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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222715483
NH · NTEE E21B
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joanne M Conroy Md, Executive Director / CEO ($47,441) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joanne M Conroy Md — reported title “Trustee / Ex-Officio CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,202 total compensation of comparable organizations → $2,646,282 $47,441
$27,29610th
$36,35625th
$100,463Median
$154,41975th
$295,90690th
$47,441This org · 36th
p10$27,296
p25$36,356
p50$100,463
p75$154,419
p90$295,906
$47,441

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 NH 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
San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic And Needle Exchange CA$446,572 President $42,226 $39,488 2023
Capital Region Health Care Corporation NH$474,580 President & Ceo, Member Ex-officio $316,861 $307,770 2024
Visiting Nurse Associations Of New MA$438,049 President/ceo $166,491 $157,380 2024
Utmb Health Plans Inc TX$436,037 Former President And Ceo $6,844 $7,202 2024
Public Health Fund PA$433,474 Member $175,125 $189,135 2023
Fair Share Hospitals Collaborative NY$420,000 Exec. Dir. As Of 04/01/24 $116,688 $110,917 2024
Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities AR$507,609 President - Clinic $27,870 $33,927 2023
Dominican Health Services CA$517,789 Executive Vice President $133,930 $125,247 2023
Hospital Executive Council Inc NY$393,588 Executive Director $125,492 $122,810 2023
Friends Of Lamprey Health Care Inc NH$530,279 Co-ceo $44,546 $43,268 2024
Westcoast Access To Children's FL$538,508 Officer $114,875 $116,873 2023
Community Healthcare Resources IA$540,288 Financial Director $10,440 $12,380 2023
Affinity Health Alliance Inc DE$379,184 Director, President- Thru 1/23 $84,880 $90,009 2023
Joyful Journey Inc IN$373,739 Executive Director $74,923 $85,568 2023
Marimed Foundation For Island HI$325,410 President/ce $150,096 $145,535 2023
Fairview Hospital Inc ME$596,860 Secretary, N $31,110 $31,925 2025
Mercy Healthcare Foundation - Clinton IA$320,461 Exec Dir; Mercyone Clinton Mktg Dir $22,585 $26,782 2023
Dayspring Holdings Inc KY$623,117 President $50,214 $55,287 2025
Vantage Health Group PA$648,915 Assistant Secretary/treasu $32,696 $35,312 2023
Saint Francis Health System Inc OK$667,281 President/ceo/director $2,219,057 $2,646,282 2023
Southwestern Health Resources Hospitals Joc TX$668,535 Trustee/co-chair $1,016,271 $1,069,374 2024
Community Health Systems Inc AL$671,226 President & Ceo $154,235 $180,455 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Joanne M Conroy Md) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,441 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.