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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Unitypoint Health-marshalltown

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421388518
IA · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pamela Delagardelle, Executive Director / CEO ($136,439) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 196 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Pamela Delagardelle — reported title “FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO AMHC (TO 8/23)”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

196 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 196 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$38 total compensation of comparable organizations → $437,481 $136,439
$11,95210th
$23,14125th
$49,405Median
$71,06875th
$94,19090th
$136,439This org · 97th
p10$11,952
p25$23,141
p50$49,405
p75$71,068
p90$94,190
$136,439

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
Broken Men Foundation VA$284,925 Chief Officer $15,100 $13,316 2024
Wisconsin Environmental Initiative Inc WI$285,741 President $235,712 $231,466 2023
Storeydreams Foundation Inc CA$284,256 President $153,377 $124,531 2023
Slavic International Association WA$283,976 President $57,600 $47,098 2024
Northeast States Emergency Consortium Inc MA$289,654 Executive Director $89,364 $73,341 2024
Midnight Circus In The Parks IL$292,133 President & Secretary $65,000 $58,362 2024
Music Mends Minds Inc CA$278,012 Executive Director $98,000 $77,286 2024
Brew House Arts PA$292,357 Executive Dir. $47,661 $44,691 2023
Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation OR$293,154 Director $12,259 $10,129 2025
Sharecare Faith In Action PA$275,686 Executive Dir. $63,041 $57,416 2024
Discover Sugar River Region Foundation NH$295,525 Executive Director $47,953 $39,397 2025
James Demelo Ministries TX$274,491 President $150,000 $137,037 2024
Day Seven Ministries Inc PA$271,876 Executive Director $70,000 $63,754 2024
Garagiste Events Inc CA$271,614 President $29,500 $23,265 2024
Girls On The Run Capital Region NY$271,143 Executive Dir. $71,894 $57,803 2025
Greenview Apartments Inc MN$270,880 President $65,715 $61,055 2023
Sentinel Group WA$270,835 Chairman And President $21,419 $18,031 2023
Boulevard Harambee MI$299,527 President $14,243 $13,823 2023
Shoreline Public Schools Foundation WA$301,206 Executive Director $40,240 $32,903 2024
Northside Shares Help Inc GA$268,671 Executive Director $26,381 $24,226 2024
Poway Valley Water Polo Club Inc CA$301,640 President $3,749 $2,957 2024
Autism Connection Of Pa PA$301,785 President And Ceo $29,280 $27,455 2023
Nwgm Title Holding Company Ii Inc NH$267,740 President $19,521 $16,038 2025
Padre Pio Academy CA$302,702 Principal $20,700 $16,807 2023
North Texas Seniors Golf Association TX$267,045 President $42 $38 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 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 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Pamela Delagardelle) 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 196 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $136,439 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.