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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Care Free Clinic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 273176137
MN · NTEE E32
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tiffany Schleppegrell, Executive Director / CEO ($52,192) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tiffany Schleppegrell — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

52 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 52 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,360 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,147 $52,192
$19,31510th
$30,86025th
$51,845Median
$72,88675th
$112,21890th
$52,192This org · 50th
p10$19,315
p25$30,860
p50$51,845
p75$72,886
p90$112,218
$52,192

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 MN 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
Healthcare Education Research And IL$202,785 Director Of Development & Programs $59,834 $59,532 2023
Tuscarawas Clinic For The OH$201,827 Secretary $68,219 $73,124 2023
Grace In Healing Hands TX$203,676 President $20,748 $20,402 2024
Living Hope Clinical Foundation Inc CA$204,620 Officer $138,000 $117,137 2024
Trinity Community Care Inc MI$204,952 Executive Director $68,499 $71,553 2023
Crh Health Services Inc GA$197,928 President/ceo Of Crmc $19,533 $19,307 2024
Healing Health Care Center Inc FL$210,350 President/director $50,050 $46,219 2024
Virginia United Incorporated VA$210,745 Treasurer $22,166 $21,660 2023
Park Place Health & Dental Clinic VA$212,210 Executive Di $49,680 $47,153 2024
Serving Hands Medical Center Npc WA$212,746 Executive Director And President $93,500 $84,718 2023
Harrisburg Family Health Care Inc GA$216,257 Staff $115,000 $113,665 2024
Family Medical Center AL$186,111 Board Vice President And Medical Director $28,800 $31,488 2023
Shepherd's Hand Free Clinic Inc MT$222,642 Executive Director $59,629 $63,183 2024
Dpc Education Center DC$180,530 Chief Executive Officer $52,520 $45,304 2024
Hope Clinic Of Ross County Inc OH$225,810 Co-director $21,703 $22,014 2025
Check By 7 Inc FL$176,125 Secretary/treasurer $25,492 $24,236 2023
Shifa Community Clinic CA$174,638 Board Member $15,525 $13,567 2023
Troup Cares Inc GA$231,158 Executive Di $99,000 $97,851 2024
Helping Hands Clinic Inc FL$233,847 Executive Director $101,000 $96,023 2023
Kaufman Christian Help Center Inc TX$235,099 Executive Director $58,530 $59,253 2023
Heart Mountain Volunteer Med Clini WY$169,204 Executive Di $42,481 $44,716 2024
St Lukes Episcopal Mobile Medical LA$164,865 Executive Director $32,500 $36,217 2023
A Community Clinic PA$242,402 Director $49,825 $48,843 2024
Broadway Youth Center Support Corporation IL$243,000 Treasurer $19,488 $19,389 2023
Kansas City Free Eye Clinic MO$246,219 Executive Director $67,160 $69,923 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Tiffany Schleppegrell) 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 52 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,192 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.