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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Public Health Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 231985544
PA · NTEE E21Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Block, Executive Director / CEO ($175,125) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Robert Block — reported title “MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,669 total compensation of comparable organizations → $284,972 $175,125
$22,13110th
$32,05525th
$51,191Median
$110,96575th
$136,94890th
$175,125This org · 95th
p10$22,131
p25$32,055
p50$51,191
p75$110,965
p90$136,948
$175,125

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Utmb Health Plans Inc TX$436,037 Former President And Ceo $6,844 $6,669 2024
Visiting Nurse Associations Of New MA$438,049 President/ceo $166,491 $145,722 2024
San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic And Needle Exchange CA$446,572 President $42,226 $36,563 2023
Fair Share Hospitals Collaborative NY$420,000 Exec. Dir. As Of 04/01/24 $116,688 $102,701 2024
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center NH$460,431 Trustee / Ex-officio Ceo $47,441 $43,927 2023
Hospital Executive Council Inc NY$393,588 Executive Director $125,492 $113,713 2023
Capital Region Health Care Corporation NH$474,580 President & Ceo, Member Ex-officio $316,861 $284,972 2024
Affinity Health Alliance Inc DE$379,184 Director, President- Thru 1/23 $84,880 $83,341 2023
Joyful Journey Inc IN$373,739 Executive Director $74,923 $79,230 2023
Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities AR$507,609 President - Clinic $27,870 $31,414 2023
Dominican Health Services CA$517,789 Executive Vice President $133,930 $115,970 2023
Friends Of Lamprey Health Care Inc NH$530,279 Co-ceo $44,546 $40,063 2024
Westcoast Access To Children's FL$538,508 Officer $114,875 $108,216 2023
Community Healthcare Resources IA$540,288 Financial Director $10,440 $11,463 2023
Marimed Foundation For Island HI$325,410 President/ce $150,096 $134,755 2023
Mercy Healthcare Foundation - Clinton IA$320,461 Exec Dir; Mercyone Clinton Mktg Dir $22,585 $24,798 2023
Fairview Hospital Inc ME$596,860 Secretary, N $31,110 $29,560 2025
Dayspring Holdings Inc KY$623,117 President $50,214 $51,191 2025
Vantage Health Group PA$648,915 Assistant Secretary/treasu $32,696 $32,696 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Robert Block) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $175,125 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.