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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Healthcare Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 450435338
ND · NTEE E99Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Thompson, Executive Director / CEO ($33,860) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Thompson — reported title “FORMER INTERIM PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,896 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,835 $33,860
$18,49110th
$31,27725th
$63,721Median
$93,15475th
$119,87190th
$33,860This org · 26th
p10$18,491
p25$31,277
p50$63,721
p75$93,154
p90$119,871
$33,860

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 ND 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
Bionic Project Inc MA$458,663 Executive Director $95,255 $75,762 2024
Barlow Foundation CA$446,546 President & Ceo $31,210 $23,854 2024
Pacific Communities Health District Fnd OR$434,715 Executive Director $36,574 $30,062 2024
Medical Dental Staff Of Jersey City NJ$431,794 President $21,530 $17,014 2024
Alternative Healing Network CA$478,152 President & Ceo $13,865 $10,597 2024
Agewell Pace CA$428,704 Ceo $50,052 $39,384 2023
Familycook Community Table Ltd NY$487,254 President $36,000 $29,643 2023
Berkshire Nursing Families Inc MA$490,257 Executive Di $74,178 $57,478 2025
Medical Dental Staff Of Morristown Mem NJ$490,650 President $90,000 $71,122 2024
Harper County Health Foundation KS$398,841 Executive Dir. $20,000 $19,124 2024
Black Women's Health Alliance PA$395,480 Executive Di $68,770 $62,493 2023
Building The Next Generation Of Academic Physicians NY$393,195 President $30,000 $23,994 2024
National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation CA$518,249 President $45,000 $35,409 2023
Charitable Trust Of The Missouri MO$519,009 Executive Di $27,139 $24,786 2025
Onegoodturn Inc TX$390,533 President & Executive Dire $80,000 $70,830 2024
Cancer Resource Centers Of Mendo Co CA$519,606 Executive Director $77,704 $59,388 2024
Holistic Riding Equestrian Therapy IL$520,970 President & Exec Dir $72,500 $64,949 2023
Los Robles Hospital Medical Staff Inc CA$385,508 Chairman $36,000 $27,514 2024
Arkansas Medical Foundation AR$382,895 Executive Director $40,800 $41,791 2023
Allen Medical Center Medical Office Building OH$526,873 President Lorain & Youngstown Market $250,569 $241,835 2023
Anabaptist Health Ministries Inc WI$529,931 President & Director $104,675 $96,758 2024
Elderly Oral Health Care Consu MI$532,095 Program Direc $130,000 $118,764 2024
Susila Dharma International Assoc Inc $375,533 Executive Director $14,000 $13,598 2024
Living Our Visions Inc WI$536,657 Executive Dir. $69,120 $65,779 2023
Thor Network Foundation PA$366,401 President $60,000 $54,523 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ND 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 ND 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Rebecca Thompson) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,860 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.