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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Healthcare Foundation - Clinton

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421316126
IA · NTEE E21
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Dunn, Executive Director / CEO ($22,585) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Julie Dunn — reported title “EXEC DIR; MERCYONE CLINTON MKTG DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,073 total compensation of comparable organizations → $398,856 $22,585
$34,11710th
$39,76425th
$81,727Median
$127,72575th
$219,52690th
$22,585This org · 7th
p10$34,117
p25$39,764
p50$81,727
p75$127,725
p90$219,526
$22,585

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 IA 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
Marimed Foundation For Island HI$325,410 President/ce $150,096 $122,730 2023
Medical Support & Development MS$268,878 President $40,000 $39,520 2024
Joyful Journey Inc IN$373,739 Executive Director $74,923 $72,160 2023
Affinity Health Alliance Inc DE$379,184 Director, President- Thru 1/23 $84,880 $75,905 2023
Hospital Executive Council Inc NY$393,588 Executive Director $125,492 $103,566 2023
Research And Education Trust ME$237,700 President $39,786 $35,342 2024
Union County Health And Wellness NM$235,609 Executive Dir. $83,200 $81,727 2023
Ouachita Valley Health System AR$222,566 Physician $400,001 $398,856 2024
Fair Share Hospitals Collaborative NY$420,000 Exec. Dir. As Of 04/01/24 $116,688 $93,537 2024
Public Health Fund PA$433,474 Member $175,125 $159,498 2023
Utmb Health Plans Inc TX$436,037 Former President And Ceo $6,844 $6,073 2024
Visiting Nurse Associations Of New MA$438,049 President/ceo $166,491 $132,719 2024
San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic And Needle Exchange CA$446,572 President $42,226 $33,301 2023
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center NH$460,431 Trustee / Ex-officio Ceo $47,441 $40,007 2023
Capital Region Health Care Corporation NH$474,580 President & Ceo, Member Ex-officio $316,861 $259,544 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Julie Dunn) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,585 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.