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Compensation Comparability Determination

Bluestem Health

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412056863
NE · NTEE E30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brad Meyer, Executive Director / CEO ($239,859) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brad Meyer — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,798 total compensation of comparable organizations → $2,006,661 $239,859
$50,24210th
$153,14225th
$227,423Median
$277,15275th
$355,59890th
$239,859This org · 58th
p10$50,242
p25$153,142
p50$227,423
p75$277,152
p90$355,598
$239,859

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 NE 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
Neighborhood Health Clinics Inc IN$24,271,396 President/ceo $260,552 $255,465 2024
Heartland Medical Clinic Inc KS$24,205,068 Chief Executive Officer $198,033 $198,913 2024
Outreach Community Health Centers Inc WI$24,074,395 Cfo (Thru Feb 2023)/ Interim Ceo $207,243 $207,176 2023
Joslin Clinic Inc MA$24,511,062 Ttee(exo)(ceo Desig)evp Hos&amb Bilh $2,401,778 $2,006,661 2024
River Valley Primary Care Services AR$23,912,789 Ceo $296,548 $319,072 2023
🔒 64 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 NE 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 NE 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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.