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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Black Women's Health Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222529484
PA · NTEE E99Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brenda Shelton-dunston Mph, Executive Director / CEO ($68,770) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$308 total compensation of comparable organizations → $226,989 $68,770
$15,93010th
$32,41825th
$51,756Median
$84,08475th
$127,88090th
$68,770This org · 60th
p10$15,930
p25$32,418
p50$51,756
p75$84,084
p90$127,880
$68,770

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 PA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Building The Next Generation Of Academic PhysiciansNY $393,195$26,404 990
Harper County Health FoundationKS $398,841$21,045 990
Onegoodturn IncTX $390,533$77,945 990
Los Robles Hospital Medical Staff IncCA $385,508$30,278 990
Arkansas Medical FoundationAR $382,895$45,988 990
Susila Dharma International Assoc Inc $375,533$13,598 990
Thor Network FoundationPA $366,401$60,000 990
Agewell PaceCA $428,704$43,340 990
Medical Dental Staff Of Jersey CityNJ $431,794$18,723 990
Pacific Communities Health District FndOR $434,715$33,082 990
Future Colours CorpCA $350,567$82,423 990
Canine Therapy Corps IncIL $347,441$84,796 990
Barlow FoundationCA $446,546$26,250 990
Gaia HomeND $343,768$149,643 990
Wings HomeMI $336,554$14,068 990
Mercy Healthcare FoundationND $454,793$51,756 990
Bionic Project IncMA $458,663$83,372 990
Gout Support Group Of AmericaFL $325,280$38,430 990
West Oakland Health FacilitiesCA $315,643$2,087 990
Alternative Healing NetworkCA $478,152$11,661 990
Massachusetts Health Council IncMA $308,333$129,494 990
Amery Regional Medical Center FoundationMN $307,461$32,214 990
Familycook Community Table LtdNY $487,254$32,621 990
From Fatherless To FearlessOH $303,056$125,460 990
Berkshire Nursing Families IncMA $490,257$63,252 990

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 PA 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Brenda Shelton-dunston Mph) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,770 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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). 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.