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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201746627
ME · NTEE E32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda Grindle, Executive Director / CEO ($17,011) 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 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Linda Grindle — reported title “PRESIDENT/NU”, 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

$4,668 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,530 $17,011
$18,31310th
$25,49825th
$47,430Median
$70,63475th
$102,24790th
$17,011This org · 7th
p10$18,313
p25$25,498
p50$47,430
p75$70,634
p90$102,247
$17,011

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 ME 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
Pcm Medical Clinic NE$148,326 Ceo-pcm $16,393 $18,128 2023
Reach Out Of Montgomery County OH$141,918 Contracted Executive Director $92,543 $100,777 2023
Trinitas Healthcare Corporation NJ$153,810 Trustee - Trmc Pres./ceo $173,309 $154,530 2024
Fhs Support Corporation OH$156,420 Executive Director $63,778 $65,721 2025
Shoals Community Clinic AL$131,734 Exec.dir/sec $45,700 $49,305 2024
St Lukes Episcopal Mobile Medical LA$164,865 Executive Director $32,500 $36,795 2023
Community Health Clinic Inc KY$126,853 Executive Di $45,113 $49,833 2023
Heart Mountain Volunteer Med Clini WY$169,204 Executive Di $42,481 $45,428 2024
North Central Ohio Family Care Center OH$124,379 President/ceo $16,835 $18,333 2023
South Central Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Council PA$122,589 Program Director $37,380 $38,326 2023
Shifa Community Clinic CA$174,638 Board Member $15,525 $13,784 2023
Check By 7 Inc FL$176,125 Secretary/treasurer $25,492 $24,622 2023
Roland Park Place Health Care Corporation MD$113,150 President $29,258 $28,124 2023
Dpc Education Center DC$180,530 Chief Executive Officer $52,520 $46,026 2024
Good Samaritan Free Clinic Inc WV$111,670 Director $55,000 $59,471 2024
One Patient - Global Health IL$108,630 Vice President $71,500 $72,272 2023
Dentmed Inc MD$108,200 Business Manager $5,000 $4,668 2024
Family Medical Center AL$186,111 Board Vice President And Medical Director $28,800 $31,990 2023
Crh Health Services Inc GA$197,928 President/ceo Of Crmc $19,533 $19,614 2024
Tuscarawas Clinic For The OH$201,827 Secretary $68,219 $74,289 2023
Project Care Free Clinic MN$202,654 Executive Director $52,192 $53,024 2023
Healthcare Education Research And IL$202,785 Director Of Development & Programs $59,834 $60,480 2023
Grace In Healing Hands TX$203,676 President $20,748 $20,727 2024
Living Hope Clinical Foundation Inc CA$204,620 Officer $138,000 $119,004 2024
Trinity Community Care Inc MI$204,952 Executive Director $68,499 $72,693 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Linda Grindle) 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 (E32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,011 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.