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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Southeastern Missouri Area Health

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431618182
MO · NTEE E11
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan Murray, Executive Director / CEO ($62,168) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 91 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Megan Murray — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

91 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 91 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,738 total compensation of comparable organizations → $700,205 $62,168
$12,27510th
$22,92825th
$44,078Median
$87,73575th
$178,46590th
$62,168This org · 68th
p10$12,275
p25$22,928
p50$44,078
p75$87,735
p90$178,465
$62,168

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 MO 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
Human Technologies Properties NY$358,691 President/chief Executive $14,388 $12,275 2024
Willamette Valley Insurance Corporation HI$358,192 President/director $104,173 $90,659 2023
Obcc Othello Qalicb WA$363,286 President $31,941 $27,000 2024
Carthage Area Hospital Foundation Inc NY$353,310 Executive Director $29,554 $25,214 2024
Pikeville Medical Center Foundation For KY$351,758 Board Member/pmc President/ceo $50,061 $50,780 2024
Minnesota Center For Health Care Ethics MN$367,552 Ceo/coo $168,450 $157,152 2024
St Thomas Foundation Inc LA$368,438 President $20,700 $21,520 2024
Ffmc Support Organization TN$346,664 President $6,465 $6,606 2023
Smh Foundation LA$374,390 Executive Dir. $120,525 $125,302 2024
Wschc Support Corporation MD$342,000 Treasurer $42,960 $36,943 2025
Grove Manor Foundation PA$340,917 Chief Executive Officer $27,000 $26,173 2023
Treasure Coast Community Health Foundation FL$337,499 Ceo $48,270 $44,078 2023
The Health Source Group MO$380,579 Interim Market President (Start 8/2022 - End 12/2022) $54,191 $55,792 2023
Roh Investment Co Inc TN$381,158 President/director $192,519 $196,705 2023
Daughters Of Charity Services Of New LA$382,360 President/ceo/ex-officio $17,775 $19,025 2023
Zufall Health Foundation Inc NJ$334,603 Trustee - President/ceo Zhc $43,512 $36,680 2024
Lehigh Qalicb Inc FL$383,066 Director/pre $156,813 $139,086 2024
Genesys Volunteers MI$383,251 President (End 9/23) $25,158 $24,517 2024
Pchd Foundation Incorporated ID$333,493 Executive Di $5,867 $5,893 2024
Ellenville Regional Hospital Foundation NY$333,260 Finance Director $48,130 $41,063 2024
Longs Peak Hospital Foundation CO$384,611 President, Lph & Bh $8,173 $7,399 2024
St Jude's Ranch For Children NV$385,324 Ceo $5,375 $5,237 2023
Effingham Health System Foundation GA$330,713 Ex. Director $21,568 $21,080 2023
Newark-wayne Community Hospital NY$387,172 President, Foundations $68,936 $58,813 2024
The Foundation Of Neosho Memorial KS$329,723 Foundation Director $20,334 $20,741 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Megan Murray) 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 91 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,168 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.