27,10225th
$47,607Median
$84,46775th
$130,22790th
$13,365This org · 14th
p10$12,545
p25$27,102
p50$47,607
p75$84,467
p90$130,227
$13,365

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 NY 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
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center NM$151,822 President $10,268 $12,545 2024
Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation CA$149,661 Executive Director $128,956 $130,227 2023
Robert Packer Hospital Auxiliary PA$157,384 Director - Pres/ceo Rph $42,922 $50,058 2023
Anderson Support And Development MS$159,804 President $37,629 $47,607 2024
Tuh - Jeanes Campus Auxiliary PA$160,404 Hospital Admin Rep $37,019 $43,174 2023
Humboldt Health Foundation CA$162,081 Ceo $35,641 $34,959 2024
Waverly Health Center Foundation IA$139,330 Former Treasurer $49,532 $63,426 2023
Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc OH$166,331 Director / Ceo - Nch $70,206 $84,467 2024
Presence Health Partners Services MO$168,408 Director (End 12/2022) $49,417 $61,211 2023
Greene County General Hospital Foundation IN$173,967 Foundation Director $89,500 $107,213 2024
Sisters Of St Joseph Of St Mark OH$127,740 President $7,500 $9,023 2024
Share Foundation Of Community Hospitals OH$184,367 Director/regional Market President $75,084 $90,336 2024
Saunders Hospital IL$115,505 President $600 $690 2023
Sheffield Area Medical Center Inc PA$108,890 Executive Director $17,612 $20,540 2023
Och Holdings TX$107,867 Director & President $234,201 $266,120 2024
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health IL$198,253 Dir Voluntee $24,638 $27,515 2024
Nmc Services Inc TN$102,968 Chief Wind-down Officer $12,638 $15,090 2024
Health Development Corporation IN$215,119 President $27,580 $33,039 2024
Upmc Pinnacle Lancaster PA$216,898 President & Coo $124,650 $145,373 2023
Burgess Foundation IA$219,525 President/ceo - Bhc Thru 6/2023 $21,165 $27,102 2023
Medical And Dental Staff Of Holy Cross MD$219,857 President $50,000 $53,100 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2025 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 NY 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Jonathan Adler) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,365 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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 13, 2026.