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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Qhs 1 Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202636686
WI · NTEE H11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacobson Catherine, Executive Director / CEO ($441,556) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 146 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jacobson Catherine — reported title “DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

146 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 146 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$397 total compensation of comparable organizations → $263,837 $441,556
$20,74810th
$36,47325th
$61,749Median
$92,97275th
$143,16190th
$441,556This org · 100th
p10$20,748
p25$36,473
p50$61,749
p75$92,972
p90$143,161
$441,556

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 WI 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
Coalition Of Skin Diseases DC$393,463 President $96,750 $78,962 2024
Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium Inc CO$391,856 Executive Director $22,750 $20,888 2023
Isthmus Project Inc WI$388,813 President/chief Innovation Officer $34,380 $34,380 2023
Rock County Cancer Coalition Inc WI$388,662 Executive Di $73,148 $71,049 2024
Jacksonville Health & Educational Resource Ctr Inc FL$398,930 Director $41,890 $36,600 2024
Foundation For Physical Medicine IL$398,965 Executive Director $27,886 $25,498 2024
Duke Medicine Global Support Corporation NC$399,475 Director/president $37,764 $37,363 2023
Neurtex Brain Research Institute TX$401,510 President $24,782 $23,737 2023
International Society For Therapeutic Ultrasound Inc WA$381,153 Executive Director $47,500 $40,721 2023
All Sports Foundation Inc AZ$405,009 Ceo $88,962 $79,572 2024
Salisbury Foundation For Research And Education Inc NC$380,895 Executive Director $47,394 $45,545 2024
Northwest Association For Biomedical WA$379,697 Executive Director $17,063 $14,208 2024
Association Of Enterprise Architects CA$407,781 General Manager $140,473 $116,146 2023
Professional Association Of Social AL$408,625 Executive Director $13,689 $14,161 2023
North Texas Alzheimers Pro-am Inc TX$376,694 Secretary $38,000 $35,353 2024
Mircore MI$376,476 President And Director $27,200 $26,882 2023
Clinical Research Foundation KY$375,042 Executive Dir. $60,391 $60,343 2024
Jb's Keys To Dmd Inc MA$415,859 President $48,000 $40,116 2024
Emily Whitehead Foundation PA$369,089 President $12,000 $11,458 2023
Team Bright Side Inc IL$368,815 Vice President $27,000 $25,417 2023
Grassrootshealth CA$417,413 Ceo $75,827 $62,695 2023
The Bee Foundation PA$420,206 Executive Dir. $48,333 $44,827 2024
Apbd Research Foundation NY$363,824 Exec Director $120,000 $100,850 2024
Doctor Marnie Rose Foundation Inc TX$363,289 Executive Director To 8/23 $47,098 $45,111 2023
Federation Of Associations In Behavioral DC$360,706 Exec Dir/ex-officio $200,916 $168,820 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Jacobson Catherine) 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 146 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $441,556 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.