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Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocate Charitable Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363297360
IL · NTEE E122
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Randy Varju, Executive Director / CEO ($813,816) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 689 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

689 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 689 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$278 total compensation of comparable organizations → $15,340,564 $813,816
$51,66410th
$176,38325th
$295,040Median
$409,05375th
$639,42290th
$813,816This org · 93rd
p10$51,664
p25$176,383
p50$295,040
p75$409,053
p90$639,422
$813,816

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 IL 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
Mosaic Health Inc NY$40,004,268 Ceo/president $233,810 $221,253 2023
Wesley Health Care Center Inc NY$40,042,707 Ceo $17,200 $15,809 2024
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc NY$40,045,139 President $255,553 $241,828 2023
Russell County Kentucky Hospital KY$40,052,563 Ceo $124,635 $140,226 2023
Marlette Regional Hospital MI$40,053,358 Ceo (Thru Dec 2022) $230,122 $248,740 2023
🔒 684 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2024 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 IL 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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:

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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.