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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Flint Hills Community Clinic Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202306015
KS · NTEE E21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rick Hernandez, Executive Director / CEO ($72,021) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rick Hernandez — reported title “CLINIC DIREC”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,179 total compensation of comparable organizations → $404,246 $72,021
$27,49210th
$36,40025th
$51,511Median
$83,44175th
$253,21190th
$72,021This org · 67th
p10$27,492
p25$36,400
p50$51,511
p75$83,441
p90$253,211
$72,021

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 KS 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
Medical Financial Services Inc TN$202,808 Former Executive Director $39,130 $36,980 2024
Family Survivor Network MD$203,945 Executive Director $39,500 $35,584 2022
Chpcommunity Inc IA$205,546 President $50,824 $51,511 2023
Zandu Health Initiative MN$206,219 Director $51,000 $46,646 2023
Rome Memorial Properties Inc NY$167,287 Ceo $12,528 $10,179 2024
Mercy Kansas Communities KS$166,856 President $84,648 $84,648 2023
Hne Of Connecticut Inc MA$213,992 President And Ceo $452,498 $365,586 2024
Cape Regional Health System Inc NJ$161,827 Trustee - President/ceo Crmc $101,700 $84,050 2023
Priority Health Total Health Foundation MI$159,210 Director $56,000 $51,968 2024
Ouachita Valley Health System AR$222,566 Physician $400,001 $404,246 2024
Union County Health And Wellness NM$235,609 Executive Dir. $83,200 $82,832 2023
Research And Education Trust ME$237,700 President $39,786 $35,819 2024
Impact Ulysses Inc KS$129,575 Executive Director $22,750 $22,097 2024
Multicare Rehabilitation Specialists Pc WA$128,567 Chair,secretary,phys.-exec $78,826 $63,451 2024
Medical Support & Development MS$268,878 President $40,000 $40,054 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS cost of living and 2023 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 KS 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Rick Hernandez) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,021 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.