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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Minnesota Rural Health Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411873554
MN · NTEE E99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark T Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($35,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mark T Jones — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,447 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,302 $35,400
$9,29110th
$23,62025th
$43,586Median
$76,47375th
$97,37490th
$35,400This org · 43rd
p10$9,291
p25$23,620
p50$43,586
p75$76,473
p90$97,374
$35,400

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
Floyd Healthcare Resources Inc GA$177,680 Svp And Cor. $76,838 $78,189 2023
The Get In Touch Foundationinc CT$184,444 Exec Directo $24,300 $22,397 2024
Guru Ram Das Center For Medicine NM$155,578 Executive Di $43,277 $45,755 2024
Turning Point Seattle Dba Canopy WA$194,170 Executive Director $99,447 $87,522 2024
Honor Service Dogs Inc NC$151,549 Executive Director $23,757 $24,843 2023
470 Pleasant Street Holdings Company MA$150,000 President/ceo $21,408 $19,469 2023
Crossroads Community Supported Healthcare Inc NM$146,157 $102,130 $107,979 2024
Greene County Rural Health Network Inc NY$200,278 Executive Director $37,080 $32,937 2024
Asian Health Foundation Inc NJ$200,315 Ex Director $50,400 $44,234 2024
Research To End Healthcare CA$140,866 Ceo $2,800 $2,447 2023
Wong-baker Faces Foundation OK$206,444 Director $125,000 $135,302 2024
Empowering Strides WA$215,474 President $39,515 $34,776 2024
Children's Health Foundation Inc OR$215,780 Executive Director $7,586 $6,746 2025
Academy Of Medicine Education Foundation OH$126,484 Executive Director $4,050 $4,217 2024
Holdyou Foundation Inc CA$219,511 President Director $52,000 $44,138 2024
Servicemembers Undertaking Disabled TX$224,453 Executive Director $84,914 $83,496 2024
Mercy Health Foundation Of Southeastern PA$118,216 Dir; Pres & Ceo Mid-atlantic Region $74,073 $74,757 2023
Growing Up Together SD$233,422 Executive Director $25,032 $26,456 2025
Trellis Horticultural Therapy GA$239,062 Treasurer $36,000 $35,582 2024
Pontifex Inc OH$248,028 President $52,000 $55,739 2023
Forbes Medical Staff Fund PA$253,879 President $20,000 $19,605 2024
Life Resources Of Georgia Inc GA$255,952 Executive Di $44,098 $43,586 2024
Upper Midlands Rural Health Network SC$258,850 Executive Dir. $94,561 $99,837 2023

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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Mark T Jones) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,400 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.