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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Herkimer County Health Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161573995
NY · NTEE E22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elyse Enea, Executive Director / CEO ($89,565) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elyse Enea — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,965 total compensation of comparable organizations → $3,622,994 $89,565
$21,83310th
$35,23825th
$54,407Median
$107,53775th
$144,76590th
$89,565This org · 70th
p10$21,833
p25$35,238
p50$54,407
p75$107,537
p90$144,765
$89,565

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
Greene Foundation OH$321,533 Ceo $190,042 $222,751 2024
Ventura County Medical Resource CA$327,846 Ceo $144,088 $137,690 2024
Scott & White Foundation Brenham TX$330,072 President/ceo $19,113 $21,783 2023
Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation NM$304,234 Executive Di $116,064 $138,147 2024
Massena Hospital Foundation Inc NY$333,126 Executive Director $66,376 $66,376 2024
Kimball Hospital Foundation NE$298,679 Executive Director $5,709 $6,795 2024
The Medical Center Auxiliary Inc GA$290,180 Director $155,492 $173,019 2024
Mercy Health Foundation Fort Scott KS$288,960 President $84,648 $104,190 2023
Gesundheit Institute IL$281,238 Executive Director $64,500 $75,209 2022
Scheurer Hospital Foundation MI$356,268 Md/ceo Sh $19,625 $21,839 2025
Community Howard Regional IN$279,133 Foundation Director $41,880 $50,319 2023
Educational Foundation Of The Texas Hotel & Lodging Asso TX$276,183 Executive Director $118,444 $131,117 2024
Ssm Audrain Health Care Inc MO$362,355 Director, President/ceo Of Ssm Health $3,002,313 $3,622,994 2023
Grand Itasca Foundation MN$272,620 Foundation Director $41,339 $45,204 2024
Greater New York Hospital Foundation NY$367,591 President $105,535 $108,652 2023
Upmc Mercy Medical Staff Treasury PA$372,026 President $25,000 $28,404 2023
Healthalliance Foundation Inc NY$263,181 Ceo (Effective July 2023) Ex Officio $80,777 $83,163 2023
Cmc Missoula Inc MT$262,282 Board Chair $5,000 $5,965 2024
Indiana Healthcare Properties PA$257,120 President/ceo & Chairman $42,593 $48,394 2023
Island Health & Wellness Foundation ME$255,940 Executive Di $33,121 $37,786 2023
Jewish Hospital & St Mary's KY$385,672 Market Ceo/director $52,292 $64,010 2023
Auxiliary Of Monongalia General Hospital WV$232,855 Pres/ceo, Mon Health Systems $36,373 $44,870 2023
Rivers Health Scholarship WV$416,727 President & Ceo $28,699 $34,388 2024
Medical And Dental Staff Of Holy Cross MD$219,857 President $50,000 $51,731 2024
Burgess Foundation IA$219,525 President/ceo - Bhc Thru 6/2023 $21,165 $26,403 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Elyse Enea) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,565 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.