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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Berrien County Cancer Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 381387101
MI · NTEE G30Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Church, Executive Director / CEO ($88,407) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 64 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

64 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 64 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,382 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,125 $88,407
$31,73010th
$53,91225th
$70,631Median
$94,67175th
$109,12090th
$88,407This org · 72nd
p10$31,730
p25$53,912
p50$70,631
p75$94,671
p90$109,120
$88,407

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 MI 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
Breast Friends OR$406,185 Executive Director $45,927 $40,135 2024
Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network NY$405,089 Exec Director $127,650 $108,547 2024
Partners For Breast Cancer Careinc FL$420,454 Executive Di $99,245 $87,736 2024
Cancer Resources For Elkhart County IN$402,012 Executive Di $99,287 $98,530 2024
Legal Information Network For Cancer VA$424,157 Executive Director $87,599 $81,945 2023
National Alliance Of State Prostate CA$397,462 President $134,588 $109,365 2024
Richmond County Cancer Care Treasure Shop NC$428,648 President $106,483 $106,596 2023
Ashland County Cancer OH$433,810 Executive Di $63,499 $65,159 2023
Pink Hands Of Hope PA$433,918 Executive Di $50,738 $49,021 2023
Wisconsin Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc WI$387,377 Executive Dir. $98,620 $96,923 2024
Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation TN$385,373 Chief Executive Officer $170,001 $173,125 2023
Thriving Pink Inc CA$385,329 Executive Director $59,949 $48,714 2024
Kids & Art Foundation CA$385,033 Ceo $119,529 $97,128 2024
Me Squared Cancer Foundation TX$442,014 Executive Director - Start Date 7/16/2024 $32,813 $30,888 2024
American Lung Cancer Screening NC$381,744 President $8,000 $7,778 2024
Jessica June Children's Cancer FL$379,688 President/ce $93,467 $82,628 2024
Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation Inc AZ$448,189 Executive Director $37,231 $33,695 2024
Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer IL$375,569 President/treasurer $70,000 $64,761 2024
The Breast Cancer Resource Center Of Santa Barbara CA$449,691 Executive Director $104,380 $84,818 2024
Starlite Shores Family Camp MI$373,764 Executive Di $23,808 $23,125 2024
The Breast Cancer Survivors Network GA$371,865 President & Ceo $1,500 $1,382 2025
Testicular Cancer Awareness CO$370,173 Founder & Ce $71,288 $64,326 2024
Cancer Association Of Mercer County OH$366,243 Director $36,073 $37,016 2023
Cancer Resource Center Of The Finger Lakes NY$459,404 Executive Director $58,609 $49,838 2024
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation WA$364,731 Executive Director $72,000 $62,453 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Nancy Church) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 64 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,407 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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 10, 2026.