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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391839309
WI · NTEE T90I
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chris Thornock, Executive Director / CEO ($219,796) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 572 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Chris Thornock — reported title “PRESIDENT-POST ACUTE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

572 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 572 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$94 total compensation of comparable organizations → $717,010 $219,796
$7,35410th
$20,61925th
$37,223Median
$59,13675th
$85,21390th
$219,796This org · 99th
p10$7,354
p25$20,619
p50$37,223
p75$59,136
p90$85,213
$219,796

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 WI 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
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Of Daviess Co In Inc IN$183,633 Executive Director $54,000 $56,138 2023
Cars For Neighbors Inc MN$183,526 Philanthropi $32,367 $31,528 2023
Swfl Children's Charities Inc FL$183,837 Executive Director $105,385 $97,596 2023
Bgccf Nmtc Inc FL$184,000 President/ceo (Thru 08/2023) $37,813 $34,013 2024
Isaiah House Inc CA$182,904 President $7,700 $6,554 2023
Ann Arbor Spark Foundation MI$182,887 President & Ceo $42,697 $42,198 2024
Philanthropy Delaware DE$184,593 President & Ceo $140,200 $131,446 2024
The Fatherhood Comission Inc AL$184,615 Executive Di $72,000 $76,680 2023
Eaton Rapids Medical Center Foundation MI$184,658 President $19,871 $20,219 2023
Texas Nursery And Landscape Association Foundation TX$182,483 Executive Director $17,738 $16,990 2024
The Maqasid Institute TN$185,144 President $84,716 $85,266 2024
Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc FL$185,200 President/ceo $35,289 $31,743 2024
The Care Collaborative Inc MA$185,282 Executive Director $25,904 $22,289 2024
Anchorage Concert Foundation Inc AK$181,741 Aca - Executive Director $10,867 $10,242 2023
Gleaners Of South Lake County Inc IN$185,696 Dir/treas. $17,865 $18,573 2023
Eden Incorporated IL$185,739 Intl Director $42,600 $40,102 2024
Mvp Foundation AZ$181,500 Executive Director $60,000 $56,884 2023
Continental Divide Color Guard Circuit CO$185,947 Treasurer $1,000 $918 2024
William B Dickinson Educational Trust NY$181,101 Trustee $32,000 $27,688 2024
Tony Laudadio Foundation TX$186,253 Executive Director $9,000 $8,620 2024
The Community Foundation For St CT$186,361 Director $2,083 $1,870 2024
United Way Of Rockingham County NC$186,647 Executive Di $77,112 $76,293 2024
United Way Of Western Crawford County PA$186,732 Executive Director $66,950 $63,929 2024
Community Foundation Realty Inc LA$186,777 President/director $75,968 $80,098 2024
Bonifacio Place Inc CA$180,523 Ceo $47,732 $40,632 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Chris Thornock) 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 572 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $219,796 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.